Printing plate
copper plate
Decorative Printing Plate Border
Object number
LDSAL2022.2.131.2
Artist/Designer/Maker
Vertue, George - Engraver
Production date
1748
Material
copper
Technique
Engraving
Etching
Etching
Dimensions
height: 490mm
width: 580mm
width: 580mm
Location
Burlington House -
Content description
Border of the printing plate with the double portrait of Mary Queen of France and Charles Brandon
Inscriptions
Inscription content
Her Royal Grace
the Queen of France
Sister of K. Henry VIII.
Married to Lewis XII, the French King,
afterwards
to the Duke of Suffolk
the Queen of France
Sister of K. Henry VIII.
Married to Lewis XII, the French King,
afterwards
to the Duke of Suffolk
Inscription content
Inscrib'd at the R.t Hon.ble JOHN Lord CARTERET Earl of GRANVILLE from an Original in his possession. / by his most humble & most Obedient Serv.t G. Vertue
Inscription content
PL. III
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.
Border of the printing plate with the double portrait of Mary Queen of France and Charles Brandon
This is the border of the double portrait of Mary Queen of France and Charles Brandon (see LDSAL2022.2.131.).
The plate number in the top left corner was added when the plate was re-issued by the Society after 1776.
The plate number in the top left corner was added when the plate was re-issued by the Society after 1776.
