Earl Rivers presenting his Book & Caxton his Printer to Edw. 4.
Maker
After
(artist)
(printmaker (?))
1717-1810
(artist)
(printmaker (?))
1717-1810
Title
Earl Rivers presenting his Book & Caxton his Printer to Edw. 4.
Date of Production
18th century 2nd half
Medium
printed on chine collé
Dimensions
Height: 17.9 cm
Width: 10.9 cm
Width: 10.9 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.6139.75
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Literature
Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, 6 vols
no. 7 under James IV
no. 7 under James IV
Inscriptions
Inscription: C. Grignion sculp. //
Inscription: Orford's Portraits //
Inscription: Earl Rivers presenting his Book & Caxton his Printer / to Edw. 4, the Queen & Prince; from a curious M.S. in the / Archbishop's Library at Lambeth. The Portrait of the / Prince afterw.ds Edw.5th is the only one known of him, & / has been engraved by Vertue among the Heads of the / Kings. The Person in a Cap & Robe of State is proba / bly Richard D. of Gloucester, as he resembed the King, / and as Clarence was always too great an Enemy of / the Queen to be distinguished by her Brother. The / Book was printed in 1447, when Clarence was in Ire- / land, & in the beginning of the next Year he was murder'd. //
Inscription: 84 //
Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: Orford's Portraits //
Inscription: Earl Rivers presenting his Book & Caxton his Printer / to Edw. 4, the Queen & Prince; from a curious M.S. in the / Archbishop's Library at Lambeth. The Portrait of the / Prince afterw.ds Edw.5th is the only one known of him, & / has been engraved by Vertue among the Heads of the / Kings. The Person in a Cap & Robe of State is proba / bly Richard D. of Gloucester, as he resembed the King, / and as Clarence was always too great an Enemy of / the Queen to be distinguished by her Brother. The / Book was printed in 1447, when Clarence was in Ire- / land, & in the beginning of the next Year he was murder'd. //
Inscription: 84 //
Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //
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