The Great Harry, Ship of Henry VIII after Holbein, Antique Print, 1849

Maritime · 19th century

The Great Harry, Ship of Henry VIII after Holbein, Antique Print, 1849

€ 360

Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)

Date: 1849
Mapmaker / artist: A. Mayer (draughtsman), Kellerhoven (lithographer)
Publisher: Administration, 5 rue du Pont-de-Lodi, Paris (chromolithographed by Lemercier, Paris)
Technique: Chromolithograph
Coloring: Printed color
Sheet size: 28 × 21 cm (11.0 × 8.3 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-12228-2-2

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Condition

Even age toning. Handling soiling along all four edges. Scattered light foxing in the margin. All four corners complete.

About this sheet

A great Tudor warship under sail, lettered on the sheet as the Nef d'Henri VIII Roi d'Angleterre of 1520 and taken, as the caption states, from the original by Hans Holbein then still in England. Four masts carry topcastles; the hull is striped green and white, the Tudor livery colors; streamers and pennants of enormous length stream aft, and the gunports along the side are open. The ship is the one that carried the king to the Field of the Cloth of Gold, and this is one of the most recognizable images of the Tudor navy.

Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance was issued in Paris between 1848 and 1851 in five volumes under the literary direction of Paul Lacroix and the artistic direction of Ferdinand Sere. This plate belongs to the second volume, dated 1849. Its chromolithographs were drawn from the originals by artists sent into the libraries and collections of France, Belgium and Germany, and printed by Lemercier of Paris or by Engelmann et Graf.

This is one of the most striking sheets in the volume: a single bold object on an open sea, with the whole drama of the image carried by the flags. It is the obvious choice for a maritime collection, a boat room or a coastal house, and it holds a wall on its own without needing a companion. The subject is one of the best known images of the Tudor navy.

Even age toning. Handling soiling along all four edges. Scattered light foxing in the margin. All four corners complete.

This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.