Charles Christian Reisen [graphic]

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Description

Title
Charles Christian Reisen [graphic]
Creator
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Contributor
Vanderbank, John, 1694-1739, artist.
Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
Published / Created
[approximately 1762]
Publication Place
Twickenham
Publisher
Strawberry Hill Press
Abstract

"Portrait of Charles Christian Reisen, standing half-length to the left, with gown across his right arm, holdign seal in his right hand; wearing plain coat with slit in sleeves and long curled wig."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched below image.
Engraved after a portrait by J. Vanderbank. See Catalogue of engraved British portraits.
Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared.
Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780].
"Vol. 4, p. 27."--Upper right corner.
Mounted on page 194 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 : etching and drypoint on wove paper ; sheet 16.6 x 12.4 cm.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of volume and page numbering from top edge.
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 17.6 x 14 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 33 30 Copy 4

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Book illustrations
Portrait prints England 1762
Etchings England London 1762
Material
etching and drypoint ;
Resource Type
still image
Subjects
England > 1762
England > London > 1762
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12820901
Object ID (OID)
16193531

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