Henricus VII Torreggiani Opus Ao MDIX [graphic].

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Title
Henricus VII Torreggiani Opus Ao MDIX [graphic].
Creator
Carter, John, 1748-1817, printmaker
Contributor
Torrigiano, Pietro, 1472-1528, attributed name.
Carter, John, 1748-1817, publisher.
Published / Created
June 1t, 1792.
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pubd. as the act directs by J. Carter, Hamilton Street Hyde Park Corner
Abstract

"A bust of Henry VII, with long curling hair and a fillet about his brow, his head leaning to the left, the sculpture upon a plinth lettered "Henricus VII Torreggiani Opus Ao MDIX", masonry behind."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title from text on plinth in image.
Printmaker from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits.
Engraved after a sculpture formerly attributed to Torrigiano.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Plate from: Carter, J. Specimens of the ancient sculpture and painting, now remaining in this kingdom ... London : Published as the act directs by John Carter, Wood St. Westminster, 1780-87 [1780-94].
Text below image, centered: In the possession of the Honorable Horace Walpole, now Earl of Orford, at Strawberry-Hill, Middx. (Drawn to half the size of the original).
"The drawing in [the] possn. of R. Bull Esqr."--Below lower left corner of image.
Tipped in at page 95 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 30.2 x 22 cm
Language
English
Latin

Collection Information

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

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Book illustrations
Etchings England London 1792
Material
etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic)
Sculpture
Subjects
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Sculpture
England > London > 1792
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership

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Rights
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Identifiers

Orbis Record
13208700
Object ID (OID)
16193095

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