Surrender of Calais (after Edward Bird)
John Young (1755 – Bloomsbury 1825)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1817
Materials
Paper
Measurements
730 x 450 mm
Order this imageCollection
Clevedon Court, North Somerset
NT 624247
Summary
Print, mezzotint, Surrender of Calais' (after Edward Bird ARA) by John Young (1755 – Bloomsbury 1825) 1817 bequeathed by Lady Elton 1995. Sarah Smith, wife of 6th Bt., posed for Queen Phillipa (wife of Edward III) the 2 pages on the left are their 2 sons Abraham and Charles, drowned at Weston Super Mare 1819.
Marks and inscriptions
/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/
Makers and roles
John Young (1755 – Bloomsbury 1825), engraver Edward Bird (Wolverhampton 1772 – London 1819) , artist