Worthington, William Henry, approximately 1795-approximately 1839, printmaker
Published / Created:
1 Octr. 1805.
Call Number:
Folio 724 812 B68
Collection Title:
Plate [122] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 8 August 1588, with English and Spanish ships engaged in the Battle of Gravelines, fire at left beside a Spanish ship in the left foreground onto which a boat of English sailors are fighting their way."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [122] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Pall Mall
Subject (Topic):
Anglo-Spanish War, 1585-1604, Naval operations, English, Armada, 1588, and Naval warfare
Engraved depiction of a medal on the destruction of the Spanish Armada, the obverse depicted at the top of the design and the reverse depicted below it. Inscribed on obverse: "O COECAS HOMINVM MENTES O PECTOEA COECA" (Oh! the blind minds, the blind hearts of men); "DVRVM EST CONTRA STIMVLOS CALCITRARE" (It is hard to kick against the pricks--Acts ix. 5). Inscribed on reverse: "VENI VIDE VIVE 1588" (Come, see, live); "TV DEVS MAGNVS ET MAGNA FACIS TV SOLVS DEVS" (Thou, God, art great and doest wondrous things; thou art God alone--Psalms. lxxxvi. 10). Translations from the British Museum online catalogue and "Silver medal: (obverse) Pope, kings, bishops and others, seated in consultation, with bandaged eyes; the floor filled with spikes. (reverse) The Spanish fleet driven against rocks ... The obverse sarcastically satirizes the vain efforts of the Pope, the Emperor, Philip II, the Duke de Guise and other Princes, who had confederated against Elizabeth. The reverse records the destruction of the Spanish Armada, and ascribes the event to the immediate interference of Heaven."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an example of the medal after which this plate was engraved
Description:
Title devised by curator., 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., Horace Walpole kept an example of this medal in the rose-wood case in the Library at Strawberry Hill., For a description of an example of the medal, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1950,0805.3., and Mounted on page 89 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.
