[Glass vessel] [art original].
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16822549
Description
- Title
- [Glass vessel] [art original].
- Creator
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created
- [not after 1810]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
-
Drawing of a tall, thin vessel of indeterminate function, pale green in color and sitting upright on its ornate gold base. The opening at the top is edged with gold, below which is an image in gold of a figure riding a horse. To the right of where the base meets the rest of the vessel is a pencil annotation in Thomas Kirgate's hand indicating that this area is made of "blue glass". Presumably a depiction of an object kept by Horace Walpole in the China Room at Strawberry Hill
- Description
-
Title from local catalog card.
Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card.
Date based on death date of Thomas Kirgate, whose annotation is present beside image.
Inlaid on page 10a in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]. - Provenance
- Probably from Thomas Kirgate's library, with his (as well as Horace Walpole's) manuscript notes in the volume. Sold at Sotheby's, 12 June 1933 (Miscellaneous Sale), lot 365, to Maggs. Sold by Maggs to W.S. Lewis, August 1933.
- Extent
- 1 drawing : sheet 31.3 x 19 cm (folded to 26.1 x 19 cm), inlaid to 29.5 x 23 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
- Collection Title
- Page 10a. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
- Collection / Other Creator
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Collection Date
- Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Ink drawings British 19th century
Wash drawings British 19th century
Watercolors British 19th century - Material
- pen and ink, gray wash, and watercolor ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic)
-
Art collections
Containers - Subjects
-
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Art collections
Containers
British > 19th century
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810 > Ownership
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810 > Ms. notes
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
- G.P. Harding, Glass Vessel. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13770134
- Object ID (OID)
- 16822549