The History of King Henry VIII

Artist Eric Gill (British, 1882 - 1940)

Date1937; pub. 1939

Mediumwood engraving

DimensionsImage: 9 1/16 × 5 9/16 in. (23 × 14.2 cm) Sheet: 12 3/8 × 8 3/16 in. (31.5 × 20.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Michael and Hillary Hanson

CultureBritish

Inscribedl.r. on sheet in pencil: 2016-85

PortfolioShakespeare's The History of King Henry VIII

Catalogue raisonnéJ.P. 925

Object numberPC2016.14.85

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionFrontispiece to Shakespeare's King Henry VIII; title text running vertically and horizontally with vegetal leaf forms circling text, all coming from a stem held by a black hand at lower left; at middle left a small woman in a black dress inside one of leaf roundels; at middle right a small man with a crown, beard, and in a black long belted shirt in another leaf roundel

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