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Edward VI presenting the Charter of Bridewell and Bethlehem Hospitals to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London

February 16, 1750
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Edward VI presenting the Charter of Bridewell and Bethlehem Hospitals to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London
  • Series/Portfolio: Historical Portraitures
  • Engraver: George Vertue (British, London 1684–1756 London)
  • Artist: After Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London)
  • Sitter: Sir George Barnes (British, active 1552)
  • Sitter: Edward VI, King of England and Ireland (British, Hampton Court Palace 1537–1553 Greenwich)
  • Sitter: Thomas Goodricke (British, died 1554)
  • Sitter: Sir Robert Bowes (British, ca. 1495–1554)
  • Sitter: William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (British, 1507–1570)
  • Sitter: Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London)
  • Date: February 16, 1750
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 19 in. × 22 7/16 in. (48.3 × 57 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.501.2197
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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