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Print made by Anker Smith, 1759–1819, British, Attempt to Assassinate Prince Edward in Palestine, 1816
- Title:
Attempt to Assassinate Prince Edward in Palestine
- Part Of:
Collective Title: Illustrations from Camden's 'The imperial history of England'
- Date:
- 1816
- Medium:
- Etching and line engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 × 8 7/8 inches (35.6 × 22.5 cm), Plate: 11 7/8 × 7 1/2 inches (30.2 × 19.1 cm), Image: 10 5/8 × 6 3/8 inches (27 × 16.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, upper left: "Whitlocke | facs p. 90 | 316"
Lettered within image, lower center: "Attempt to Assassinate Prince Edward | In Palestine"; below image, lower left: "Drawn by Smirke,"; lower right: "Engraved by A. Smith."; below, center: "Published by Nuttall, Fisher & Dixon, Liverpool. May, 1816."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2014.26.10
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- assassination | bed (furniture) | frame (furnishing) | historical subject | prince
- Associated Places:
- Palestine
- Associated People:
- Edward I (1239–1307), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:70553
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