Dia Helionora [art original].
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Description
- Title
- Dia Helionora [art original].
- Alternative Title
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Basso relievo in Little Cloyster
Basso relievo in Little Cloister - Creator
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created
- [approximately 1790]
- Publication Place
- Twickenham
- Abstract
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Drawing of the the bas-relief head in marble of Leonora d'Este, which was kept by Horace Walpole in the Little Cloister at Strawberry Hill. The portrait, in profile to the left, has the inscription "Dia Helionora" below it.
- Description
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Title from inscription in image; alternative title written in ink below image.
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.
Mounted on page 31 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 : image 20.6 x 18 cm, on sheet 27.6 x 25 cm
- Language
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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
- gray wash, watercolor and pen and ink, with wash-line border ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic)
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Portraits
Bas-reliefs - Subjects
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Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Portraits
Bas-reliefs
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, Dia Helionora. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13401420
- Object ID (OID)
- 16732922
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