Henricus VIII D.G. Ang. Fr. & Hiberniae Rex F.D [print] / R. Houston fecit.

Accession number: 
PML 146638, p. 24
Author: 
Houston, Richard, 1721?-1775, engraver.
Published: 
London : Printed for E. Bakewell & H. Parker, in Cornhill, [1759?]
Description: 
1 print : mezzotint ; image: 228 x 199 mm; sheet: 262 x 201 mm
Credit: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes: 

After Hans Holbein the Younger.
Library's copy trimmed within platemark.
Third state, retouched and with new inscriptions; originally signed issued 1714-1715 with the signature of engraver John Faber.
Issued in 1759 as part of a published series of portraits in: Lives of the principal reformers : both Englishmen and foreigners. Comprehending the general history of the Reformation ; from its beginning, in 1360, by Dr. John Wickliffe, to its establishment, in 1600 ... / by Mr. Rolt ; the whole embellished with the heads of the reformers ... by Mr. Houston. London : Printed for E. Bakewell and H. Parker, 1759.
Inserted facing page 24 into v. 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of Henry Morley's Memoirs of Batholomew Fair (London : Chapman and Hall, 1859), see PML 146639.

Provenance: 
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary: 

Portrait, half length in an oval frame, wearing hat, fur-lined cloak, chains and medal.

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