Frances Bridges Countess of Exeter [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Frances Bridges Countess of Exeter [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Frances Brydges Countess of Exeter
- Creator
- Ogborne, John, 1755-1837, printmaker
- Contributor
-
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599-1641, artist.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, artist.
Thane, John, 1748-1818, publisher. - Published / Created
- [1 March 1777]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. March 1st by J. Thane
- Abstract
-
"Portrait, three-quarter length, turned slightly to right, in widow's robe, seated in a chair before a curtain, holding gloves; after Richardson after Van Dyck."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title in scratched letters below image.
Proof state with scratched lettering. For published state with title, statements of responsibility, and publication line re-etched, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: P,3.308.
Engraved after a copy by Richardson, as indicated by the text "from a picture by Richardson after Van Dyke in the possession of I. Thane" on published state of the plate. The original painting by Van Dyck, formerly owned by Richardson, was acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill.
Year of publication from imprint statement on published state: Pub. March 1st, 1777, by J. Thane, Gerrard Street, Soho.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark and imprint statement erased from sheet. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum.
Mounted on page 144 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.
Note in pencil beside image, on mounting sheet: This is a copy, the original has sold for 12 guineas; she is wrong plac'd here.
For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- Mrs. Curtis, of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire; August 1937. 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.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 25.8 x 20 cm
- Edition
- [Scratched-letter proof].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Portrait prints
Engravings England London 1777
Etchings England London 1777 - Material
- etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Exeter, Frances Brydges, Countess of, 1580-1663,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) - Subjects
-
Exeter, Frances Brydges, Countess of, 1580-1663
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
England > London > 1777
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.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13505859
- Object ID (OID)
- 16729734
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