[Coin struck during reign of King Theodore] [art original].

Description

Title: [Coin struck during reign of King Theodore] [art original].
Creator: Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810, artist
Published / Created: [not after 1810]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Sketch of one side of a coin, with the Latin motto "Pro bono publico" around the outer edge and value in written in Italian "Soldi cinque" in the center
Description: Title devised by curator.
Unsigned; attribution to Thomas Kirgate from local catalog card.
Date of production based on artist's death date.
Three lines of text written below image, in ink over pencil: This is taken from a coin of Theodore's, engraved in a French 4to. book entitled Recueil general des pieces obsidionales 7 de nécessité, plate 27, no. 8.
With placement instruction "88" written in pencil in upper right corner.
Mounted opposite page 88 in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Fugitive pieces in verse and prose. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Thomas Kirgate, with his manuscript notes in the volume; probably lot 349 in Kirgate's sale. Later owned by William Frederick, 9th Earl Waldegrave, with his armorial bookplate in the volume. Sold by Geoffrey Noel, 12th Earl Waldegrave, to W.S. Lewis, 1948.
Extent: 1 drawing : circular image 22 mm, on sheet 58 x 94 mm, mounted to 16.3 x 10 cm
Language: English

Genre: Ink drawings British 19th century
Material: pen and ink ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Coins
Subjects: Coins
British > 19th century
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810 > MS. notes
Waldegrave, William Frederick Waldegrave, Earl, 1851-1930 > Bookplate
Waldegrave, Geoffrey Noel Waldegrave, Earl, 1905- > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Thomas Kirgate, Coin Struck During Reign of King Theodore. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.