The monument of the Cts. of Ailesbury in the church at Sundridge, Kent the bust by the Honble. Anne Seymour Damer, her daughter. [art original]
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Lewis Walpole Library > The monument of the Cts. of Ailesbury in the church at Sundridge, Kent the bust by the Honble. Anne Seymour Damer, her daughter. [art original]
16704452
Description
- Title
- The monument of the Cts. of Ailesbury in the church at Sundridge, Kent the bust by the Honble. Anne Seymour Damer, her daughter. [art original]
- Alternative Title
- Monument of the Countess of Ailesbury in the church at Sundridge, Kent
- Contributor
- Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828, sculptor.
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1802]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
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Drawing of the monument in St. Mary's Church, with the bust of the Countess of Ailesbury sitting on a pedestal at center, head shrouded. Columns supporting an ornate roof flank the bust on either side, the area between their bases decorated with a pattern of quatrefoils. A winged cherub head hangs from the bottom of each column. A scale bar runs along the bottom of the sheet
- Description
-
Title written in ink at bottom of image.
Unsigned; artist unidentified.
Date of production based on watermark: A. Blackwell & G. Jones 1802.
Mounted on page 25 in Anne Damer's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 33. - Provenance
- Given by Mrs. Anne Damer to Sir Wathen Waller. Later owned by John Hely-Hutchinson, with his bookplate on verso of first flyleaf of volume. Sold Sotheby's, 14 March 1956 (Hely-Hutchinson Sale), lot 584, to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
- Extent
- 1 drawing : sheet 36.5 x 23 cm (folded to 29.2 x 23 cm), mounted to 29.4 x 23 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Quarto 33 30 Copy 25
- Collection Title
- Page 25. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
- Collection / Other Creator
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Collection Date
- Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Ink drawings British 19th century
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- pen and brown ink ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Ailesbury, Caroline Campbell, Countess of, 1721-1803.
- Subject (Topic)
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Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Sculpture - Subjects
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Ailesbury, Caroline Campbell, Countess of, 1721-1803
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Sculpture
British > 19th century
Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828 > Ownership
Waller, Wathen, Sir > Ownership
Hely-Hutchinson, John Walter, 1882-1955 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- The Monument of the Cts. of Ailesbury in the Church at Sundridge, Kent. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13829553
- Object ID (OID)
- 16704452
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