print; book of prints

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Object Type: print; book of prints
Museum number: Hh,1.1-44
Title: Object: Vetusta Monumenta
Description: A bound volume of historical and other prints published by the Society of Antiquaries; containing 42 prints of various size and date depicting antiquarian subjects, including architectural plans, elevations, and views, maps of London, Kings and Queens of England and France, nobility, battles, and other events of English history. Etching and engraving
Producer name: Published by: Society of Antiquaries of London; Published by: George Vertue; Print made by: George Vertue; After: Anthony van Dyck; After: Hans Holbein the Younger; After: Lucas de Heere; After: Paolo Uccello; Print made by: Thomas Patch; After: Paul Sandby; Print made by: George Simon, 2nd Earl Harcourt; Intermediary draughtsman: Edward Edwards; Print made by: James Basire I; Intermediary draughtsman: Samuel Hieronymus Grimm
School/style: British; Italian; Flemish
Production date: 1724-1788 (between)
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 670 millimetres (album size); Width: 510 millimetres
Curator's comments: According to notes added to the volume, Hh. 1.21 (children and queen of Henry VII engraved by Vertue after Maubeugius) and Hh.1.25 (Edward VI giving charter of Bridewell to the Lord Mayor of London engraved by Vertue after Holbein) have been removed and placed elsewhere in the collection: Vol. 24 "Groups", and English Portraits Atlas, respectively. Manuscript note at the front of the volume: "The Plates belonging to St. Stephen's Chapel were taken out of this volume and are bound up with the rest of what has been published by the Society of Antiq. concerning that structure. June 16 1814. J. B." This is James Bean, assistant librarian in the BM (see 174.c.5). The volume was therefore already in the BM by 1814. There is an advertisement dated 1805 on the last page. For other related volumes see 174.c.3,5 etc. which suggest that the volume may have been among the prints presented to the BM by the Society of Antiquaries, and which are mentioned in the 'Book of Donations'.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: medieval history; antiquarian/connoisseur; king/queen; architecture; church; monument; boat/ship; battle
Associated names: Portrait of: Charles I, King of England; Portrait of: Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I; Portrait of: Henry VIII, King of England; Portrait of: Henry VII, King of England; Portrait of: Jane Seymour, Queen of Henry VIII; Portrait of: Elizabeth I, Queen of England; Portrait of: Mary Tudor, Queen of France; Portrait of: Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk; Portrait of: Frances, Duchess of Suffolk; Portrait of: Lady Jane Grey; Representation of: Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley and Duke of Albany; Representation of: Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester; Representation of: Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon; Portrait of: Sir John Hawkwood; Representation of: François I, King of France; Representation of: Edward VI, King of England
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Windsor; Topographic representation of: London; Associated with: Woodstock (Oxfordshire); Topographic representation of: Chichester; Topographic representation of: Stanton Harcourt; Topographic representation of: Portsmouth; Topographic representation of: Calais
Associated titles
Acquisition date: 1814 (before)
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: Hh,1.1-44

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