[A small bronze vase, with a sacrifice to Priapus] [art original].
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Lewis Walpole Library > [A small bronze vase, with a sacrifice to Priapus] [art original].
16193517
Description
- Title
- [A small bronze vase, with a sacrifice to Priapus] [art original].
- Alternative Title
- Sacrificio di Priapo in vn' vaso di metallo giallo scavato nel' anno 1702 in Roma : fra' il Circo Massimo & le Terme di Antonino Caracalla
- Creator
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created
- [not after 1824]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
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Drawing of a vase in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. At center is a view of the vase which is decorated with a scene of the sacrifice to Priapus, expanded in the drawing horizontally so that the entire scene is visible. In the lower left is a top view of the vase labeled "bocca del' vaso" and in the lower right a bottom view labeled "fondo dell' vaso."
- Description
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Title devised by curator.
Written in ink at top of sheet: Sacrificio di Priapo in vn' vaso di metallo giallo scavato nel' anno 1702 in Roma ...
Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record.
Date based on date of William Bawtree's death.
Mounted on page 170 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 14 x 19 cm
- Language
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Italian
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Ink drawings British 19th century
Wash drawings British 19th century - Material
- pen and ink and gray wash ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Priapus (Greek deity), - Subject (Topic)
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Art collections
Vases - Subjects
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Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Art collections
Priapus (Greek deity)
Vases
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, A Small Bronze Vase, With a Sacrifice to Priapus. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12805169
- Object ID (OID)
- 16193517
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