Henry, Earl of Rochester and Clarendon [art original].

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Title: Henry, Earl of Rochester and Clarendon [art original].
Creator: Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created: [ca. 1805]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Portrait of Henry Hyde, Earl of Clarendon and Rochester; half-length, turned to the right; in a long, curled wig; wearing a coat and cravat
Description: Title written in ink below image, on mounting page.
Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from signature on a similar drawing mounted in the same volume.
Date of production inferred from similar drawing in the same volume with the date "1805" written on it.
Mounted opposite page 278 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ... From: The works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. London : Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, and J. Edwards, Pall-Mall, MDCCXCVIII [1798].
Provenance: Formerly owned by Henry Davies, with his bookplate in volume. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Heffer, August 1950.
Extent: 1 drawing : oval sheet 11.1 x 9 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 24 27 798
Collection Title: Opposite page 278. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ...
Collection / Other Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.

Genre: Portrait drawings
Ink drawings British 19th century
Wash drawings British 19th century
Material: ink and gray wash ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Clarendon and Rochester, Henry Hyde, Earl of, 1672-1753,
Subjects: Clarendon and Rochester, Henry Hyde, Earl of, 1672-1753
British > 19th century
Davies, Henry > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: G.P. Harding, Henry, Earl of Rochester and Clarendon. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.