George Vertue, 1684–1756, Britishafter Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1497–1543, German, active in Switzerland and England
Title:
Familia Regia: Henry VIII, Henry VII, Elizabeth of York, Jane Seymour
Date:
1742
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 23 3/4 inches (50.5 × 60.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, upper center: "FAMILIA REGIA | ab Holbenio picta."; upper right: "PL.I"; lettered, lower center: "Celsissimo Principi CAROLO SEYMOUR. Somersetiae DUCI, hertfordice Marchioni et Comiti Vice-comiti Beauchamp de Hatche, Baroni SEYMOUR de Trowbridge de Cockermouth et Petworth. | civitatis cicestriae, celberrimae Academiae Cantabrigiensis Cancellario, auratae Periscelides ordinis Equiti Magnae Britanniae, Regi a Secretioribus Consilius, hanc Tabulam summo cultu et observantia. | D.D.D. Georgius vertue. | Ectypum, unde haec tabula descripta fuit, ab arcetypo in camera interiori palatu dicti Whitehall ante fatale ejus incedium an 1697 depictum, in adibus regus Kensigintoniae Servatur."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.10332
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Crown Pictorial - Art and the British Monarchy (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-12-05 - 1991-02-17)
Publications:
Linda Colley, Crown Pictorial : Art and the British Monarchy : Exhibition Labels, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1990, pp. 2-3, No. 2, N8219 K5 C761 1990 (YCBA)Linda Colley, Crown Pictorial : Art and the British Monarchy, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1990, p. 25, no. 2, N8219 K5 C76 1990 (YCBA)