[Portrait of King Richard III and his Queen] [art original].

Description

Title: [Portrait of King Richard III and his Queen] [art original].
Published / Created: [not after 1824]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Drawing, full-length, of King Richard III and his Queen, in robes and crowned
Description: Title devised by curator.
Unsigned; artist unidentified.
Possibly after a drawing from painted glass by George Vertue, which formerly hung in the blue breakfast room at Strawberry Hill.
Date based on date of William Bawtree's death.
Mounted on page 55 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Provenance: Sotheby's 14 July 1924 (Miscellaneous Sale), lot 183 to Spencer. Formerly owned by Kirgate's friend William Bawtree (1744-1824) engraver. Purchased from Spencer, June 1951, £100; ex dono Annie Burr Lewis.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 20 x 17 cm
Language: No linguistic content

Genre: Portrait drawings
Group portraits
Ink drawings British 19th century
Material: pen and ink ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England.
Subject (Name): Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485,
Anne, Queen, consort of Richard III, King of England, 1456-1485,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Kings
Queens
Subjects: Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485
Anne, Queen, consort of Richard III, King of England, 1456-1485
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Kings > England
Queens > England
British > 19th century
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership

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Citation: Portrait of King Richard III and his Queen. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.