[Sir Anthony Shirley, ambassador from the Schah of Persia] [graphic].

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Description

Title
[Sir Anthony Shirley, ambassador from the Schah of Persia] [graphic].
Creator
Brown, Joseph, 1809-1887, printmaker
Contributor
Oliver, Peter, 1594-1648, artist.
Harding, G. P. 1780-1853, artist, publisher.
Published / Created
[not after 1 August 1846]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
G.P. Harding
Abstract

"Portrait of Sir Robert Shirley, bust directed to the right but looking at the viewer, wearing turban, in oval frame on rectangle."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state

Description
Title from lettered state.
Title on lettered misidentifies the sitter, Sir Robert Shirley, as his brother Sir Anthony Shirley; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits.
Artists and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: From a miniature by P. Oliver formerly in the Strawberry Hill collection ... ; G.P. Harding, F.S.A. del. ; Joseph Brown sculp.
Proof before letters. For a later proof state before title was added but with imprint statement and artist and printmaker signatures present, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1980,U.635.
Publication information based on later state with the imprint "Published August 1st, 1846, by G.P. Harding, Hercules Buildings, Lambeth." Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: SH Contents B877 no. 3.
Proof state of a plate from: Harding, G.P. Ancient historical pictures. [London] : G. Witt, printer, Earl's Court, Soho, [1844]-1849.
Provenance
Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 29 x 21 cm, on sheet 32.3 x 24 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
SH Contents B877 no. 2 Box 100

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Proofs before letters
Chine collé prints England 1846
Portrait prints
Stipple engravings England London 1846
Etchings England London 1846
Material
stipple engraving and etching on chine collé ;
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Sherley, Robert, Sir, 1581?-1628,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subjects
Sherley, Robert, Sir, 1581?-1628
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
England > 1846
England > London > 1846

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12970143
Object ID (OID)
16229221

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