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Cicely Heron (Cecily More Heron)

August 13, 1798
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Cicely Heron (Cecily More Heron)
  • Series/Portfolio: Imitations of Original Drawings by Holbein, in the Collection of His Majesty, for the Portraits of Illustrious Persons in the Court of Henry VIII, plate 3
  • Artist: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon)
  • Artist: After Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London)
  • Publisher: John Chamberlaine (British, ca. 1745–1812 London)
  • Sitter: Cicely Heron (British, 1507–1526/27)
  • Date: August 13, 1798
  • Medium: Etching and stipple engraving, printed in color on pink paper
  • Dimensions: plate: 17 x 12 3/8 in. (43.2 x 31.4 cm)
    sheet: 21 3/4 x 15 7/8 in. (55.2 x 40.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Thomas T. Gaunt, 1942
  • Object Number: 42.66.3
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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