Horace Walpole youngest son of Sr. Robt. Walpole, Earl of Orford / [graphic]

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Title: Horace Walpole youngest son of Sr. Robt. Walpole, Earl of Orford / [graphic]
Alternative Title: Horace Walpole : youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford
Creator: McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Contributor: Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, artist.
Published / Created: [1757]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1819/1821); standing three-quarter length to left and leaning his right elbow on table, his right hand to his cheek, eyes to front, wearing plain coat and waistcoat, lace collar and cuffs; published second state. The objects on the table are a print of the Roman eagle at Strawberry Hill, which Walpole considered 'one of the finest pieces of Greek sculpture in the world' (see Description of Strawberry Hill, Works, v. ii, p. 463), an ink pot and quill; a roll of manuscript, and three books
Description: Title engraved below image.
State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 36 x 26 cm
Edition: [State 2].
Language: English

Genre: Portrait prints
Mezzotints
Material: mezzotint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797,
Subjects: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > Ownership
Borden, Matthew C. D. (Matthew Chaloner Durfee), 1842-1912 > Ownership
Breaker, William D. > Ownership

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