Cha. Churchill, Esq. L. Genl. of his Mas. Forces, Captain and Governor of the town of Plymouth ... [art original]

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Title
Cha. Churchill, Esq. L. Genl. of his Mas. Forces, Captain and Governor of the town of Plymouth ... [art original]
Alternative Title
Charles Churchill, Esq. : Lieutenant General of his Majesty's Forces ...
Creator
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created
[approximately 1805]
Publication Place
England
Abstract

Portrait of Lieutenant General Charles Churchill, three-quarter length, turned slightly right, standing with his right hand on his hip; wearing a military uniform, a wig, and a sword at his side. Tents, presumably from a military encampment, are visible in the background on the right

Description
Title written in ink below image.
Title continues: ... and Captain Governor and Keeper of the Royal Citadel there, and of St. Nicholas Island and of all the castles and forts therein; Colonel of a Regt. of Dragoons; Groom of the Bed Chamber to his Majesty, and Member of Parliament for Castlerising in the County of Norfolk from the year 1714 to 1742.
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 293 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 : image 18.6 x 15 cm, on sheet 20.5 x 16 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 24 27 798
Collection Title
Opposite page 293. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ...
Collection / Other Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

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)
Churchill, Charles, Lt. Gen., 1679-1745,
Subjects
Churchill, Charles, Lt. Gen., 1679-1745
British > 19th century
Davies, Henry > Ownership

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Rights
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Citation
G.P. Harding, Cha. Churchill, Esq. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
13718128
Object ID (OID)
16704410

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