[Edward Earl of Warwick] [art original].

Description

Title: [Edward Earl of Warwick] [art original].
Contributor: Rous, John, 1411?-1491, artist.
Vertue, George, 1684-1756, attributed name.
Published / Created: [not after 1768]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Drawing of six figures identified in pencil by former owner
Description: Titles supplied by cataloger.
Formerly attributed to George Vertue. See Christie's sale catalog.
Originally drawn by John Rous. Horace Walpole had the drawings traced and then engraved for his Historic doubts on the life and reign of Richard III. See London edition, 1768 and Strawberry Hill edition 1770.
Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763, but recorded in the Description of SH, 1774, among the rare books of prints and drawings in the library.
Provenance: Purchased at the Waller sale, Christie's, 15 December 1947, lot 61 to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 25.3 x 39 cm
Language: No linguistic content

Genre: Portraits
Ink drawings British 18th century
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman
Material: ink with some watercolor and wash ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Nobility
Peerage
Subjects: Nobility > England > Portraits
Peerage
British > 18th century
J. Whatman
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Drawing of Edward Earl of Warwick, Mary Countess of Salisbury ... The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.