Elizth. Barry from an original picture by Sr. Godfrey Kneller in the collection of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Orford at Strawbery [sic] Hill / [graphic]

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Title
Elizth. Barry from an original picture by Sr. Godfrey Kneller in the collection of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Orford at Strawbery [sic] Hill / [graphic]
Alternative Title
Elizabeth Barry
Creator
Knight, Charles, 1743-1827?, printmaker
Contributor
Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646-1723, artist.
Harding, Sylvester, 1745-1809, artist.
E. & S. Harding (Firm), publisher.
Published / Created
[17 December 1792]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pub. Dec. 17, 1792, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall
Abstract

"Bust portrait of the actress Elizabeth Barry, in profile to left, hair pulled back and loosely fastened, falling down back and over right shoulder, wearing loose, low-necked gown, button at left shoulder; oval frame."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched below image.
Plate from: The biographical mirrour. London : Published by S. and E. Harding, Pall-Mall, 1795-[1814?].
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge.
Engraved after the picture kept by Horace Walpole in the Round Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill.
Mounted on page 220 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.
1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper ; oval sheet 13.1 x 10.4 cm.
Imperfect; oval portrait only is present, with the rest of the sheet (including all text) trimmed away.
Manuscript title in ink on mounting page below image: Mrs. Barry.
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 : oval image 12.9 x 11 cm, on sheet 18.6 x 14 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 33 30 Copy 11

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Book illustrations
Portrait prints
Stipple engravings England London 1792
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material
stipple engraving with etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Barry, Elizabeth, approximately 1658-1713,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subjects
Barry, Elizabeth, approximately 1658-1713
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
England > London > 1792
18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
13241844
Object ID (OID)
16729793

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