Henry 8th dagger [art original].

Description

Title: Henry 8th dagger [art original].
Creator: Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created: [not after 1810]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Drawing of Henry VIII's Turkish dagger of steel damasked with gold that was owned by Horace Walpole and housed in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. The handle is only outlined, but the guard is drawn in detail, with the outlines of inset gemstones. With a descriptive note (trimmed) in pencil beside it indicating "eighteen rubies [...] the handle". The ornamentation of the dagger is further described in a pencil annotation "127 rubies, 6 diamonds" in the lower right corner of the sheet
Description: Title written in ink below image, on mounting page.
Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card.
Date based on death date of Thomas Kirgate, who likely assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found.
Inlaid on page 62d 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 32.1 x 20 cm (folded to 28 x 20 cm), inlaid to 29.5 x 23 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
Collection Title: Page 62d. 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]

Genre: Watercolors British 19th century
Material: watercolor ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Daggers & swords
Subjects: Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Daggers & swords
British > 19th century
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: G.P. Harding, Henry 8th Dagger. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.