Sr. Godfrey Kneller [graphic]

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Description

Title
Sr. Godfrey Kneller [graphic]
Alternative Title
Sir Godfrey Kneller
John Zackary Kneller
Creator
Chambars, Thomas, approximately 1724-1789, printmaker
Contributor
Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646-1723, artist.
Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
Published / Created
[approximately 1762]
Publication Place
Twickenham
Publisher
Strawberry Hill Press
Description
Title from text etched within border of larger portrait; alternative title from text etched within border of smaller portrait.
Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared.
Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780].
Design consists of two portraits, each with the sitter's name etched within its individual oval border; the portrait of "Sr. Godfrey Kneller" is centered in a large oval while the portrait of "John Zackary Kneller" is in a smaller oval in the lower left.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"Vol. III, p. 107"--Upper right corner.
Mounted on page 62 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 and engraving on wove paper ; sheet 7 x 5.4 cm.
Imperfect; only the small portrait of "John Zackery Kneller" is present, with the rest of the print trimmed away.
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 16.9 x 14 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 33 30 Copy 4

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Portraits
Book illustrations
Portrait prints
Engravings England London 1762
Etchings England London 1762
Material
etching and engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646-1723
Kneller, John Zachary, 1644-1702
Subjects
Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646-1723 > Portraits
Kneller, John Zachary, 1644-1702 > Portraits
England > London > 1762
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12699096
Object ID (OID)
16193406

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