print;
title-page
- Museum number
- 1896,1230.286
- Description
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Engraved title-page to Gilbert Burnet, 'The Abridgment of the History of the Reformation of the Church of England' (London, Richard Chiswell, 1682); title in cartouche at top; four compartments; top left, Henry VIII and Thomas Cranmer, with iconoclasm in the background; top right, church interior with Edward VI kneeling in prayer on a cushion at an altar, his crown beside him, with (presumably) Archbishop Cranmer on the left, and other figures kneeling in prayer in the background; bottom left, Cranmer, Bishop Nicholas Ridley, and Bishop Hugh Latimer burning at the stake, with Queen Mary I and a monk observing from a balcony above; bottom right, Elizabeth I and a bishop holding a copy of the Bible.
Engraving
- Production date
- 1682
- Dimensions
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Height: 165 millimetres
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Width: 102 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
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Associated Event: English Reformation
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Associated Event: Execution of Thomas Cranmer 1555
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Abridgment of the History of the Reformation of the Church of England
- Acquisition date
- 1896
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1896,1230.286
