Mary Queen of France and Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk

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

Print, half-length portraits of a Mary Queen of France and Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk. Mary is on the left, her left hand clasped by her husband's. He wears the collar and George, and she holds in her right hand a bulb (?) from which springs a winged Caduceus.

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Categories	Portraits Prints Royalty
Object type	Print
Title	Mary Queen of France and Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Engraving Engraving
Brief description	Print, half-length portrait of Mary Queen of France and Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk, engraving by George Vertue, early 18th century.
Physical description	Print, half-length portraits of a Mary Queen of France and Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk. Mary is on the left, her left hand clasped by her husband's. He wears the collar and George, and she holds in her right hand a bulb (?) from which springs a winged Caduceus.
Dimensions	Mount height: 54.5cm Mount width: 74.9cm Measured by SH 09/09/2011
Styles	British School Tudor
Marks and inscriptions	'Mary Queen of France / Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk / Her Royal Grace the Queen of France Sister of K. Henry VIII. Married to Lewis XII. ye French King afterwards to the Duke of Suffolk. Inscrib'd to the Rt. Honble. John Lord Carteret Earl of Granville, from an original in his possession, by his most humble & most Obedient Servt. G. Vertue.' (Lettered)
Subjects depicted	Duke Queen Bulb Mary Queen of France Charles Brandon
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	24245

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O638291/mary-queen-of-france-and-print-george-vertue/

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