Dr. Dee's conjuring stone [art original].

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Description

Title
Dr. Dee's conjuring stone [art original].
Creator
Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
Published / Created
[approximately 1790]
Publication Place
Twickenham
Abstract

Drawing depicting a speculum of kennel-coal, in a leather case, that was supposedly used by Dr. Dee the conjurer to deceive the mob in the reign of Queen Elizabeth

Description
Title written in ink below image on mounting page.
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.
Depicted object was formerly owned by Horace Walpole and kept in the Great North Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill. For a description of the object, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1966,1001.1.
Mounted on page 215 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 14.2 x 12 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
ink wash and watercolor ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Dee, John, 1527-1608.
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic)
Art collections
Magical devices
Mirrors
Subjects
Dee, John, 1527-1608
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Art collections
Magical devices
Mirrors
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, Dr. Dee's Conjuring Stone. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
13601624
Object ID (OID)
16729792

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