National Army Museum

The Encampment of Henry VIII at Marquison, July MDXLIV

line engraving, engraving

Accession Number

NAM.1970-10-18-1

Description

The Encampment of Henry VIII at Marquison, July MDXLIV. Line engraving by James Basire after S H Grimm, 1788. Published 23 Apr 1788. Associated with the Siege of Boulogne, French War (1542-1546) 1544.

Events

Boulogne, Siege of, 1544 (French War 1542-1546)

Units

British Army

People

Henry VIII

Basire, James (I)

Grimm, Samuel Hieronymous

Dimensions

Width: 510 mm Text: 685 mm Part 1: 23 in Part 1: 18.5 in

Inscriptions

bottom ‘ENGRAVED FROM COEVAL PAINTING, AT COWDRAY IN SUSSEX, THE SEAT OF LORD VISCOUNT MONTAGUE’ bottom ‘DRAWN FROM THE ORIGIINAL, BY S H GRIMM’ bottom left ‘SUMPTIBUS SOCIETATIS ANTIQUARIORIUM LONDINI’ bottom left ‘ENGRAVED BY JAMES BASIRE, 1788’ bottom right ‘PUBLISH’D ACCORDING TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT. 23rd APRIL 1788’ bottom right ‘THE CAMPING OF THE KING AT MORGVISON’