[John Milton] [graphic]
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16193536
Description
- Title
- [John Milton] [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Sir William Killigrew
- Creator
- Harding, E. (Edward), 1755-1840, printmaker
- Contributor
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Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599-1641, artist.
Harding, Sylvester, 1745-1809, artist.
E. & S. Harding (Firm), publisher. - Published / Created
- [approximately 1796]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- E. & S. Harding
- Abstract
-
"Portrait of the dramatist Sir William Killigrew; three-quarter length, standing, to the right, right hand under robe; with shoulder length hair, moustache, and short pointed beard; a column and tree in background."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
- Description
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Title from later state.
Proof before title; for a later state with title and additional lettering below image, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1908,0810.6.
Publication information from imprint on later state: Published Decr. 1, 1796, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall.
Proof state of a plate for: The biographical mirrour. London : Published by S. and E. Harding, Pall-Mall, 1795-[1814?].
Engraved after a copy of the painting by Anthony van Dyck in the Little Library of the Cottage at Strawberry Hill, which Horace Walpole believed to be a portrait of John Milton.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text from bottom edge.
Mounted on page 201 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.
Annotated in pencil with the title "John Milton" below image and with the name "Mr. Bawtree" in lower right corner. - 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 : sheet 20.5 x 17 cm
- Edition
- [Proof before title].
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Reproductions
Book illustrations
Proofs
Portrait prints
Stipple engravings England London 1796
Etchings England London 1796
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century - Material
- stipple engraving and etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Killigrew, William, Sir, 1606-1695,
- Subjects
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Killigrew, William, Sir, 1606-1695
England > London > 1796
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.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12823401
- Object ID (OID)
- 16193536
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