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Vignette for Bowyer's "History of England"

1800
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Vignette for Bowyer's "History of England"
  • Engraver: William Sharp (British, London 1749–1824 London)
  • Artist: After Sir Robert Smirke (British, London 1780/1781–1867 Cheltenham)
  • Publisher: Robert Bowyer (British, Portsmouth 1758–1834 Byfleet, Surrey)
  • Author: Related author David Hume (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1711–1776 Edinburgh)
  • Sitter: Sir Robert Southwell (British, 1563–1598)
  • Sitter: Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland (British, 1549–1587)
  • Sitter: Edmund Sheffield, 1st Earl of Mulgrave (British, 1564–1646)
  • Sitter: Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick (British, 1528–1590)
  • Sitter: John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland (British, ca. 1502–1553)
  • Sitter: Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland (British, ca. 1532–1585)
  • Date: 1800
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Plate: 17 7/16 × 12 3/8 in. (44.3 × 31.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of George Hellman, 1942
  • Object Number: 42.65.101
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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