Sir Robert Walpole, afterwards Earl of Orford Prime Minister to King George the First & King George the Second. In the Blue Damask Bed Chamber at Houghton / [graphic]

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Title: Sir Robert Walpole, afterwards Earl of Orford Prime Minister to King George the First & King George the Second. In the Blue Damask Bed Chamber at Houghton / [graphic]
Creator: Watson, James, approximately 1740-1790, printmaker
Contributor: Vanloo, Jean-Baptiste, 1684-1745, artist.
John and Josiah Boydell (Firm), publishers.
Published / Created: [1 January 1788]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published Jany. 1st, 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, London
Abstract: "Portrait, whole-length standing three-quarter to right, right hand on the chancerial burse, propped on a table to left, holding a document in left hand, wearing ornate embroidered robe over his suit, a sash from left shoulder, lace cravat and long wig, with a classical statue in the garden beyond the balustrade to right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits.
Frontispiece to the second volume of: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia - lately in the possession of the Earl of Orford at Houghton ... London : J. & J. Boydell, 1788.
Provenance: The Print Room; January 1990;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 50.6 x 36 cm, on sheet 56.3 x 42 cm
Edition: [State 3].
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Portraits W218A no. 2++

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Frontispieces
Portrait prints
Mezzotints England London 1788
Material: mezzotint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain.
Subject (Name): Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745,
Subject (Topic): Prime ministers
Subjects: Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Prime ministers > Great Britain
England > London > 1788
Borden, Matthew C. D. (Matthew Chaloner Durfee), 1842-1912 > Ownership
Breaker, William D. > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 12543844
Object ID (OID): 15815270