drawing;
print study
- Museum number
- 1883,0714.718
- Description
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Specimens of paintings on the royal effigies at the abbey of Fontevraud, study for frontispiece of Stothard's 'The Monumental Effigies of Great Britain', published by Mrs Anna Eliza Bray, 1817-32, one of a large group of studies for this volume; from left to right, Henry II of England (succeeded 1154, died 1189), his wife Eleanor of Guyenne (or Aquitaine, died 1204)), Richard "Coeur-de-Lion" (succeeded 1189, died 1199) and Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of John (died 1246). 1816
Pen and black ink and watercolour, with graphite, touched with gold
- Production date
- 1816
- Dimensions
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Height: 250 millimetres
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Width: 304 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Etched as frontispiece, with the addition of a second painting of Henry II.
See also 1883,0714.481-750
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Monumental Effigies of Great Britain
- Acquisition date
- 1883
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1883,0714.718
