print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1872,0113.125
- Title
- Object: The fatal attempt of Prince William, Son of Henry I, to save his Sister Matilda
- Description
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The prince standing on a boat at left, holding on to the mast and passing a rope out towards the woman on rocks at right, the wind whipping her clothes around her, a body slumped over the rocks beside her and another survivor with hands clenched in prayer; octagonal frame, after Charles Benazech, illustration to Lyttleton's 'History of England'. 1804
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1802
- Dimensions
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Height: 170 millimetres
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Width: 218 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The image had previously been engraved by Saunders for Ashburton's 'History of England', published in 1792 by W & J Stratford (see 1915,0218.16), and this appears to be the same plate reduced and with additional work.
Other prints from the series after Benezach are held at 1872,0113.116,123,127,131,145,158, 188, 191 & 206 and 1873,0510.1188,1210,1219 & 1232.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1915
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1872,0113.125
