print
- Museum number
- 1853,0112.1530
- Description
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The Seven Bishops, with their portrait medallions arranged in the form of a pyramid flanked by lighted candles. Later state with addition of new publication line. 1688
Engraving
- Production date
- 1688
- Dimensions
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Height: 280 millimetres (trimmed)
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Width: 211 millimetres (trimmed)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- A later state of 1686,0808.3309, for which see Antony Griffiths, 'The Print in Stuart Britain', BM 1998, cat.207. The plate was reworked, the texts at the sides taken out, cross-hatching and new text added at the base, and the publication line changed.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Trial of the Seven Bishops 1688
- Acquisition date
- 1853
- Acquisition notes
- 1853,0112.1338 to 2335 is a collection of engraved portraits of persons connected with Suffolk formed by David Elisha Davy, as part of his collections on the history of Suffolk which were purchased by the Department of Manuscripts in 1852. The portraits were transferred to the Department of Prints and Drawings in 1853.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1853,0112.1530