Henry the Third and Eleanor of Provence his queen brought from Bexhill Church in Sussex. [art original]
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Description
- Title
- Henry the Third and Eleanor of Provence his queen brought from Bexhill Church in Sussex. [art original]
- Creator
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created
- [approximately 1790]
- Publication Place
- Twickenham
- Abstract
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Watercolor drawing of Henry III and Queen Eleanor, taken from a stained glass window originally in Bexhill and later acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the Chapel at Strawberry Hill. The king and queen are shown three quarter length, under gothic tracery, wearing crowns, with architectural details behind them. A scale bar bar is drawn beneath them
- Description
-
Title written in ink below image on mounting sheet.
Note in ink below title: The only portraits of them extant.
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 229 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 : sheet 26.2 x 20 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
- pen and ink, gray wash and watercolor with wash-line mount ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272,
Eleanor, of Provence, Queen, consort of Henry III, King of England, 1223 or 1224-1291,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) - Subject (Topic)
- Stained glass
- Subjects
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Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272
Eleanor, of Provence, Queen, consort of Henry III, King of England, 1223 or 1224-1291
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Stained glass
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, Henry the Third and Eleanor of Provence his Queen. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13612499
- Object ID (OID)
- 16733120
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