"She brought out a dram to warm me and my servants and we were very merry and comfortable" [art original]

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Title
"She brought out a dram to warm me and my servants and we were very merry and comfortable" [art original]
Creator
Cronin, David Edward, 1839-1925, artist
Published / Created
[1890]
Publication Place
New York?
Abstract

Lady Cecilia Johnston, shown three-quarter length, turns slightly left but looking back over her shoulder as she reaches for a carafe on an elaborately carved hutch in a fashionably decorated room. She wears a dress with lace sleeves, her hair up in a lace cap. Behind her on the right, one cat is curled in an upholstered chair while another sits in front. Through the window behind, a winter scene, with snow covering the ground, a church, and a leafless tree

Description
Title written below image, a quotation from Horace Walpole's letter to Lord Nunham, 7 July 1777 in reference to Lady Cecilia Johnston.
Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner of image.
Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period.
Page reference for quotation written below title: Page 150.
Bound in as page 234 in volume 6 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Provenance
Borden Sale, American Art Gallery, 17-19 February 1913, lot 812. Rains Galleries, New York, NY, 27 November 1935 (W.D. Breaker sale), lot 688, bought in by Breaker. Purchased from William D. Breaker (through G.A. Baker) by W.S. Lewis, 1939.
Extent
1 drawing : image 16.6 x 13 cm, on sheet 38.5 x 28 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 225 884S Copy 2

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Watercolors American 19th century
Material
watercolor ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817,
Subject (Topic)
Interiors
Bottles
Cats
Subjects
Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817
Interiors
Bottles
Cats
American > 19th century
Borden, Matthew C. D. (Matthew Chaloner Durfee), 1842-1912 > Ownership
Breaker, William D. > 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
David Edward Cronin, "She Brought Out a Dram to Warm Me and My Servants and We Were Very Merry and Comfortable". The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
13691193
Object ID (OID)
16704369

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