Johnson Manuscript page (loose sheet) - print of figures from 'The History of England'

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Maker

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Title

Johnson Manuscript page (loose sheet) - print of figures from 'The History of England'

Date of Production

(mid 18th century) 1725 - 1775

Medium

engraving and etching on laid paper, trimmed and laid down on manuscript page

Dimensions

Height: 20.8 cm (whole page)
Width: 16.2 cm (whole page)

Object Number

MS.1978.PG.1.198

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto, all printed in black: lower centre, in cartouche, title: "THE / HISTORY / OF / ENGLAND"; figures in niches each labelled: "A ROMAN.", "A SAXON." "A BRITAIN.", "A DANE." AND "A NORMAN."

Provenance

possibly Albert Rubens (1614-1657); bought by Captain Maurice Johnson, 1742/44 for his father, Maurice Johnson Sr., Spalding (1688-1755); by descent in Johnson and Marsden families; W.A. Marsden (book-plate, 1897); Christopher Marsden (bookplate, 1930); his sale, Sotheby's (London), 23-24 March, 1970, lot 179; purchased there via Maggs Bros. (London) by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978) (£2,600); Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Literature

Rubens. The Power of Transformation, Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna, 2017-18
cat. no. 28

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