print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1983,U.2408.1-27
Description: Bound volume of 27 prints, J Thane's 'British Autography: A Collection of Facsimiles of hand writing with authentic portraits, of royal & Illustrious Personages'; portraits of political, noble and religious figures from history; with facsimile signature beneath, framed in red borders. Bound in red boards, with gold lettering. Etching and engraving , border printed in red
Producer name: Published by: Edward Daniell; Published by: John Thane; Print made by: James Record; Print made by: John Swaine
School/style
Production date: 1788-1793 (c)
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 338 millimetres (volume); Width: 229 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Cataloguing supported by the Pilgrim Trust
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Portrait of: Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel; Portrait of: Sir Nicholas Bacon; Portrait of: Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford; Portrait of: Edmund Bonner, Bishop of London; Portrait of: Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham; Portrait of: Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham; Portrait of: Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester; Portrait of: Thomas Goodrich, Bishop of Ely; Portrait of: Henry V, King of England; Portrait of: William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham (?); Portrait of: Henry IV, King of England; Portrait of: Joan of Navarre, Queen of Henry IV; Portrait of: Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland; Portrait of: James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton; Portrait of: Richard Neile; Portrait of: John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland; Portrait of: Sir Walter Raleigh; Portrait of: Sir Gilbert Talbot; Portrait of: Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset; Portrait of: Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton; Portrait of: Thomas Seymour, Baron Seymour of Sudeley; Portrait of: Sir Francis Vere; Portrait of: Polydore Vergil; Portrait of: William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester; Portrait of: Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York; Portrait of: Edward La Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche
Associated titles: Associated Title: British Autography: A Collection of Facsimiles of hand writing with autentic portriats, of royal & Illustrious Personages; Associated Title: A Biographical History of England
Acquisition date: 1800-1983
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1983,U.2408.1-27

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