George, fourth Earl of Waldegrave Master of the Horse to Queen Charlotte, and Colonel of the 14th Regiment of Foot / [graphic]

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16733038

Description

Title
George, fourth Earl of Waldegrave Master of the Horse to Queen Charlotte, and Colonel of the 14th Regiment of Foot / [graphic]
Creator
Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, printmaker
Contributor
Rigaud, J. F. 1742-1810, artist.
Published / Created
[between 1781 and 1822]
Publication Place
London?
Publisher
publisher not identified
Abstract

"Three-quarter length, standing, directed, facing and looking to the left, left hand resting on a paper on the table beside him, wearing robes."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title engraved below image.
State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits.
Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1874,1010.19.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Mounted on page 146 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.
Probably given to Richard Bull by Horace Walpole, as suggested by a note in Walpole's hand mounted below: Lord Orford is extremely obliged to Mr. Bull for the two prints. He has not the plate of Lord Waldegrave, but he believes Lady Waldegrave has; & if she has, he will get one for Mr. Bull.
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 38.1 x 29 cm
Edition
[State 2].
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 33 30 Copy 11

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Portrait prints
Mezzotints England London 1781
Material
mezzotint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Waldegrave, George Waldegrave, Earl, 1751-1789,
Subjects
Waldegrave, George Waldegrave, Earl, 1751-1789
England > London > 1781
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 > Presentation to Richard Bull
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > Ownership

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Rights
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Identifiers

Orbis Record
13505973
Object ID (OID)
16733038

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