FDA-E.3221-2023

Object number

FDA-E.3221-2023

Object type

print

Title

King Henry VI: 'Henricus VI Ffundator'

Title Type

Common name

Description

Printed portrait of a young king, 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.

Content (person)

Henry VI, King of England, 1421 - 1471 (Sitter)

Dimensions

height (actual size): 457mm
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

Person

Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751 - 1790 (Source artist)
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1728 - 1815 (Engraver)

Date

c.1773

Technique

etched

Object history note

Provenance: Collection of Richard Henry Allen Amis (K.S. 1945-50; 1932-2018); by whom bequeathed to Eton College

Exhibited: 'An Etonian Collector: The Richard Amis Bequest', The Verey Gallery, Eton College, 16 November 2023 to 24 March 2024