Henricus VII Torreggiani Opus Ao MDoX [art original].
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Description
- Title
- Henricus VII Torreggiani Opus Ao MDoX [art original].
- Alternative Title
- Head of Henry VII
- Creator
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Contributor
- Torrigiano, Pietro, 1472-1528, attributed name.
- Published / Created
- [approximately 1790]
- Publication Place
- Twickenham
- Abstract
-
Wash drawing of a bust of Henry VII; with long curling hair and a fillet about his brow, his head leaning to the left; the sculpture upon a plinth lettered in Latin. Drawn after a sculpture, formerly attributed to Torrigiano, that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Star Chamber at Strawberry Hill
- Description
-
Title written on plinth in image; alternative title devised by curator.
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 115 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 26 x 18 cm, on sheet 37.5 x 29 cm
- Language
-
Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Wash drawings British 18th century
- Material
- gray wash ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) - Subject (Topic)
- Sculpture
- Subjects
-
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Sculpture
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, Henricus VII Torreggiani Opus Ao MDoX. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13498915
- Object ID (OID)
- 16733006
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