[Alphonso appeared in the center of the ruins] [art original].
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11001130
Description
- Title
- [Alphonso appeared in the center of the ruins] [art original].
- Creator
- Greatheed, Bertie, 1781-1804, artist
- Published / Created
- [1796]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
-
In the courtyard of the castle, the enormous ghost of Alfonso appears as Theodore, Manfred, and Friar Jerome look up in fear. Under the figure of the ghost two other figures lay prostrate on the ground, as the castle tumbles in ruins
- Description
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Title devised by curator.
Date based on Horace Walpole's letter (dated 22 February 1796) to Bertie Greatheed's father in which he admires his son's four drawings that were inspired by his reading of The Castle of Otranto. All four drawings are bound in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of The Castle of Otranto (Lewis Walpole Library 49 3729). - Provenance
- Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day vii, lot 76 (with Italian translation of 1795), to Payne & Foss, £1.11.6 [London, 1030]; Puttick, 1 May 1884 (Gosford Sale), lot 3071, to Harvey, £7; Christie's, 1 April 1897 (Reginald Cholmondeley Sale), lot 114, to Quaritch, £11.5.0; thence to John W. Ford, who owned this copy in 1905; Sotheby's, 21 May 1909 (Miscellaneous Sale), lot 362, to B. F. Stevens, £15.5.0; Anderson, 19 January 1912 (Hoe Sale, Part 2), lot 3420, $60; Sotheby's, 10 December 1913 (Hoe Books), lot 173, to Edwards, £7; thence to the Earl of Cromer. Sold by Edwards, March 1937, to W.S. Lewis, for £20.
- Extent
- 1 drawing : image 215 x 143 mm, mounted to 247 x 169 mm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 49 3729
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Illustrations
Amateur works
Wash drawings British 18th century - Material
- brown ink and sepia wash ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic)
- Fear
- Subjects
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Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Illustrations
Fear
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Bertie Greatheed, Alphonso Appeared in the Center of the Ruins. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11146705
- Object ID (OID)
- 11001130
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