Thomas Abiel Pryor
English, 1809 - 1886After J. M. W. Turner
English, 1775 - 1851Heidelberg, 1859-1861; published 1880
Not on view
Steel engraving on paper
Dimensions10 3/4 × 14 7/8 in. (27.3 × 37.8 cm)
Image: 6 3/4 × 10 3/8 in. (17.1 × 26.4 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Fenton Davison, 1972.57.7
The crowd of figures belonged to the court of the “Winter Queen,” Princess Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the English King James I. She married the Elector Palatine, Friedrich V, in 1613. The couple are shown sitting in the left foreground, with Heidelberg castle on the hillside behind them. Their court was briefly famous for its extravagant entertainments, although Friedrich lost control of the Palatine in 1620, after which they lived their lives as exiles in Holland.
