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Earl Rivers presenting his Book & Caxton his Printer to Edw. 4.

Maker

After
(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

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

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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

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 //

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