Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles 2d [art original].

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Title: Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles 2d [art original].
Creator: Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created: [not after 1824]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Portrait drawing of Catherine of Braganza; three-quarter length, turned slightly left; wearing an ornate dress and holding a pair of gloves in her left hand; a curtain hangs in the background
Description: Title written in ink below image.
Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record.
Date based on date of William Bawtree's death.
Probably drawn after the original portrait that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Great North Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill.
Mounted on page 184 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 15.6 x 12 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portrait drawings
Wash drawings British 19th century
Material: gray wash ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Catherine, of Braganza, Queen, consort of Charles II, King of England, 1638-1705,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Art collections
Subjects: Catherine, of Braganza, Queen, consort of Charles II, King of England, 1638-1705
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Art collections
British > 19th century
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: G.P. Harding, Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles 2d. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.