Simon Du Bois [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Simon Du Bois [graphic]
- Alternative Title
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Simon Dubois
Cooke - Creator
- Bannerman, Alexander, approximately 1730-, printmaker
- Contributor
- Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1762]
- Publication Place
- Twickenham
- Publisher
- Strawberry Hill Press
- Abstract
-
"Portrait of Simon du Bois, bust directed to the left, head slightly turned to face the viewer, wearing a cloak; within oval; and within the oval portrait of another man, possibly Henry Cooke, bust directed to the left, head slightly turned to face the viewer, wearing a cloak."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Text below small portrait within oval of main portrait: Cooke.
Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared.
"Vol. III, p. 118."--Upper right corner.
Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780].
Mounted on page 131 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 : engraving and etching on wove paper ; sheet 5.8 x 4.1 cm.
Imperfect; only the small portrait of Cooke is present, the rest of the print having been 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 : plate mark 18.8 x 41.1 cm
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Portraits
Book illustrations 1762
Portrait prints England 1762
Engravings England London 1762
Etchings England London 1762 - Material
- engraving and etching ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Du Bois, Simon 1632-1706
Cooke, Henry, 1642-1700 - Subjects
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Du Bois, Simon 1632-1706 > Portraits
Cooke, Henry, 1642-1700 > Portraits
1762
England > 1762
England > London > 1762
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.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12779757
- Object ID (OID)
- 16193485
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