Le Champ de Drap d'or (The Field of the Cloth of Gold) (after Edward Edwards)
James Basire the elder (London 1730 – London 1802)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
10 Nov 1771
Materials
Ebonised, Glass, Ivory, Wood
Measurements
637 mm (H); 1162 mm (W); 755 mm (H); 1292 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Owletts, Kent
NT 1411100
Summary
Print, hand-coloured engraving, 'Le Champ de Drap d'or' (The Field of the Cloth of Gold) (after Edward Edwards) by James Basire the elder (London 1730 – London 1802). After the original painting in Windsor Castle'. First published 1771.
Marks and inscriptions
DRAWN FROM THE ORIGINAL BY E. EDWARDS. / ENGRAV'D BY JAMES BASIRE. / LE CHAMP DE DRAP D'OR. / THE INTERVIEW OF HENRY VIII, KING OF ENGLAND, AND THE FRENCH KING, FRANCIS.I. BETWEEN GUINES, AND ARDRES. IN THE MONTH OF JUNE 1520. / FROM THE ORIGINAL PICTURE TWELVE FEET ONE INCH IN LENGTH, AND SIX FEET FIVE INCHES IN HEIGHT, PRESERVED IN THE PRIVATE APARTMENTS IN WINDSOR CASTLE. / SUMPTIBUS SOCIETATIS ANTIQUARIORUM LONDINI / PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT NOV. 10 1774. (printed on front)
Makers and roles
James Basire the elder (London 1730 – London 1802) , engraver (printmaker) Edward Edwards (London 1738 - 1806), artist