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The Siege of Boulogne by King Henry VIII MDXLIV   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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James Basire  (1730–1802)  wikidata:Q3656063
 
James Basire
Alternative names
James Basire the Elder; James I Basire; James, I Basire; James, the elder Basire; John James Basire; James Basire Sr.; James Basire I
Description British drawer, printmaker and copper engraver
Date of birth/death 6 October 1730 Edit this at Wikidata 6 September 1802 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London Lincoln's Inn Fields
Work period 1760 Edit this at Wikidata–1802 Edit this at Wikidata
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London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q3656063
after unknown 16th century artist
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The Siege of Boulogne by King Henry VIII MDXLIV
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English: The Siege of Boulogne by King Henry VIII in 1544, by James Basire, engraved from a coeval painting, at Cowdray in Sussex, the Seat of Lord Viscount Montague. An 18th century engraving after a coeval (that is, XVI century) painting in Cowdray House. The original was lost in a fire in 1793
Date Engraved prior to 1793 after a XVI century original
Source/Photographer http://eprints.port.ac.uk/11732/


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