Printing plate
copper plate
Mary Queen of France and Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk
Object number
LDSAL2022.2.131.1
Artist/Designer/Maker
Vertue, George - Engraver
Production date
1748
Material
copper
Technique
Engraving
Etching
Etching
Dimensions
height: 355mm
width: 441mm
width: 441mm
Location
Burlington House -
Content description
Printing plate with a double portrait of Mary Queen of France and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Mary on the right, holding an emblem consisting of a caduceus emerging from a flower in her left hand, the other held by Charles Brandon, who wears a fur-trimmed overgown and the collar of the Garter, with a curtain behind to right, and with crown, Hand of Justice, sceptre, crests, lance and gloves on the plinth of the frame surrounding them
Inscriptions
Inscription content
MARY QUEEN of FRANCE / CHARLES BRANDON Duke of SUFFOLK
Inscription content
G. Vertue Sculp. 1748
Inscription date
1748
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 a double portrait of Mary Queen of France and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk
The border of this plate was cut out, and it is still preserved at the Society (see LDSAL2022.2.131.2).
The engraving is after a painting formerly in the collection of John Carteret, 2nd Earl of Granville, and now in the collection of the Earl of Yarborough.
The engraving is after a painting formerly in the collection of John Carteret, 2nd Earl of Granville, and now in the collection of the Earl of Yarborough.
