photographic print
- Museum number
- 1871,1209.6511
- Title
- Object: The true Effigies of Sr Edmund-bury Godfrey
- Description
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Photograph of a print showing a medal relating to the murder of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey: obverse, to left, the head of Godfrey and the legend around 'Edmund-Bury Godfrey Moriendo Restituit Rem'; reverse, to right, the Pope saying 'Hereticus non est servanda fides.', directs three men who are murdering Godrey with swords; the dying man exclaims 'Pro fide et Patria'; the legend around the scene reads 'Tantum Religio Poterat Suadere Malorum'. Two lines of text beneath.
Photograph
- Production date
- 1678 (circa (original print))
- Dimensions
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Height: 108 millimetres
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Height: 161 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Stephens describes a photograph of an impression in the collection of James Holbert Wilson, Esq., but the present photograph is described in the register as one of five photographs of prints in the collection of J E Gardner (1871, 1209.6508 to 6512)
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Popish Plot 1678
- Acquisition date
- 1871
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1871,1209.6511
