[Coat of arms of Humphry Earl of Stafford] [art original].

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Title: [Coat of arms of Humphry Earl of Stafford] [art original].
Contributor: Vertue, George, 1684-1756, attributed name.
Published / Created: [not after 1768]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: A sketch of the coat of arms of Humphry Earl of Stafford, later first Duke of Buckingham, with a brief biographical note in Horace Walpole's hand below the image
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Artist unknown. Formerly attributed to George Vertue.
From a group of images thought to have been originally drawn by John Rous and traced by an unidentified artist for Horace Walpole; later 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 Strawberry Hill, 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 21.4 x 13 cm
Language: English

Genre: Ink drawings British 18th century
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material: ink over graphite with additions in pencil ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Buckingham, Humphrey Stafford, Duke of, 1402-1460.
Subject (Topic): Coats of arms
Subjects: Buckingham, Humphrey Stafford, Duke of, 1402-1460
Coats of arms
British > 18th century
18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes

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Citation: Coat of Arms of Humphry Earl of Stafford. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.