[Mary only daughter of General Fairfax and wife of George Villiers, second Duke of Buckingham] [graphic].

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Description

Title
[Mary only daughter of General Fairfax and wife of George Villiers, second Duke of Buckingham] [graphic].
Creator
Worlidge, T. (Thomas), 1700-1766, printmaker
Contributor
Cooper, Samuel, 1609-1672, artist.
Published / Created
[not after 1766]
Publication Place
London?
Publisher
publisher not identified
Abstract

Portrait of Mary Fairfax Villiers, wife of George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham; bust-length, shoulders slightly to right, head facing forward and glancing towards the viewer; wearing a gown with a single jewel or pearl hanging from the center of its low neckline; hair in curls

Description
Title from note above image in Horace Walpole's hand.
Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility written below image in Horace Walpole's hand: S. Cooper pinx. ; Worlidge excudit.
Date of publication based on printmaker's death date.
After a miniature by Cooper that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Library at Strawberry Hill.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Mounted on page 76 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.
Additional annotation in ink at bottom of sheet, in Horace Walpole's hand: She is mention'd in Grammont.
Provenance
Sabin; August 1927. Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight.
Extent
1 print : oval image 6.5 x 5 cm, on sheet 8.2 x 11 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Portrait prints
Etchings England London 1766
Drypoints England London 1766
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material
etching and drypoint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Buckingham, Mary Villiers, Duchess of, 1638-1704,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subjects
Buckingham, Mary Villiers, Duchess of, 1638-1704
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
England > London > 1766
18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
13202401
Object ID (OID)
16193036

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