Dorothy, 2nd wife of Charles Viscount Townshend from an original at Rainham / [graphic]

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Description

Title
Dorothy, 2nd wife of Charles Viscount Townshend from an original at Rainham / [graphic]
Alternative Title
Dorothy, second wife of Charles Viscount Townshend
Creator
Harding, E. (Edward), 1755-1840, printmaker
Contributor
Jervas, Charles, approximately 1675-1739, artist.
Gardiner, W. N. 1766-1814, artist.
Coxe, William, 1747-1828, publisher.
Published / Created
[1 February 1802]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pub. Feb. 1, 1802, by the Revd. W. Cox, London
Abstract

"Portrait of Viscountess Dorothy Townshend; half length, head to left; wearing loose blouse; in oval; with facsimile of signature."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched below image.
Possibly after a painting by Jarvis that hung in the Great Parlour (Refectory) at Strawberry Hill.
Plate from: Coxe, W. Memoirs of Horatio, Lord Walpole. London : Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1802.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of second line of title from bottom edge. Complete title supplied from impression in the British Museum.
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 15.5 x 13 cm, on sheet 20.3 x 16 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
Subjects
England > London > 1802
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership

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Rights
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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12680030
Object ID (OID)
16193370

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