Horace Walpole youngest son of Sr. Robt. Walpole, Earl of Orford / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Horace Walpole youngest son of Sr. Robt. Walpole, Earl of Orford / [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Horace Walpole : youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford
- Creator
- McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
- Contributor
- Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, artist.
- Published / Created
- [1757]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1819/1821); standing three-quarter length to left and leaning his right elbow on table, his right hand to his cheek, eyes to front, wearing plain coat and waistcoat, lace collar and cuffs; published second state. The objects on the table are a print of the Roman eagle at Strawberry Hill, which Walpole considered 'one of the finest pieces of Greek sculpture in the world' (see Description of Strawberry Hill, Works, v. ii, p. 463), an ink pot and quill; a roll of manuscript, and three books
- Description
-
Title engraved below image.
State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
On the back of the picture which hung in his bedroom, Walpole copied a passage in Latin from de Thou's autobiography. - Provenance
- Formerly owned by Horace Walpole with his inscription in Latin, formerly mounted on the back, now detached. Sold at the Strawberry Hill sale, day xxii lot 26 and bought by the Hon. and Rev. Horace Cholmondeley, £1.19.0. It passed to his great-grandson, the late General Sir Henry Jackson who sold it to W.S. Lewis, May 1962 with John Carter's The entry of Frederick into the castle of Otranto (see Lewis Walpole Library SH Contents C323 no. 2).
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 36 x 26 cm
- Edition
- [State 2].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- SH Contents R462 no. 10+ Impression 1 Box 200
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Portrait prints
Mezzotints - Material
- mezzotint ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797,
- Subjects
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Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > Ownership
Borden, Matthew C. D. (Matthew Chaloner Durfee), 1842-1912 > Ownership
Breaker, William D. > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11187964
- Object ID (OID)
- 16034070
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