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Todten-Tanz, wie derselbe in der löblichen…

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With eight leaves of notes by George Vertue and Horace Walpole

  • Title: Todten-Tanz, wie derselbe in der löblichen und weltberühmten Stadt Basel als ein Spiegel menschlicher Beschaffenheit gantz künstlich gemahlet und zu sehen ist : mit beygefügten aus H. Schrifft und denen alten Kirchen-Lehrern gezogenen Erinnerungen vom Todt, Auferstehung, Jüngsten Gericht, Verdamnüss der Gottlosen und dem ewigen Leben / nach dem Original in Kupffer gebracht von Matth. Merian sel.
  • Published: Franckfurt am Mayn : Bey Joh. B. Andreä und H. Hort, [circa 1725]

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49 3717

Acquired October 2014

King Henry the Eigth [sic] & Anna Bullen

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King Henry VIII leads Anne Boleyn towards the throne. A melancholy Cardinal Wolsey leans his head in his hand as he glances sideways toward the couple. In the background Katherine of Aragon sitting in another throne and turns away from the couple to converse with Anne’s former lover, Lord Percy. A young page carries the train of Anne’s dress as she enters the palace.

  • Printmaker: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker.
  • Title: King Henry the Eigth [sic] & Anna Bullen [graphic] / design’d & engrav’d by Wm. Hogarth.
  • Edition: [State 5].
  • Published: London : Printed for Robert Wilkinson, Cornhil, Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard & R. Sayer, in Fleet Street, [circa 1790]

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Acquired October 2014