Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford [graphic]
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16193355
Description
- Title
- Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford [graphic]
- Creator
- Barlow, Inigo, printmaker
- Contributor
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, artist.
Bent, William, 1747-1823, publisher. - Published / Created
- [4 August 1797]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published Augt. 4th, 1797, by W. Bent
- Abstract
-
"Portrait of Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, after Reynolds; standing three-quarter length to left and leaning his right elbow on table with books, quill and print, his right hand to his cheek, eyes to front, wearing plain coat and waistcoat, lace collar and cuffs; in an oval, with Walpole's villa at Strawberry Hill below."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Later state, with new imprint statement and with the plate reduced in size on all four edges, of a print issued with the imprint: Published as the Act directs Feby. 14th, 1797, by W. Clarke, No. 38 New Bond Street. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library: Portraits W218 no. 7.
"Strawberry Hill" in all capitals is etched above title and below image of the estate.
Mounted on page 3 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
1 print : etching & engraving on wove paper ; sheet 17.9 x 11.4 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of imprint statement along lower edge; heavily foxed paper. - Provenance
- Spencer, ex dono Annie Burr Lewis; June 1933. Sotheby's 14 July 1924 (Miscellaneous sale), lot 183 to Spencer. Formerly owned by Kirgate's friend William Bawtree (1744-1824) engraver.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 18.3 x 12 cm, on sheet 26.1 x 18 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Portrait prints
Etchings England London 1797
Engravings England London 1797 - Material
- etching & engraving ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797,
- Subjects
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Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
England > London > 1797
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > 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
- Catalog Record
- 12558184
- Object ID (OID)
- 16193355
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