Philibert Comte de Grammont [graphic]

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Title: Philibert Comte de Grammont [graphic]
Creator: Chambars, Thomas, approximately 1724-1789, printmaker
Contributor: Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
Published / Created: [1772]
Publication Place: Twickenham
Publisher: Strawberry Hill Press
Abstract: Portrait of Philibert, Comte de Gramont; half length, turned to the right; with long curled wig; wearing lace cravat, sash, and armor
Description: Title etched below image.
Publication information from that of the volume for which the print was engraved.
Plate from: Hamilton, A. Memoires du comte de Grammont ... [Twickenham] : Imprimée à Strawberry-Hill, 1772.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"Enface de l' epitre"--Upper right corner.
Engraved after the picture in Horace Walpole's collection at Strawberry Hill, which was copied from the original at the convent of the Grands Augustins in Paris.
Mounted on page 51 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Provenance: Sabin; August 1927. Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 17.2 x 13.1 cm
Language: French

Genre: Book illustrations
Portrait prints
Engravings England London 1772
Etchings England London 1772
Material: engraving and etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Gramont, Philibert, comte de, 1621-1707,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subjects: Gramont, Philibert, comte de, 1621-1707
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
England > London > 1772
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership

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