Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (1405 – 1469) an English nobleman, and the father of Queen consort Elizabeth Woodville, presenting William Caxton (1422 – 1491) to King Edward IV. Caxton was the English merchant, writer and printer thought to be the first person to introduce a printing press into England, in 1476. The first book known to have been produced there was an edition of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. He printed perhaps the earliest verses of the Bible to be printed in English, as well as chivalric romances, classical works and English and Roman histories.

---

Size: 4150px × 3584px
Location: London, UK
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1476, 15th, 19th, 1st, ages, antiquarian, antiquity, art, black, book, bygone, canterbury, caxton, century, chaucer, conversation, court, courtiers, culture, drawing, earl, edward, england, english, engraving, etching, geoffrey, heritage, historic, history, icon, iconic, illustration, iv, king, line, lithograph, london, media, medieval, meeting, middle, monarch, monarchy, monochrome, nobleman, palace, pictorial, presentation, printer, revolutionary, richard, rivers, royal, royalty, sketch, study, tales, white, william, woodcut, woodville