Catharine of Aragon

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Artist/Maker	John & Paul Knapton (publisher) Houbraken, Jacobus (engraver) Holbein, Hans (II) (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

Half-length portrait in an oval border. The sitter is wearing a close-fitting dark hood.

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Categories	Portraits Prints
Object type	Print
Title	Catharine of Aragon (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Etching on paper Paper Etching
Brief description	Portrait of Catherine of Arragon in an oval border. Etching by Jacobus Houbraken after Hans Holbein, 1743.
Physical description	Half-length portrait in an oval border. The sitter is wearing a close-fitting dark hood.
Dimensions	Height: 37.3cm Width: 23.8cm Dimensions taken from Marshall, Julian. A Catalogue of Engraved National Portraits in the National Art Library. London: HMSO, 1895.
Style	English School
Marks and inscriptions	'Catharine of Aragon Queen of K. Henry VIII.' (Lettered within border) 'Holbein pinxit. In the Collection of the Honble. Horace Walpole. J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1743. Impensis J. & P. Knapton London 1744.' (Lettered below)
Object history	This print is from Birch's Lives.
Subjects depicted	Queen Woman Katherine of Arragon (Queen of England)
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	21809

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O646872/catharine-of-aragon-print-houbraken-jacobus/

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