[Portrait of Lady Sofia Fermor in the form of a medal] [graphic]

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Title
[Portrait of Lady Sofia Fermor in the form of a medal] [graphic]
Alternative Title
Portrait of Lady Sofia Farmor in the form of a medal
Mediceae veneris sublimem interroget artem, qui Sophiae charites pingere, et ora velit ...
Creator
Gregori, Carlo, 1719-1759, printmaker
Contributor
Tuscher, Markus, 1705-1751, artist.
Published / Created
[1740]
Publication Place
Florence
Publisher
Bernardo Paperini
Abstract

Portrait medal with recto and verso views

Description
Title devised by cataloger.
Four lines of Latin text printed in letterpress below plate: Mediceae veneris sublimem interroget artem, qui Sophiae charites pingere, et ora velit. Virtutem et patriae studium meditetur; amores noverit hic Sophiae, noverit ingenium.
Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appeared.
Plate from: Raccolta di varie canzoni sopra diversi leggiadri soggetti. : A sua eccellenza Mylady Sofia Farmor. In Firenze : Nella stamperia di Bernardo Paperini, 1740.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge.
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.
Annotation in pencil below plate and above Latin text: Lady Sopia Fermour. Privat.
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 9.1 x 10.2 cm
Language
Latin

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 33 30 Copy 11

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Book illustrations
Portrait prints
Etchings Italy Florence 1740
Engravings Italy Florence 1740
Material
etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Granville, Sophia Fermor Carteret, Countess, 1721-1745,
Subject (Topic)
Medals
Subjects
Granville, Sophia Fermor Carteret, Countess, 1721-1745
Medals
Italy > Florence > 1740
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
4888470
Object ID (OID)
16729735

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