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Author/Creator:Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker.
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Title:King Henry VIII bringing to court Anna Bullen, who afterwards his royal consort [graphic] / Hogarth design & sculpt. ; Allan Ramsay script.
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Edition:[State 2].
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Publication:[London] : [Wm. Hogarth], [1728]
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Physical Description:1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 495 x 377 mm
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Location:LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY, Prints and Drawings (Non-Circ)
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Call Number: Sotheby 82+ Box 205
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Status:Not Checked Out
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Provenance:Sotheby's, F.E. Sotheby Sale, lot 215 (Hogarth's works) to Maggs for W.S. Lewis; 21 Nov. 1955; Acquisition no.: 955-11-21-82. Purchased as a bound collection of 97 prints with Sotheby bookplate; disbound January 1984.
Formerly owned by Frederick Edward Sotheby of Ecton, Northants, 1837-1909.
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Digital version
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Location:LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY, Prints and Drawings (Non-Circ)
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Medium:laid paper.
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Notes:Title etched below image.
Title from Paulson: King Henry the eighth and Anne Bullen
State, date, and publisher from Paulson.
The caption from 1st state erased or stopped out and replaced with a quote from Allan Ramsay in letterpress beginning: "See here the Great, the daring Harry stands, Peace, Plenty, Freedom shining in his Face ..."
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
The subject alludes to the perceived threat to the political supremacy of Robert Walpole (here represented by Wolsey) at the accession of George II. The composition echoes the traditional iconography of the popular story of Fair Rosamond and Henry II. See O'Connell, S. The popular print in England, 1999, p. 20.
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Summary:King Henry VIII leads Anne Boleyn towards the throne. A melancholy Cardinal Wolsey leans his head in his hand as he glances sideways toward the couple. In the background Katherine of Aragon sitting in another throne and turns away from the couple to converse with Anne's former lover, Lord Percy. A young page carries the train of Anne's dress as she enters the palace.
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Variant and related titles:King Henry the eighth and Anne Bullen
- Format:Visual Material
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References:Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 113
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, no. 116
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Subjects:Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547, depicted.
Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536, depicted.
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745.
Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530.
Cardinals.
Castles & palaces.
Ceremonial rooms.
Children.
Couples.
Kings.
Nobility.
Queens.
Reception rooms.
Thrones.
Great Britain--Politics and government--1727-1760.
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Subjects (Local Yale):Sotheby, Frederick Edward, 1837-1909--Ownership.
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Genre/Form:Historical reenactments.
Portraits.
Engravings--England--London--1728.
Etchings--England--London--1728.
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Also listed under:Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Ramsay, Allan, 1686-1758.
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