print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1858,1009.275
- Title
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Object: William I receiving the crown of England
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Series: Bowyer's history of England
- Description
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Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England' (1805-6); William the Conqueror, standing at left with soldiers waving banners behind him, is presented the crown by Edgar Atheling, kneeling in the centre of the crowd; a prelate, probably Strigand, the Archbishop of Canterbury, stands at right with arms open; a gothic building in background at right; after Benjamin West (Staley 50). 1797
Engraving and etching
- Production date
- 1797
- Dimensions
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Height: 469 millimetres
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Width: 334 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The building in the background may have been intended by West to represent either Westminster Abbey or Canterbury Cathedral. See von Erffa and Staley p. 188.
For another impression, see 1978,U.276.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Norman Conquest 1066
- Associated titles
Associated Title: History of England (vol. I, between pp. 222 and 223)
- Acquisition date
- 1858
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1858,1009.275
