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Museum number: 2010,7081.5924
Title: Object: Caxton shewing the first Specimen of his Printing to King Edward the Fourth
Description: Caxton standing in a vaulted room, behind a printing press, showing a freshly printed sheet to the King who stands wtih his wife and family to left of centre, accompanied by clerics and soldiers; the room is cluttered with apprentices and other workers, papers, books and printing equipment, with men binding on the left and others setting type on the right; papers are hanging from lines strung across the room, and pasted to the columns; after Maclise; open-letter state. 1858 Mixed method
Producer name: Print made by: Frederick Bromley; After: Daniel Maclise
School/style
Production date: 1858 (circa)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 683 millimetres; Width: 1038 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Declared to the Printsellers' Association, 1858. Published by Henry Graves & Co
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Representation of: William Caxton; Representation of: Edward IV, King of England
Acquisition name
Funder name: With contribution from: National Heritage Memorial Fund; With contribution from: Art Fund; With contribution from: British Museum Friends; With contribution from: Friends of Prints and Drawings; With contribution from: Mrs Charles Wrightsman; With contribution from: Michael Marks Charitable Trust
Acquisition date: 2010
Acquisition notes: Acquired with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Friends of the British Museum, the Art Fund, Mrs Charles Wrightsman, the Michael Marks Charitable Trust, and numerous individual donors.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 2010,7081.5924

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