"For know thou art imperial Richard's son" (from "Richard Plantagenet, A Legendary Tale")
John Keyse Sherwin British
Related editor Thomas Hull British
Subject Richard Plantagenet British
Not on view
This print shows Richard III in his tent before the Battle of Bosworth talking to a youth whom he reveals to be his son. Frontispiece to Thomas Hull's "Richard Plantagenet, A Legendary Tale," 1784, XLI-XLII:
"Wonder no more why thou art hither brought,
The secret of thy birth shall now be shown;
With glorious ardour be thy bosom fraught,
For know, thou art–Imperial Richard's Son.
Thy Father I, who fold thee in my arms
Thou royal issue of Plantagenet"
