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Object Type
print
Museum number
1875,0508.526
Title
Object:
Caxton Showing his First Proof Sheet to the Abbot of Westminster
Description
Earl Rivers standing on the left, his hand on Caxton's shoulder, both watching Abbot John Esteney who sits looking at a printed sheet, at a small table beside the press, with Wynkyn de Worde sitting behind the Abbot, and manuscript books on a small foot-stool in the foreground; proof without title. 1850 Mixed method
Producer name
Print made by:
William Walker
After:
James Edmund Doyle
Published by:
William Walker
School/style
British
Production date
1850
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
mixed method
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
653 millimetres
Width:
528 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Representation of:
William Caxton
Representation of:
John Esteney, Abbot of Westminster
Representation of:
Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers
Representation of:
Wynkyn de Worde
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Miss Marion Walker
Acquisition date
1875
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1875,0508.526