Vetvs aqvilae signvm in aedibvs Horatii Walpole Londini [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Vetvs aqvilae signvm in aedibvs Horatii Walpole Londini [graphic]
- Alternative Title
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Vetus aquilae signum in aedibus Horatii Walpole Londini
Marble eagle on a plinth - Creator
- Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker
- Contributor
- Wale, Samuel, -1786, artist.
- Published / Created
- [1755?]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
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An eagle facing right, wings slightly unfurled, head turned and looking back to left, beak slightly open; on a plinth decorated with satyr's heads, garlands, eagles and a plaque inscribed "Diis. manibvs. m. lvccei. m. et d. l. martialis vixit annis xviii m. lvcceius m. i. optatvs et lvcceia m. i. hebene filio. pio et. sibi. fecervnt".
- Description
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Title in Latin engraved in image.
Date based on Horace Walpole correspondence with Horace Mann and others about the print.
Copy of: Marble eagle found in the gardens of Boccapadugli ... on a handsome antique sepulchral altar, adorned with eagles too. From the 1774 edition of Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole, at Strawberry-Hill near Twickenham, Middlesex ...
The Lewis Walpole Library: Formerly housed as part of the SH Contents collection.
Mounted on page 109 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.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 36.7 x 25.8 cm.
Sheet trimemd within plate mark. - Provenance
- Sabin; August 1927. Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 37 x 26 cm, on sheet 53.9 x 39.3 cm
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Etchings England London 1755
- Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic)
- Eagles
- Subjects
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Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Eagles
England > London > 1755
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9738896
- Object ID (OID)
- 16193139
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