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Trial of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury

Trial of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury
 (1644)
frontispiece for A Breviate of the Life of William Laud by William Prynne, published by Michael Sparke, London, 1644

Medium
etching
Measurements
18.1 × 13.7 cm (image) 18.7 × 14.2 cm (plate) 25.8 × 15.7 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 544 ii/ii; Pennington 555 ii/ii
Edition
2nd of 2 states
Printing/Publishing
printed by F.L.
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: W: Hollar fecit
printed in ink u.l.-u.r.: The manner and forme of the Arch-Biſhops Triall in the Houſe of Peeres.
printed in ink (in image) c.l.-l.r.: (letters A-N, T)
printed in ink l.c.: PROVERBS II. 8. / The Righteous is delivered out of Trouble, and the wicked commeth in his ſtead / (key: A-N, T) / The Hangings of 88. S. Mich. Sparke.
Accession Number
1278.1293-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display