Faiths victorie in Romes crueltie

Folger bibliographic ID: 235430
Folger call number: ART 265- 962
Folger holdings ID: 289125
Accession Number: 265962

Anti-catholic print showing English Protestant martyrs, chiefly those burned to death by order of Queen Mary in 1555-1556, standing around a bonfire. Several figures are identified with letters and mentioned in 6 columns of verse text below: Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (A), holding his hand in the flames; on the far right, Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester (B) and, between the two, Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London (C); at lower right, John Hooper, Bishop of Gloucester (D); at lower left, John Philpot (E); to the left of the fire, and holding a bundle of faggots, John Bradford (F); behind him, John Rogers (G); to the right of the fire, beside Latimer, Laurence Saunders (H); behind Cranmer, Rowland Taylor (I); behind Philpot, Thomas Bilney (K); between Philpot and Bradford, Robert Ferrar (L); behind him, Robert Glover (M). Behind these identified individuals, a mass of other figures, some of them named in the verses

Edition

[State 2 of 2]

General notes

Title from item Description based on print trimmed within plate mark An earlier state with the imprint "Sould by Tho: Iener at ye Excha:" [i.e. Thomas Jenner, ca. 1630] exists as a unique known copy at the British Museum. According to Malcolm Jones, John Garrett acquired most of Jenner's stock at the time of the latter's death ca. 1673 Also available as a digital reproduction

Publications

The print in early modern England : an historical oversight / Malcolm Jones. New Haven : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, c2010, p. 59-60

Item information about Folger ART 265- 962

This copy reproduced in Malcolm Jones, The Print in Early Modern England, p. 60. Only other copy known is located at the Huntington Library, California in vol. 2 of Bull, Richard, 1725-1806, collector. [Extra-illustrated Biographical history of England, from Egbert the Great to the Revolution.] [London?, between 1769 and 1774]

Martyrs Reformation Cranmer, Thomas, 1489-1556 Latimer, Hugh, 1485?-1555 Ridley, Nicholas, 1500?-1555 Hooper, John, -1555 Philpot, John, 1516-1555 Bradford, John, 1510?-1555 Rogers, John, 1500?-1555 Saunders, Laurence, -1555 Taylor, Rowland, -1555 Bilney, Thomas, approximately 1495-1531 Ferrar, Robert, approximately 1500-1555 Glover, Robert, -1555

depiction: Cranmer, Thomas, 1489-1556
depiction: Latimer, Hugh, 1485?-1555
depiction: Ridley, Nicholas, 1500?-1555
depiction: Hooper, John, -1555
depiction: Philpot, John, 1516-1555
depiction: Bradford, John, 1510?-1555
depiction: Rogers, John, 1500?-1555
depiction: Saunders, Laurence, -1555
depiction: Taylor, Rowland, -1555
depiction: Bilney, Thomas, approximately 1495-1531
depiction: Ferrar, Robert, approximately 1500-1555
depiction: Glover, Robert, -1555
publisher: Garrett, John, -1720