Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex - 1784 Engraving after Hans Holbein
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Original 1784 engraving with the portrait of Thomas Cromwell (about 1485-1540), Earl of Essex, chief minister to Henry VIII and a great driving force of the English Reformation: he organized the break with Rome and the dissolution of the monasteries. He fell after arranging the king's marriage to Anne of Cleves and was beheaded in 1540.
Original 1784 engraving with the portrait of Thomas Cromwell (about 1485-1540), Earl of Essex, chief minister to Henry VIII and a great driving force of the English Reformation: he organized the break with Rome and the dissolution of the monasteries. He fell after arranging the king's marriage to Anne of Cleves and was beheaded in 1540.
The original is by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543). It comes from the illustrated edition of Paul de Rapin de Thoyras's History of England published in London by John Harrison from 1784; according to the lettering at the foot, the portrait then belonged to Edward Southwell. It is signed in the plate I. Abselam.
Medium: Copper engraving on laid paper.
Artist / after: After a work by Hans Holbein the Younger (Augsburg, 1497 - London, 1543).
Engraver: I. Abselam.
Date: 26 July 1784, according to the imprint.
Source: Harrison's Edition of Rapin's History of England, London. The original, in the possession of Edward Southwell.
Dimensions: Plate mark 12.2 x 8.3 in (31 x 21 cm).
Condition: Good condition, with foxing of the period in the margins.
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Original 1784 engraving with the portrait of Thomas Cromwell (about 1485-1540), Earl of Essex, chief minister to Henry VIII and a great driving force of the English Reformation: he organized the break with Rome and the dissolution of the monasteries. He fell after arranging the king's marriage to Anne of Cleves and was beheaded in 1540.