[John Hervey, Baron Hervey of Ickworth] [art original].

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Title: [John Hervey, Baron Hervey of Ickworth] [art original].
Creator: Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Contributor: Vanloo, Jean-Baptiste, 1684-1745, artist.
Published / Created: [not after 1853]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Portrait of John Hervey, Baron Hervey of Ickworth; half-length, turned slightly left and looking towards the viewer; wearing a shoulder-length curly wig, an open jacket, a waistcoat, and a neckerchief with frill; holding the purse of the Great Seal in his right hand
Description: Title devised by curator.
Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card.
Drawn after a portrait by Jean-Baptiste Vanloo; cf. paintings in the National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG 167) and at Ickworth House (NT 851778).
Date of production based on artist's death date.
With placement instruction "137" written in pencil in upper left corner of sheet.
Inlaid opposite page 137 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England. [Twickenham, England] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Robert S. Holford and George Holford; volumes sold at Sotheby's, 30 March 1928 (Holford Sale), lot 886, to Quaritch. Sold by Quaritch to W.S. Lewis, August 1939.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 11.5 x 10 cm, inlaid to 17.4 x 11 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: 33 3 Copy 14
Collection Title: Volume 2, opposite page 137. Catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England.
Collection / Other Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Collection Date: [Twickenham, England] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758.

Genre: Portrait drawings
Wash drawings British 19th century
Ink drawings British 19th century
Material: gray wash with pen and ink ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Hervey, John Hervey, Baron, 1696-1743,
Subjects: Hervey, John Hervey, Baron, 1696-1743
British > 19th century
Holford, Robert Stayner, 1808-1892 > Ownership
Holford, George Lindsay, Sir, 1860-1926 > Ownership

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Citation: G.P. Harding, John Hervey, Baron Hervey of Ickworth. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.