Jane Seymour, Queen of Henry VIII

Date1746

Engraver Jacobus Houbraken 1698-1780

Publisher John and Paul Knapton

OriginEngland, London

MediumBlack and white line engraving and etching

DimensionsOH: 21 1/16" X OH: 14 3/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1930-442

DescriptionText around oval reads" "JANE SEYMOUR QUEEN OF HENRY VIII."
Lower margin reads: "Impensis I. & P. Knapton, Londini 1746"Label TextThis is one of the portraits for the Kit Kat Club and was then included in volumes of Birch's "The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, Engraved by Mr Houbraken and by Mr Vertue" (London, 1743-1752) (compiling of portraits of famous people); these were sold in the Colonies.ProvenanceBefore 1930, Robert Fridenberg (New York, NY); 1930-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).