Depiction of the tomb in Canterbury Cathedral of William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury
Description:
Title etched below image., 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., Probably an illustration to an unidentified volume., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "P. 489"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 201 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., and Note in Thomas Kirgate's hand below title: From which the chimney in the Holbein room is taken.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Warham, William, 1450?-1532. and Canterbury Cathedral
"Portrait, half-length to front, with head slightly turned to look towards left; wearing a hat and fur-trimmed ecclesiastical robes; both hands resting on a cushion on a table, next to an open book on right; archbishop's hat and a book on pedestal in background on right; in a rectangular frame placed behind a pedestal, with coat of arms in front; illustration to Tindal's 'The continuation of Mr. Rapin's History of England' (London); after Holbein."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Initial letters of artist's name form a monogram., Plate from: The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. [London] : John and Paul Knapton, [1743-1751]., and Text below title: From an excellent original in the Arch-Bishop's palace at Lambeth painted by Hans Holben.
