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- Creator:
- Nixon, J. H. (James Henry), ca. 1808-1847, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1842 and 1863]
- Call Number:
- SH Contents N736 no. 1 Box 110
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Suit of armor made for François I. The armour was purchased in 1771 by Horace Walpole for his collection at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, from the estate of Louis-Antoine Crozat, Baron de Thiers. The armor was later sold to Samuel Pratt at the 1842 sale of the contents of Strawberry Hill, forty-five years after Walpole's death. The print depicts the armour as seen from the front as well as a detail of the side of the helmet and the back plate
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Date based on Pratt's years of ownership of the armor., and W.S. Lewis pencilled note on verso: "Removed from McKinlay extra-illustrated set of Sale catalogues by WSL & sent to Geane[...].
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Armor
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The embossed suit of armour from Strawberry Hill purchased by Horace Walpole of Mons. de Crozet in 1772, now in the collection of Samuel Pratt, 47, New Bond Street / [graphic]