Madame la Marquise du Deffand [art original].
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16831100
Description
- Title
- Madame la Marquise du Deffand [art original].
- Creator
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Contributor
- Carmontelle, 1717-1806, associated name.
- Published / Created
- [not after 1824]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
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Portrait of Madame du Deffand, half length, in profile to the left, eyes closed, head covered with a bonnet or hooded garment
- Description
-
Title written in ink below image.
Unsigned; attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record.
Probably after a wash drawing by Carmontelle that 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 : oval image 7.1 x 6 cm, on sheet 9.7 x 8 cm
- Language
-
French
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Portrait drawings
Wash drawings British 19th century - Material
- gray wash ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Du Deffand, Marie de Vichy Chamrond, marquise, 1697-1780,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) - Subjects
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Du Deffand, Marie de Vichy Chamrond, marquise, 1697-1780
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
British > 19th century
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > 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
- G.P. Harding, Madame la Marquise du Deffand. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 12697043
- Object ID (OID)
- 16831100
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