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Object Type
Museum number: 1935,0413.59
Title: Object: Prince Henry of Portugall
Description: Henry the Navigator of Portugal (altered from Edward, the Black Prince), standing with spear and army in front of Ceuta. c.1655 Engraving
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School/style
Production date: 1655
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Dimensions: Height: 241 millimetres; Width: 194 millimetres
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Curator's comments: The plate was originally of Edward the Black Prince (see Hind 33.6), and was later altered to show Henry the Navigator, Prince of Portugal, who captured Ceuta in 1415. In this state the plate was used as the frontispiece to Sir Richard Fanshawe's translation of Camoes' Lusiads of 1655.
Bibliographic references: Hind 1952-64 / Engraving in England in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (III.35.13); Layard 1927 / Catalogue Raisonné of Engraved British Portraits from Altered Plates (41.II)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1935
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1935,0413.59

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