The Royal Family of Henry VII

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Artist/Maker	George Vertue (engraver)
Place of origin	London (printed)

Print, group portrait of Henry VII and the royal family, whole-lengths, standing.

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Categories	Portraits Prints Royalty
Object type	Print
Title	The Royal Family of Henry VII (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Etching on paper Paper Etching
Brief description	Print, group portrait of the royal family of Henry VII, etching by George Vertue after Hans Holbein, mid 18th century.
Physical description	Print, group portrait of Henry VII and the royal family, whole-lengths, standing.
Dimensions	Mount height: 54.5cm Mount width: 74.6cm Measured by SH 09/09/2011
Content description	Group portrait of four figures, whole-lengths, standing around a plinth; two men on the left and two women on the right; one of the men is resting his arm on the plinth.
Styles	British School Tudor
Marks and inscriptions	'Familia Regia ab Holbenio picta. Celsissimo Principia Carolo Seymour, Somer setiae Duci, Hertfordiae Marchioni et Comiti, Vice-comiti Beauchamp de Hatche, Baroni Seymour de Trowbridge de Cockermouth et Petworth civitas Cicestriae summo senescallo, celeberrimae Academiae Contabrigiensis Cancellario, auratae perisceldis ordinis Equiti, magnae Britanniae, Regi a secretoribus consilius, hanc Tabulum summo culto et observiantia. Ectypum unde haec tabula descrinta fuit ab archetypo in camera interiori palatu dicti Whitehall ante fatale erus incendium ano. 1697 denictum in aedibus regus Kensingtoniae servatur. D.D.D. Georgias Vertue. Geo Vertue del & sculp.' (Lettered)
Subjects depicted	King Queen Henry VII Henry VIII Jane Seymour Elizabeth of York
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	27642

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O624382/the-royal-family-of-henry-print-george-vertue/

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