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Queen Elizabeth I Seated on a Throne, Attended by Three Councillors , in an Initial Letter 'C': P.1755-1991

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Queen Elizabeth I Seated on a Throne, Attended by Three Councillors , in an Initial Letter 'C'

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Note

Originally used in the dedication of Fox's 'Acts and Monuments', 1563. This impression is a later reprint or copy.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper ( thin wove paper)
Image Height 102 mm Width 93 mm
Sheet Height 110 mm Width 103 mm

Techniques used in production

Woodcut

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: ELISABETHA REGINA
  • Location: Image lower centre, on the base of the throne's dais
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1755-1991
Primary reference Number: 86093
O'Donoghue: 100

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Saturday 9 July 2022

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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