FDA-E.3221-2023
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.3221-2023
Object type
Identification
Title
Henricus VI Fundator
Title Type
Common name
Description
Printed portrait of a young man, full-length, standing, facing to the right, within a gothic arch; wearing crown, robes and fur-lined cloak; holding an orb and sceptre
Comments
This portrait print of Henry VI is derived from a window of All Souls College in Oxford.
Description
Content (person)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 457mm
width (actual size): 250mm
width (actual size): 250mm
Inscription
Lettered within image, lower centre: 'Henricus VI Fundator.'; below image, left hand side: 'Drawn by J. K. Sherwin from an ancient Window in All Soul's College. 1773.', and below image, right hand side: 'Engraved by F. Bartolozzi.'
Materials & techniques note
Etching, with engraving, on paper
Production
Person
Date
1773
Technique
etched
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Richard Henry Allen Amis (K.S. 1945-50; 1932-2018); by whom bequeathed to Eton College
