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William Sommers.
William Sommers. King Henry the Eighth's Jester, from an ancient Picture in the Collection of Richard Aldworth Neville Esq.r
S. Harding del.t R. Clamp Sculp.
Pubd. Octo.r 1.st 1794 by Caulfield & Herbert.
Coloured stipple, printed in colours. 190 x 140mm. 7½ x 5½". Trimmed to platemark and glued to backing sheet.
Head and shoulders portrait of William Sommers (d.1560), a famous court jester for Henry VIII and Edward VI, smiling at the viewer through railings across a trompe-l'oeil window, left hand on the ledge, right touching the railings, pointing, wearing a plain dark doublet and beret with a small ruff. From James Caulfield's 'Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters of remarkable Persons, from the Reign of Edward III to the Revolution'
[Ref: 24410]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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