To Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Augusta This Plate of the Surrender of Calais,is, with permission, inscribed by her obliged and devoted Servant, John Young.
Painted by Edward Bird R.A. Engraved by John Young, Engraver in Mezzotinto to H.R.H. the Prince Regent.
London, March 1. 1817, by the Engraver, No. 65 Upper Charlotte Street Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint, title in open letters, 570 x 750mm. Tatty and discoloured margins; plate generally good.
A dramatic scene. Queen Philippa on her knees before the throne of her husband Edward III, in his tent outside the walls of Calais, which he has reduced to surrender by seige (1447). She intercedes on behalf of the six citizens of the town who have come before him in chains as part of the ransom the king demanded.
See Ref: 8628 for an early proof.
[Ref: 8374] £380.00
London, March 1. 1817, by the Engraver, No. 65 Upper Charlotte Street Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint, title in open letters, 570 x 750mm. Tatty and discoloured margins; plate generally good.
A dramatic scene. Queen Philippa on her knees before the throne of her husband Edward III, in his tent outside the walls of Calais, which he has reduced to surrender by seige (1447). She intercedes on behalf of the six citizens of the town who have come before him in chains as part of the ransom the king demanded.
See Ref: 8628 for an early proof.
[Ref: 8374] £380.00