Henry Tilson painter [art original]

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Title: Henry Tilson painter [art original]
Creator: Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
Contributor: Tilson, Henry, 1659-1695, artist.
Published / Created: [between 1720 and 1756?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Portrait of Henry Tilson (1659-1695), English portrait painter, pupil of Sir Peter Lely
Description: Title from item.
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, 1762, v. 3, opp. p. 103.
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 : image 15 x 13 cm, on sheet 18 x 13 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portrait drawings
Ink drawings British 18th century
Wash drawings British 18th century
Material: ink wash with white highlights ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Tilson, Henry, 1659-1695,
Subject (Topic): Artists
English
Subjects: Tilson, Henry, 1659-1695
Artists > English
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: George Vertue, Henry Tilson painter. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.