About the Artwork
Thomas Cromwell 1498-1540
17th century
John Fillian
died 1680
English
Unknown
Engraving printed in black ink on wove paper
Plate: 8 3/8 × 6 inches (21.3 × 15.2 cm) Sheet: 15 1/4 × 11 1/2 inches (38.7 × 29.2 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S489
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed and dated, in plate, top left edge of image: P. S[illegible] Excudit. 16[illegible]
Inscribed, top right edge: John Fillian Sculp. Inscribed, in plate, top center of image: THOMAS CROMWELL. Inscribed, in plate below image: Lord Privy Seal, Vicar General & Lord Chamberlian. [sic] | Created Earl of Essex 17. Ap. 13. H. 8. Beheaded 28 Iuly, 1540. Inscribed, in black ink, lower left margin: No 489. Inscribed, in pencil, bottom right margin: John FIllian Sc | 12/
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June 1885 , N. C. Perkins. 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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John Fillian, Thomas Cromwell 1498-1540, 17th century, engraving printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S489.
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