John Oldham from an original picture by Dobson in the collection of the Right Hon. the Earl of Orford at Strawbery [sic] Hill / [graphic]

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Title
John Oldham from an original picture by Dobson in the collection of the Right Hon. the Earl of Orford at Strawbery [sic] Hill / [graphic]
Creator
Scheneker, active 1780-1792, printmaker
Contributor
Dobson, William, 1611-1646, artist.
Harding, Sylvester, 1745-1809, artist.
Harding, E. 1755-1840, publisher.
Published / Created
[19 May 1792]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Published May 19, 1792, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Abstract

"Portrait of the poet John Oldham; bust, to the right, looking at viewer; wearing plain black doublet with white collar, and shoulder length hair; in oval."--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?].
Mounted on page 251 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 and etching on wove paper ; oval sheet 12.5 x 10 cm and rectangular sheet 1.9 x 10.9 cm.
Imperfect; the middle portion of the plate containing the statements of responsibility has been trimmed away, with the lower portion of the plate containing the title (but lacking the imprint statement) being mounted directly below the upper portion of the plate containing the image.
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 12.2 x 10 cm, on plate 20.2 x 17 cm, on sheet 26.5 x 20 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
Etchings England London 1792
Material
stipple engraving and etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Oldham, John, 1653-1683,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subjects
Oldham, John, 1653-1683
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
England > London > 1792
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > 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
12824912
Object ID (OID)
16729815

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