The Heads of the Kings of England, Proper for Mr. Rapin's History, Translated by N. Tindal
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Title: The Heads of the Kings of England, Proper for Mr. Rapin's History, Translated by N. Tindal
Author:
Paul de Rapin de Thoyras (French, Castres 1661–1725 Wesel, Germany)
Translator:
Nicholas Tindal (British, Plymouth 1687–1774 London)
Artist and engraver:
George Vertue (British, London 1684–1756 London)
Sitter:
Egbert, King of Wessex (British, Wessex 770–839 Wessex)
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Alfred the Great (848/849–899)
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Canute, King of England, Denmark and Norway (Anglo-Dane, died 1035)
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William I, King of England and Duke of Normandy (British (born France) Falaise 1027/28–1087 St. Gervais, Rouen)
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William II, King of England (ca. 1060–1100)
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Henry I, King of England (British, Selby (?), Yorkshire ca. 1068–1135 Lyons-la-Forêt, Normandy)
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Stephen, King of England (ca. 1092–1154)
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Henry II, King of England (British, Le Mans, Maine 1133–1189 Chinon Castle, Indre-et-Loire)
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Richard I (British, Oxford, 1157–1199)
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John, King of England (British, Oxford 1167–1216 Newark-on-Trent)
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Henry III, King of England (British, Winchester 1207–1272 London)
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Edward I, King of England (British, London 1239–1307 Burgh by Sands, Cumberland)
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Edward II, King of England (British, Caernarfon Castle, Wales 1284–1327 Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire)
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Edward III, King of England (British, Windsor 1312–1377 Richmond)
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Edward, Prince of Wales [the Black Prince] (British, Woodstock 1330–1376 Westminster)
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Richard II (British, Bordeaux 1367–1400 London)
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Prince John (of Gaunt) (British, Ghent 1340–1399 Leicester)
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Henry IV, King of England (British, Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire 1366–1413 London)
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Henry V, King of England (British, Monmouth, Wales 1386/87–1422 Vincennes, France)
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Prince John (of Lancaster) (British, 1389–1435 Rouen, France)
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Henry VI, King of England (British, Windsor 1421–1471 London)
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Edward IV, King of England (British, Rouen, Normandy 1442–1483 London)
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Edward V, King of England (British, London 1470–1483 London)
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Richard III (British, Fotheringhay 1452–1485 Leicestershire)
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Henry VII, King of England and Lord of Ireland (British, Pembrokeshire, Wales 1457–1509 Richmond)
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Henry VIII, King of England and Ireland (British, London 1491–1547 London)
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Edward VI, King of England and Ireland (British, Hampton Court Palace 1537–1553 Greenwich)
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Mary I, Queen of England (British, Greenwich 1516–1558 London)
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Philip II (Spanish, Valladolid 1527–1598 San Lorenzo de El Escorial)
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Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1533–1603)
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Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (British, Yorkshire 1545/46–1567 Edinburgh)
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Mary, Queen of Scots (British, Linlithgow 1542–1587 Fotheringhay)
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James I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland (British, Edinburgh 1566–1625 Theobalds)
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Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (British, Stirling, Scotland 1594–1612 London)
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Princess Elizabeth Stuart (later Queen of Bohemia) (British, Falkland, Scotland 1596–1662 London)
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Charles I, King of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland (British, Dunfermline, Scotland 1600–1649 London)
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Oliver Cromwell (British, Huntingdon 1599–1658 London)
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Charles II, King of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales (British, London 1630–1685 London)
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Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (British, Surrey 1640–1660 London)
Sitter:
James II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland (British, London 1633–1701 France)
Artist:
After Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Pieve di Cadore ca. 1485/90?–1576 Venice)
Artist:
After Sir Godfrey Kneller (German, Lübeck 1646–1723 London)
Artist:
After Hans Holbein the Younger (German, Augsburg 1497/98–1543 London)
Artist:
After Sir Peter Lely (Pieter van der Faes) (British, Soest 1618–1680 London)
Artist:
After Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, Antwerp 1599–1641 London)
Dedicatee:
Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales (British, Hanover 1707–1751 London)
Publisher:
James, John and Paul Knapton (London)
Date: 1736
Medium: Illustrations: engraving
Dimensions: 20 15/16 x 14 3/16 x 1 in. (53.2 x 36 x 2.5cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Object Number: 17.3.2984
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