[Portrait of Manfred's grandfather utters a sigh and heaves its breast] [art original]

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Title: [Portrait of Manfred's grandfather utters a sigh and heaves its breast] [art original]
Creator: Wright, John Massey, 1777-1866, artist
Published / Created: [not after 1866]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the characters Manfred and Isabella shown full-length, standing on either side of the painting that is coming to life on the wall behind them. Both characters have startled looks on their faces and are drawing back in fear; the figure of Manfred's grandfather between them is stepping out of the frame, his right arm extended towards Manfred and his head also turned in that direction. Arched windows are seen in the background on the left
Description: Title devised by curator.
Signed by the artist in lower right corner.
Date of production based on artist's death date.
Page reference written in ink below lower right corner of image: P. 23.
Bound in opposite page 23 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].
Provenance: Former owners include E.V. Utterson, Samuel Addington, and Lord Aldenham. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Maggs, August 1933.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 13.9 x 11 cm, on sheet 23.2 x 15 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: 24 17 791P Copy 3
Collection Title: Opposite page 23. Castle of Otranto.
Collection / Other Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Collection Date: Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].

Genre: Illustrations
Watercolors British 19th century
Material: watercolor ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic): Fear
Subjects: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Illustrations
Fear
British > 19th century
Utterson, Edward Vernon, 1776?-1856 > Ownership
Addington, Samuel > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: John Massey Wright, Portrait of Manfred's Grandfather Utters a Sigh and Heaves its Breast. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.