"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.
