[Edward Courtney, Earl of Devonshire] [art original].

Description

Title: [Edward Courtney, Earl of Devonshire] [art original].
Creator: Vertue, George, 1684-1756
Contributor: Mor, Anthonis, approximately 1517-1576 or 1577, artist.
Published / Created: [between 1720 and 1756?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Drawing of Edward Courtney, first Earl of Devonshire, standing in front of a ruined tower
Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
Drawing that was later used for an engraving published in: Anecdotes of painting in England, with some account of the principal artists / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v.1, opp. p. 128.
The engraving which is based on this drawing states: "from an original by Sr. Antonio More at the Duke of Bedford's at Woburn." Cf. Anecdotes of painting.
George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Provenance: Purchased by Horace Walpole from Vertue's widow. Sold to Evans at the Strawberry Hill sale, viii.122. Purchased by Wilmarth S. Lewis from Drake, December 1949.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 17 x 12.4 cm
Language: English

Genre: Crayon drawings British 18th century
Graphite drawings British 18th century
Material: crayon and pencil with white highlights ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Devonshire, Edward Courtenay, Earl of, 1526-1556,
Subject (Topic): Artists
British
Subjects: Devonshire, Edward Courtenay, Earl of, 1526-1556
Artists > British
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: George Vertue, Edward Courtney. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.