Dr. Middleton [art original].
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Description
- Title
- Dr. Middleton [art original].
- Creator
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Contributor
- Eccardt, John Giles, -1779, artist.
- Published / Created
- [not after 1824]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
-
Portrait drawing of Dr. Conyers Middleton; half length, turned slightly right; in a black gown with white bands; wearing a wig, center-parted, to shoulders
- Description
-
Title written in ink in open letters below image.
Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record.
After a painting by Eccardt, commissioned by Horace Walpole, that hung in Mr. Walpole's Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill. Cf. National Portrait Gallery, London, no.: NPG 626.
Date based on date of William Bawtree's death.
Mounted on page 104 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
- Sotheby's 14 July 1924 (Miscellaneous Sale), lot 183 to Spencer. Formerly owned by Kirgate's friend William Bawtree (1744-1824) engraver. Purchased from Spencer, June 1951, £100; ex dono Annie Burr Lewis.
- Extent
- 1 drawing : sheet 13.1 x 10 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Portrait drawings
Wash drawings British 19th century - Material
- gray wash ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Middleton, Conyers, 1683-1750,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) - Subjects
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Middleton, Conyers, 1683-1750
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
British > 19th century
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- G.P. Harding, Dr. Middleton. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12766882
- Object ID (OID)
- 16193459