Robert Walpole, father of Lord Walpole from an original at Wolterton. [graphic]

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Title: Robert Walpole, father of Lord Walpole from an original at Wolterton. [graphic]
Contributor: Coxe, William, 1747-1828, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 February 1802]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. Feb. 1, 1801 [that is, 1802], by the Revd. W. Coxe, London
Abstract: "Portrait of Robert Walpole, half length to the left, looking at the viewer, wearing long wig and lace cravat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Plate from: Coxe, W. Memoirs of Horatio, Lord Walpole. London : Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1802.
1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper ; oval image 14.4 x 13 cm, on sheet 16.5 x 14 cm.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of second line of title from bottom edge.
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.
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 19 x 13.8 cm, on sheet 24.2 x 18.2 cm
Language: English

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, Robert, 1650-1700,
Wolterton Hall (England)
Subjects: Walpole, Robert, 1650-1700
Wolterton Hall (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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