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Henry the Eighth and Anne Boleyn: P.1970-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Henry the Eighth and Anne Boleyn

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hogarth, William

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequest of Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Circa 1728 - 1729

Note

V/VI.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 485 mm Width 380 mm
Sheet Height 660 mm Width 489 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Design'd, & Engrav'd, by Wm. Hogarth.
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: King Henry the Eigth [sic], & Anna Bullen.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: London, printed for Robert Wilkinson, Cornhil, Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard & R Sayer in Fleet Street.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: -/c / c- (?)
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: a/t
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1970-1991
Primary reference Number: 94719
Paulson: 116 V/VI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 25 November 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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