[Head of Isis] [art original].
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Description
- Title
- [Head of Isis] [art original].
- Creator
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Contributor
- Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828, associated name.
- Published / Created
- [not after 1824]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
-
Wash drawing of the terra-cotta head of Isis by Mrs. Damer that in the Armoury at Strawberry Hill. The design of this model was executed in stone for the bridge at Henley
- Description
-
Title devised by curator.
Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record.
Date based on date of William Bawtree's death.
Mounted on page 217 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 12.7 x 11 cm
- Language
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No linguistic content
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Wash drawings British 19th century
- Material
- gray wash ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic)
-
Art collections
Isis
Sculpture - Subjects
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Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Art collections
Isis (Egyptian deity)
Sculpture
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, Head of Isis. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 12823936
- Object ID (OID)
- 16193542
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