print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1868,0822.2818
- Description
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Henry V, his Queen and family shown praying with the men to left, the women to right, with tents behind them which are drawn together by an angel, St George confronting the dragon above, buildings and Cleodelinde with a lamb in the background; after an altar-piece once at Shene; illustration to Dallaway's edition of Walpole's 'Anecdotes of Painting in England' (London 1828). 1828
Etching and engraving on chine collé
- Production date
- 1828
- Dimensions
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Height: 140 millimetres
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Width: 212 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The print appears in Vol. I, p. 59. The painting was at Shene, later in the Arundel collection and sold at Tart-hall in 1719, according to Walpole.
The title-page is lettered: 'Anecdotes of Painting in England: with some account of the Principal Artists; and incidental notes on other arts; collected by the late Mr. George Vertue; digested and published from his original MSS. by the Honourable Horace Walpole; with considerable additions by The Rev. James Dallaway'
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Anecdotes of Painting in England
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0822.2818
