Riley from a picture at Adlington in Cheshire [art original].

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Title: Riley from a picture at Adlington in Cheshire [art original].
Creator: Vertue, George, 1684-1756
Published / Created: [between 1720 and 1756?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Drawing of John Riley (1646-1691), fashionable English portrait painter
Description: Title from the inscription in ink, on top of sheet.
Inscription in pencil on verso: Mr. Riley painted this himself. Its in [the] possession of Mr. Leigh in Adlington in. 56170.
"R" stamped on verso, lower right with "3/6" written in pencil above.
Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Riley in: Anecdotes of painting in England ... / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed in the year MDCCLXIII, [1762], v. 3, opp. p. 122.
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 112, to Evans, £61.19.0. [London, 1270]. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Drake, December 1949.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 12.5 x 11 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portrait drawings
Graphite drawings British 18th century
Material: pencil ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Riley, John, 1646-1691,
Subject (Topic): Artists
British
Subjects: Riley, John, 1646-1691
Artists > British
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 17`7-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: George Vertue, Riley from a Picture at Adlington in Cheshire. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.