Portrait of Jane Seymour; bust-length, turned to right; wearing gable head-dress with veil hanging over her left shoulder, a pearl necklace, and a gown with a square neckline
Description:
Title from note below image in Thomas Kirgate's hand., Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, who included an impression of this print in an extra-illustrated copy of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Probably engraved after the drawing by Vertue, copied from an original by Holbein, that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 101 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Jane Seymour, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1509?-1537, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Plate [90] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; portrait medallions of the wives of Henry VIII on ribbons held by an angel in clouds at top, another behind holding crown aloft."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wives of Henry VIII
Description:
Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [90] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547., Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536,, Jane Seymour, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1509?-1537,, Catherine Howard, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, -1542,, Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536,, Anne, of Cleves, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1515-1557,, and Catharine Parr, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1512-1548,
