Detail View: Rylands Collection: Sir Thomas More
|
Image Number:
|
JRL0709092dc
|
|
Reference Number:
|
Spencer 6758
|
|
Link to Catalogue:
|
|
|
Image Title:
|
Sir Thomas More
|
|
Parent Work Title:
|
The life of Sir Thomas More, Kt. Lord High Chancellour of England under K. Henry the Eighth, : By his great grandson, Thomas More, Esq.
|
|
Alternative Parent Work Title:
|
The life and death of Sir Thomas More
|
|
Creator:
|
Vertue, George, 1684-1756
|
|
Creator Role:
|
Engraver
|
|
Creator:
|
More, Cresacre, 1572-1649
|
|
Creator Role:
|
Author
|
|
Date Created:
|
1726
|
|
Publication Details:
|
London: printed for James Woodman and David Lyon
|
|
Page/Sheet:
|
Frontispiece
|
|
Description:
|
Portrait of Sir Thomas More. The 'Life of Sir Thomas More', long erroneously attributed to his great-grandson Thomas, was in fact by Thomas the younger's brother Cresacre.
|
|
Language Code:
|
eng-GB
|
|
Subject:
|
Religion
|
|
Subject:
|
Christianity
|
|
Subject:
|
Great Britain--History
|
|
Subject:
|
Great Britain--Politics and government
|
|
Category of Material:
|
Printed
|
|
Sub-Category:
|
Portraits
|
|
Technique Used:
|
Engraving (printing process)
|
|
Support:
|
Paper
|
|
Time Period Covered:
|
1200 - 1500 CE; 16th Century CE
|
|
People Covered:
|
More, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535
|
|
Current Repository:
|
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
|
|
Provenance:
|
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
|
|
Rights Holder - Image:
|
The University of Manchester Library
|
|
Rights holder - Work:
|
The University of Manchester Library
|
|
Access Rights:
|
|
|
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
|
2007-06-11
|
|
Image Creation Technique:
|
Digital capture by Gten
|
|
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
|
2007-07
|
|
Metadata Language:
|
eng-GB
|