[Horace Walpole in his library] [art original]Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853[between 1802 and 1853?]engCopy 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 rowboatTitle 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.