print
- Museum number
- 1953,1107.4
- Title
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Object: Alfred in the Isle of Athelney, receiving News of a Victory over the Danes
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Series: English History Delineated
- Description
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Two knights kneeling down before the King in simple dress, one holding a flag with eagle, others approach at right, tree trunks behind; after Nicholas Blakey, no. 5 from the series 'English History Delineated, in a Series of Fifty Prints, representing the most memorable Actions and Events, from the Landing of Julius Caesar to the Revolution', proposed by J. and P. Knapton and R. Dodsley. 1750-2
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1750-2
- Dimensions
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Height: 430 millimetres
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Width: 490 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1855,0609.1829 for a re-published (1778) and re-worked version of the plate, and 1877,0609.1706 for another plate from the present series.
Richard Goddard (email June 2022): It is probably worth being more specific and mentioning that this and related prints, e.g. 1877,0609.1706; 1866,0407.170; 1877,0609.1707; 1871,0812.2254 etc., are among the six completed plates for the series, English History Delineated, in a Series of Fifty Prints, representing the most memorable Actions and Events, from the Landing of Julius Caesar to the Revolution, proposed by J. and P. Knapton and R. Dodsley (14.5" x 18")
See 1854,0812.209 for more information on the series
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2015 Mar-Jun, Warwickshire, Compton Verney, 'Canaletto's Architecture: Celebrating Georgian Britain'
2015 Jun-Sep, Bath, Holburne Museum, 'Canaletto's Architecture: Celebrating Georgian Britain'
2015/16 Oct-Feb, Kendal, Lakeland Arts Trust, Abbot Hall, 'Canaletto's Architecture: Celebrating Georgian Britain'
- Acquisition date
- 1953
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1953,1107.4
