Portrait of Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex; half length, directed and looking to right; wearing cap and fur-lined gown; in an oval
Description:
Title etched below image., Probably engraved after a picture by Holbein., 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., and Mounted on page 102 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.
Plate [98] 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'; female figure with staff of Mercury standing at foot of palm tree from which portrait medallions of Cromwell, Pole, More and Wolsey hang, others at her feet including Norfolk and Leicester beside a cornucopia at left, and Walsingham beside staff at right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [98] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Cromwell, Thomas, Earl of Essex, 1485?-1540,, Pole, Reginald, 1500-1558,, More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535,, Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530,, Norfolk, Thomas Howard, Duke of, 1473-1554,, Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of, 1532?-1588,, and Walsingham, Francis, Sir, 1532-1590,
