[Theodore flinging himself at Matilda's feet] [art original]

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Title: [Theodore flinging himself at Matilda's feet] [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 character Matilda shown full-length on the right, wearing a white gown and standing within an arched doorway. Theodore, dressed in full armor and wearing a red sash, kneels down in front of her on the left, staring up at her intently and grasping her hand with both of his. His shield, adorned with a red cross, lies on the ground next to him; mountains and a cloud-filled sky are seen in the distance 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. 142.
Bound in opposite page 142 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 142. Castle of Otranto.
Collection / Other Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Collection Date: Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].

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

Access: Public
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Citation: John Massey Wright, Theodore Flinging Himself at Matilda's Feet. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.