Mademoiselle d' Hamilton, Comtesse de Grammont [graphic]

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Title: Mademoiselle d' Hamilton, Comtesse de Grammont [graphic]
Alternative Title: Mademoiselle d'Hamilton, Comtesse de Grammont
Mademoiselle de Hamilton, Comtesse de Grammont
Creator: Powle, George, active 1764-1771, printmaker
Contributor: Lely, Peter, 1618-1680, artist.
Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England), publisher.
Published / Created: [1772]
Publication Place: Twickenham
Publisher: Strawberry Hill Press
Abstract: Portrait of the Countess de Gramont; half length to right, glancing towards the viewer; wearing a rich loose gown and embroidered shawl
Description: Title etched below image.
Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved.
Plate from: Hamilton, A. Memoires du comte de Grammont. [Twickenham] : Imprimée à Strawberry-Hill, 1772.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
"P. 92"--Upper right corner.
Mounted on page 161 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 : oval image 14.6 x 13 cm, on sheet 15 x 13 cm
Language: French

Genre: Book illustrations
Portrait prints
Etchings England London 1772
Drypoints England London 1772
Material: etching and drypoint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Gramont, Elizabeth Hamilton, comtesse de, 1641-1708,
Subjects: Gramont, Elizabeth Hamilton, comtesse de, 1641-1708
England > London > 1772
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership

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