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Object Type
Museum number: 1868,0822.2827
Title: Object: Earl Rivers presenting his Book & Caxton his Printer to Edw. 4.
Description: Earl Rivers in a tunic decorated with heraldic emblems over armour, kneeling on the left with Caxton, in a fur-trimmed cape and gown, presenting a book to King Edward IV who sits with sceptre and orb, his wife standing behind him and Price Edward at his elbow, with a peer and three others standing nearby behind to left and a crowd in the adjoining room to left; in a brattished border with an explanatory plaque in a border below; from a manuscript belonging to the Archbishop of Lambeth; illustration to an unidentified publication. 1807 Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Andrew Birrell; Published by: J Scott
School/style
Production date: 1807
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 246 millimetres; Width: 157 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Representation of: Edward IV, King of England; Representation of: Edward V, King of England; Representation of: Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of Edward IV; Representation of: Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers; Representation of: William Caxton; Representation of: Richard III, King of England (?)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,0822.2827

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