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Familia Regia

1743
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Familia Regia
  • Series/Portfolio: Historical Portraitures
  • Engraver: George Vertue (British, London 1684–1756 London)
  • Artist: After Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London)
  • Artist: After Remee van Leemput (Flemish, Antwerp 1607–1675 London)
  • Sitter: Henry VII, King of England and Lord of Ireland (British, Pembrokeshire, Wales 1457–1509 Richmond)
  • Sitter: Henry VIII, King of England and Ireland (British, London 1491–1547 London)
  • Sitter: Jane Seymour, Queen of Henry VIII (British, 1508/09–1547)
  • Sitter: Elizabeth of York, Queen of England (1466–1503)
  • Date: 1743
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 18 7/8 × 22 7/16 in. (48 × 57 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.501.2199
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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