[Study for St. Anthony] [graphic].

Description

Title: [Study for St. Anthony] [graphic].
Creator: Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created: [approximately 1755]
Publication Place: England
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Under an arch, St. Anthony in profile looking left, in prayer with a rosary between his hands and a small crucifix on the table before him. In the left distance a niche with a bowl
Description: Title devised by curator.
Date based on creation date of Walpole's album in which this was mounted.
Lewis Walpole Library: Formerly mounted on leaf 1 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Provenance: Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 57, to William Knight, Esq., £4.2.0; London sale number lot 1255 of the 10th day of sale, with the lot number still preserved on spine. Sold by Spencer through Fletcher to W.S. Lewis for £210; May 1926.
Extent: 1 print : image 17.3 x 13.9, on sheet 19.5 x 15.7 cm
Language: No linguistic content

Genre: Etchings England London
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Anthony, of Egypt, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356.
Subject (Topic): Crucifixes
Prayer
Saints
Subjects: Anthony, of Egypt, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356
Crucifixes
Prayer
Saints
England > London
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

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