Dobson [graphic]

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Description

Title
Dobson [graphic]
Creator
Bannerman, Alexander, approximately 1730- printmaker
Contributor
Dobson, William, 1611-1646, artist.
Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
Published / Created
[approximately 1762]
Publication Place
Twickenham
Publisher
Strawberry Hill Press
Abstract

"Portrait of the portrait painter William Dobson; bust, to the left, head turned to look at viewer; with shoulder length curled hair, wearing cloak."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched below image.
Engraved after a self-portrait by Dobson; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits.
Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared.
"Vol. 2, 106."--Upper right corner.
Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780].
Mounted on page 134 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 15.9 x 11.6 cm.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of volume and page numbering from upper right.
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 15 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 England 1762
Engravings England London 1762
Etchings England London 1762
Material
engraving and etching ;
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Dobson, William, 1611-1646
Subjects
Dobson, William, 1611-1646 > Portraits
England > 1762
England > London > 1762
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership

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Public
Rights
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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12780142
Object ID (OID)
16193489

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