Mr. Francis Place of York [art original]

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Title: Mr. Francis Place of York [art original]
Creator: Vertue, George, 1684-1756
Published / Created: [between 1720 and 1756?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Drawing of Francis Place (1647-1728), English draughtsman, printmaker and potter
Description: Title from inscription in ink in Horace Walpole's hand[?] on mount: Mr. Francis Place of York.
Sheet with image mounted on separate sheet with pencil border around sheet with image.
Signed in pencil, lower right: G.V.
Drawing that was later used as a basis for an engraving of Place in: Catalogue of engravers ... / digested by Mr. Horace Walpole from the mss. of Mr. George Vertue. Strawberry-Hill : Printed in the year MDCCLXIII [1763], opp. p. 87.
George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Provenance: Purchased by Horace Walpole from Vertue's widow. Sold to Evans at the Strawberry Hill sale, day viii, lot 122. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Drake, December 1949.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 11.9 x 9 cm, mounted on sheet 14.7 x 11 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portrait drawings
Graphite drawings British 18th century
Material: pencil ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Place, Francis, 1647-1728,
Subject (Topic): Artists
British
Subjects: Place, Francis, 1647-1728
Artists > British
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: George Vertue, Mr. Francis Place of York. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.