Melancthon [art original].
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Description
- Title
- Melancthon [art original].
- Alternative Title
- Melanchthon
- Creator
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Contributor
- Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543, artist.
- Published / Created
- [not after 1824]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
-
Portrait drawing, bust length, nearly in profile to the right; wearing a garment with an open collar
- Description
-
Title written in ink in open letters below image.
Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record.
Probably drawn after the picture by Holbein in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill.
Date based on date of William Bawtree's death.
Mounted on page 113 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 : circular image 11 cm, on sheet 12.6 x 12 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)
-
Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497-1560,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) - Subject (Topic)
- Art collections
- Subjects
-
Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497-1560
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Art collections
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, Melancthon. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12769398
- Object ID (OID)
- 16193470