Plate [36] 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; Louis VII in profile to left, kneeling in prayer Canterbury Cathedral, before the tomb of St Thomas Becket, wearing an ermine trimmed cloak decorated with fleurs-de-lis, his arms on a rest covered with a velvet cloth, his crown on the ground beside him."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Lewis the Seventh, King of France, before Becket's tomb and Louis the Seventh, King of France, before Becket's tomb
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [36] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Louis VII, King of France, approximately 1120-1180, and Thomas, à Becket, Saint, 1118?-1170
Two soldiers, one in a British uniform with his hands over his eyes and the other in a Scottish kilt with a grief-striken gaze, cross swords over the tomb of Sir Ralph Abercrombie [sic]. On the tomb is written: To the memory of Sir Ralph Abercrombie who was killed at the Siege of Abouker ... 21st March 1801
Description:
Title from item., Number 267 in the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Three lines of descriptive text below design: Two soldiers visiting the tomb of Sir Ralph Abercromby. After standing some time in all the silence and awe of grief, each drew his sabre, and passed it over the stone, then went away without speaking a word. Let any one try to express more energetically the feelings of those brave men., Plate numbered '267' in lower left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publsih'd 13th July, 1801 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Name):
Abercromby, Ralph, Sir, 1734-1801
Subject (Topic):
Tomb, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Soldiers, British, and Scottish
