Sir Edward Walpole from an original at Strawberry Hill / [graphic]

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Description

Title
Sir Edward Walpole from an original at Strawberry Hill / [graphic]
Creator
Birrell, A., active 1770-1820, printmaker
Contributor
Harding, Sylvester, 1745-1809, artist.
Published / Created
[1 February 1802]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Publish'd Feby. 1, 1802, by the Revd. W. Coxe, London
Abstract

Half length portrait, inclined left, looking front; in long curled wig, plain collar, doublet with slashed sleeves, badge on ribbon over right shoulder

Description
Title etched below image.
Plate from: Coxe, W. Memoirs of Horatio, Lord Walpole. London : Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1802.
Probably after a painting of Sir Edward Walpole, grandfather of Sir Robert Walpole, that hung in the Library at Strawberry Hill.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper ; oval image 15.3 x 13 cm, on sheet 20.5 x 17 cm.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint from bottom edge.
Mounted on page 21 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.
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 : oval image 15.2 x 12.2 cm, on sheet 25.5 x 17.1 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 33 30 Copy 4

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Book illustrations
Portrait prints
Stipple engravings England London 1802
Material
stipple engraving with etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Walpole, Edward, Sir, 1621-1667,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subjects
Walpole, Edward, Sir, 1621-1667
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
England > London > 1802
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership
Borden, Matthew C. D. (Matthew Chaloner Durfee), 1842-1912 > Ownership
Breaker, William D. > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12679374
Object ID (OID)
16193369

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