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Henry VII

Print
1622 (published)
Artist/Maker
John Payne (engraver)
M. Lowndes (publisher)
W. Barret (publisher)
Place of origin
London (published)

Portrait, half-length, of Henry VII behind a parapet, facing half right and holding an orb and sceptre. On the left is a coat of arms, and on the right the Tudor rose.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Royalty
Object type
Print
TitleHenry VII (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
Print, half-length portrait of Henry VII. Engraving by John Payne after an unknown artist, 1622.
Physical description
Portrait, half-length, of Henry VII behind a parapet, facing half right and holding an orb and sceptre. On the left is a coat of arms, and on the right the Tudor rose.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.9cm
  • Width: 11.1cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Style
English School
Marks and inscriptions
'Cor Regis inscrutabile / John Payne sculpsit.' (Lettered)
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Historical context
This print was the frontispiece to The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh by Francis Bacon, published by M, Lowndes and W. Barret, London, 1622.
Subjects depicted
King
Roses (Flowers)
Coat of Arms
Orb
Sceptre
Henry VII
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
  • O'Donoghue, Freeman. British Museum: Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1908-25.
  • Corbett, Margery and Michael Norton. Engraving in England in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: the Reign of Charles I. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1952-64.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3175-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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