[Lady Venetia Digby] [graphic].

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Description

Title
[Lady Venetia Digby] [graphic].
Creator
Birrell, A., active 1770-1820, printmaker
Contributor
Oliver, Isaac, 1556?-1617, artist.
Harding, Sylvester, 1745-1809, artist, publisher.
Published / Created
[1802]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
S. Harding
Abstract

"Portrait of Lady Venetia Digby; half length looking to left; wearing lace-trimmed dress with ribbon tied to a rosette around waist; after miniature by I. Oliver."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of similar composition

Description
Title from lettered state; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no: 1920,1211.509.
Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: S. Harding del. ; A. Birrell sculp.
Proof before letters.
Publication information from imprint on lettered state: Pub. by S. Harding, 127 Pall Mall, Jan. 1, 1802.
Lettering on later state indicates that the print was made "from a miniature by Isacc Oliver at Strawberry-Hill."
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on page 50 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.
Contemporary annotation in pencil below image: Venitia [sic] La. Digby.
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 : sheet 10.8 x 8 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 33 30 Copy 4

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Portrait prints
Stipple engravings England London 1802
Proofs
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century
Material
stipple engraving with etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Digby, Venetia Stanley, Lady, 1600-1633,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subjects
Digby, Venetia Stanley, Lady, 1600-1633
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
England > London > 1802
19th century
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Catalog Record
12692600
Object ID (OID)
16193392

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