John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and 1st Earl of Waterford
Valiant service as a general during the reign of King Henry VI earned John Talbot the nicknames “Terror of the French” and the “English Achilles.” This print is based on a painting at Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire, a work that Horace Walpole, the eighteenth-century aesthete and collector, declared to be one of the oldest in England. As a second son, the sitter was born plain John Talbot. He gradually gained titles -- referenced here through the heraldry on his mantle -- through two marriages, and by inheriting them from a cousin, and infant niece.
Artwork Details
- Title: John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and 1st Earl of Waterford
- Engraver: James Basire, the elder (British, London 1730–1802 London)
- Sitter: John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and 1st Earl of Waterbury (British, ca. 1387–1453)
- Publisher: White, Cochrane, and Co. (British, active ca. 1807–26)
- Author: Related author Thomas Pennant (British, 1726–1798)
- Date: 1811
- Medium: Etching and engraving; second state of two
- Dimensions: Sheet: 5 9/16 × 4 1/2 in. (14.2 × 11.4 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Marilyn Jenkins-Madina, in loving memory of her husband, Professor Maan Z. Madina, 2016
- Object Number: 2016.383.3
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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