An antient ivory comb, size of the original [art original].
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16729717
Description
- Title
- An antient ivory comb, size of the original [art original].
- Alternative Title
- Ancient ivory comb, size of the original
- Creator
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created
- [approximately 1790]
- Publication Place
- Twickenham
- Abstract
-
Drawing of one side of an ivory comb that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill. Rows of teeth run along the upper and lower edges on the comb; a decorative motif runs along the right and left edges. In the center of the comb, between the rows of teeth, are depictions of two scenes. On the left, a figure sits in the bath holding a flower while another figure pours water into the bath from a pitcher; the sun shines above. On the right, a figure stands in front of a bed
- Description
-
Title written in ink below image.
Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card.
Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen.
Mounted on page 118 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13.
For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- Sold at Sotheby's 29 April-1 May 1880 (Bull sale), lot 886, to Ellis, £110. Offered by Ellis & White in Catalogue 46, ca. 1881 for £210. Sold at Sotheby's 15(16) June 1920?, lot 243 to Lynch, (C. Constable Curtis of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire), £255. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Mrs. Curtis, of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire, August 1937.
- Extent
- 1 drawing : sheet 16.8 x 18 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Ink drawings British 18th century
Wash drawings British 18th century
Watercolors British 18th century - Material
- pen and ink and gray wash with watercolor ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic)
- Combs
- Subjects
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Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Combs
British > 18th century
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > 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
- John Carter, An Antient Ivory Comb, Size of the Original. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13501286
- Object ID (OID)
- 16729717