Drawing of the ornate steel gilt armor of Francis I, King of France, that was kept by Horace Walpole in a niche on the staircase at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title inscribed in ink on two narrow strips of paper mounted below image., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 93 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Francis I, King of France, 1494-1547. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
