[Horace Walpole in his library] [art original]
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15808818
Description
- Title
- [Horace Walpole in his library] [art original]
- Creator
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853
- Contributor
- Müntz, Jean-Henri, 1727-1798, artist.
- Published / Created
- [between 1802 and 1853?]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
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Copy of a portrait of Horace Walpole, after Muntz's 1756 drawing, shown seated in a chair with floral upholstery, in his library, whole length looking at the viewer, an open book in his hand and two on the floor at his feet. In the foreground at his side is a dog and behind him shelves of books. To the left, though the windows, the Thames with a sailboat and rowboat
- Description
-
Title devised by cataloger.
Signed in the image by the artist in ink lower left corner: G.P. Harding fecit.
In pencil lower right in unknown hand: "from a drawing by Müntz 1756."
In pencil on verso in unknown hand: "from a drawing by Müntz" followed by "by G.P. Harding" in W.S. Lewis's hand.
George Perfect Harding, English miniature painter, 1779/80-1853. - Provenance
- Sabin to W.S. Lewis, May 1975.
- Extent
- 1 drawing : image 17.8 x 13 cm, sheet 20.6 x 14 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- SH Contents H263 no. 12 Box 105
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Portrait drawings
Wash drawings British 19th century - Material
- grey ink wash ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797,
- Subjects
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Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
British > 19th century
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
- George Perfect Harding, Horace Walpole in His Library. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11706196
- Object ID (OID)
- 15808818