Frederick Zincke. Liotard [graphic]

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Description

Title
Frederick Zincke. Liotard [graphic]
Alternative Title
Liotard
Creator
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Contributor
Liotard, Jean-Etienne, 1702-1789, artist.
Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
Published / Created
[ca. 1762]
Publication Place
Twickenham
Publisher
Strawberry Hill Press
Description
Title etched below image.
Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared.
Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780].
Design consists of two portraits, each with the sitter's name etched below; the larger portrait of "Frederick Zincke" is centered in a rectangle, while the smaller portrait of "Liotard" is in an oval in the lower right corner of the rectangle.
"Vol. 4, p. 91"--Upper right corner.
Portrait of Liotard engraved after a self-portrait in enamel that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill.
Mounted on page 136 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 and drypoint on wove paper ; sheet 6.5 x 4.7 cm.
Imperfect; only the smaller portrait of Liotard is present, with the rest of the sheet trimmed away.
Provenance
Sabin; August 1927. Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 17.6 x 14 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

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

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Book illustrations
Portrait prints
Etchings England London 1762
Material
etching and drypoint ;
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Zincke, Christian Frederick, 1685-1767,
Liotard, Jean-Etienne, 1702-1789,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subjects
Zincke, Christian Frederick, 1685-1767
Liotard, Jean-Etienne, 1702-1789
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
England > London > 1762
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12792543
Object ID (OID)
16193183

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