Shirley Mensforth, born 1936, BritishCommissioned by London Transport, 1937–2004, BritishPrinted by The Baynard Press, British
Title:
Westminster Abbey: Royal Effigies
Date:
1961
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph
Dimensions:
Sheet: 40 x 25 inches (101.6 x 63.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
In black, upper right corner: "S. Mensforth"; in black type (except for the first "W," which is in red) beneath image, across page; 'Was Edward III in his later years a Grand Old Manor an immoral dotard?| Was his Queen Philippa as good a cook as she looks? Was Richard II| a neurotic dictator or an Oxford don? Was his Queen Anne of Bohemia a beloved| saint or a crashing bore? Was Henry VII really as scholarly as he looked to Torrigiano?...Let the royal effiges in Westminster Abbey give you their own answers| to such rude questions and so bring you close to the heart of our English story". In small black type, bottom left corner: "26|488M|2700" and bottom right corner: "THE BAYNARD PRESS"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965