The head of King Henry the Third (carv'd in oak) it was brought from Barnwell Church near Oundle Northamtonshire [sic], when it was repair'd about about [sic] 40 years ago, now in the possession of the Honble. Horace Walpole. [graphic]

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Lewis Walpole Library > The head of King Henry the Third (carv'd in oak) it was brought from Barnwell Church near Oundle Northamtonshire [sic], when it was repair'd about about [sic] 40 years ago, now in the possession of the Honble. Horace Walpole. [graphic]

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Title: The head of King Henry the Third (carv'd in oak) it was brought from Barnwell Church near Oundle Northamtonshire [sic], when it was repair'd about about [sic] 40 years ago, now in the possession of the Honble. Horace Walpole. [graphic]
Creator: Carter, John, 1748-1817, printmaker
Contributor: Carter, John, 1748-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: March 1st, 1782.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd as the act directs by Jon. Carter, Wood St., Westminster
Abstract: Depiction of a head of King Henry III carved in wood. The king wears a crown, and curled hair protrudes out from under it on both sides. The date(?) "12 III 16" and decorative symbols fill the space above the head
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from title page of the work for which this plate was engraved.
Plate from: Carter, J. Specimens of the ancient sculpture and painting, now remaining in this kingdom ... London : Published as the act directs by John Carter, Wood St. Westminster, 1780-87 [1780-94].
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on page 96 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: 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 33 x 26 cm
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 33 30 Copy 11

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Book illustrations
Etchings England London 1782
Engravings England London 1782
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England.
Subject (Name): Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Kings
Sculpture
Wood carvings
Subjects: Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Kings > England
Sculpture
Wood carvings
England > London > 1782
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 13481765
Object ID (OID): 16732987