Printing plate
copper plate
The Royal Procession of Queen Elizabeth to Lord Hunsdon
Object number
LDSAL2022.2.114
Artist/Designer/Maker
Vertue, George - Engraver
Production date
1742
Production place
London
Material
copper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
height: 464mm
width: 571mm
width: 571mm
Location
Burlington House - George Vertue Box
Content description
Printing plate with the royal procession of Queen Elizabeth to visit Lord Hunsdon; Queen Elizabeth in a litter, surrounded by courtiers in procession to Blackfriars. After a painting attributed to Robert Peake the elder.
Inscriptions
Inscription content
POTENTISSIMA ELIZABETHAE ANGLIAE REGINAE ad Nobilissimum [...]
[...] de Hundson PROCESSIO REGALIS.
[...] The Original of this Picture was painted (in Oyl) at the command of this Noble Lord Hunsdon (cir. 1580) and is now in the possession of the R.t Hon.ble Lord Digby / who permitted a Limning to be taken in Water Colours for the R.t Hon.ble Edward Earl Oxford & Mortimer, and this Plate to be Engraved by / their most humble and obedient Servant Geo. Vertue 1742.
[...] de Hundson PROCESSIO REGALIS.
[...] The Original of this Picture was painted (in Oyl) at the command of this Noble Lord Hunsdon (cir. 1580) and is now in the possession of the R.t Hon.ble Lord Digby / who permitted a Limning to be taken in Water Colours for the R.t Hon.ble Edward Earl Oxford & Mortimer, and this Plate to be Engraved by / their most humble and obedient Servant Geo. Vertue 1742.
Inscription content
Georgius Vertue Lond:ni Del: et Sculpsit.
Inscription content
PL. IX
References
Reference (controlled)
Betti, Chiara. “Lost Treasures Resurface: The Untold Story of the Society of Antiquaries’ Printing Plates.” The Antiquaries Journal 104 (2024): 304–42. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003581524000179.
Printing plate with the royal procession of Queen Elizabeth to visit Lord Hunsdon; after a painting attributed to Robert Peake the elder
This plate is after the picture at Sherborne Castle, Dorset, later thought to be by John Oliver and showing the Queen on her way to Blackfriars to celebrate the marriage of Anne Russell and Lord Herbert. Roy Strong, who reattributes the picture to Robert Peake, discusses what he calls 'one of the great visual mysteries of the Elizabethan age'. The picture was brought to London in 1738 in order to be engraved by Vertue; a depiction of it on vellum by him was sold in London on 19 November 1987, which may be the one made for Lord Oxford.
Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Dr Ann Benson FSA.
Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Dr Ann Benson FSA.