Charles Grignion, 1717–1810, Britishor Charles Grignion, 1754–1804, Britishafter unknown artist
Title:
Earl Rivers Presenting His Book and Caxton, His Printer, to Edward IV
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 13/16 x 9 3/16 inches (30 x 23.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in black ink, within image, lower center, in plaque: "Earl Rivers presenting his Book & Caxton his Printer | to Edw. 4. the Queen & Prince; from a curious M.S. in the | Archbishop's Library at Lambeth. The Portrait of the | Prince (afterwds. Edw. 5th.) is the only one known of him, & | has been engraved by Vertue among the Heads of the | Kings. The Person in a Cap & Robe of State is proba- | bly Richard D. of Gloucester, as he resembles the King, | and as Clarence was always too great an Enemy of | the Queen to be distinguished by her Brother. The | Book was printed in 1477, when Clarence was in Ire- | land, & in the beginning of the next Year he was murder'd."; lower right: "C. Grignion sculp."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.12579
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
kneeling | king (person) | prince | Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers, 1477 | ermine | book | scepters | orbs | historical subject | capes | tunic | cloaks | emblems | plaque | crowns | interior | men | boy | royalty | servants | women | peers | queen (person) | illustration | fur