VII tabulae Raphaelis Urbin
Subtitle: longe celeberrimae quas hortatu  P. Pauli Rubenij Eq. ingenti sumptu emptas in Angliam advehi jussit serenissimus Rex Carolus I. et quibus adservandis magnificam in Aula Hamptonensi Pinacothecam fieri imperârunt augustissimi Principes Gulielmus & Maria Rex & Regina = The seven cartons of Raphael Urbin : which King Charles the 1.st bought by advice of P. Paul Rubens and which are preserved in the Gallery at Hampton Court erected for that purpose by order of King William and Queen Mary
By: nunc demum in claro obscuro factae a E. Kirkall
Contributors: Raphael, 1483-1520; Maratti, Carlo, 1625-1713
Published: 1722
Language: eng
Format: [graphic] :
Subjects: Bible; Art; Hampton Court (Richmond upon Thames, London, England); Portraits; Apostles; Art collections; Collectors and collecting; Cappella Sistina (Vatican Palace, Vatican City); History; Tapestry cartoons; Art patronage
Other titles: 7 tabulae Raphaelis Urbin; Seven cartons of Raphael Urbin
Description: Suite of reproductive prints after Raphael's drawings depicting the acts of the Apostles. The drawings were commissioned in ca. 1514/1515 by Pope Leo X. Completed in late 1516, they were planned as designs for a set of tapestries intended to cover the lower walls of the Sistine Chapel. Kirkall copied the originals, then in the British royal collection, and produced the plates through an experimental printing process that involved mezzotint, etching and chiaroscuro techniques. The suite consists of a title plate and seven plates reproducing the drawings.
Notes: In slipcase: modern green cloth box; a large label backed with marbled paper and pasted on the front cover. Title on label printed in calligraphy in black ink: The seven cartoons of Raphael Urbin Elisha Kirkall circa 1722.

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The English engraver and woodcutter Elisha Kirkall (1682?-1742) is counted amongst the earliest experimenters in color printing in England.

Assessed: Condition report in research file; 20010910; vs

The plates are mounted on late 18th or early 19th century album sheets. Title plate is numbered 6a/7 in ink in the upper left corner.
Table of contents: title: Lame man healed by Peter and John --; title: Paul preaching at Athens --; title: Elymas y sorcerer struckn.th blindness --; title: Paul and Barnabas at Lystra --; title: Death of Ananias --; title: Christ's charge to Peter --; title: Miraculous draught of fishes.