[Lady Elizabeth Craven] [art original]

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Description

Title
[Lady Elizabeth Craven] [art original]
Contributor
Romney, George, 1734-1802, artist.
Published / Created
[not before 1778]
Publication Place
England
Description
Title devised by curator.
Statements of responsibility written in pencil below image; signed by an unidentified artist [Mundare?]
Copy of a portrait by Romney, which was commissioned by Horace Walpole in 1778 and kept in the Breakfast Room at Strawberry Hill. See: Kidson, A. George Romney: a complete catalogue of his paintings. New Haven : Published for The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, 2015.
Mounted below is a separate sheet (10.0 x 14.7 cm) containing eight lines of verse, in Thomas Kirgate's hand, beneath the heading: Written on the back of Lady Craven's picture, by Lord Orford.
Mounted on page 4 after The press at Strawberry Hill to ... the Duke of Clarence, in a volume with the binder's title: Poems - Strawberry-Hill - 1757-1789.
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Charles Bedford, with his bookplate in the volume and his cypher on the spine. Later owned by William Frederick, 9th Earl Waldegrave, with his armorial bookplate. Purchased from Geoffrey Noel Waldegrave, 12th Earl Waldegrave, by W.S. Lewis, 1948. From a collection assembled by Charles Bedford and later owned by William Frederick, 9th Earl Waldegrave. Purchased from Geoffrey, Earl Waldegrave by W.S. Lewis; 1948.
Extent
1 drawing : oval image 13.9 x 11 cm, on sheet 14.4 x 12 cm, mounted to 27.0 x 21 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
335 R
Collection Title
Page 4 after The press at Strawberry Hill to ... the Duke of Clarence. Poems - Strawberry-Hill - 1757-1789.
Collection Date
Strawberry Hill, etc., 1757-1797.

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Portrait drawings
Watercolors
Material
watercolor with ink wash ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Craven, Elizabeth, 1750-1828,
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
Subjects
Craven, Elizabeth, 1750-1828
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
Bedford, Charles, 1742?-1814 > Ownership
Waldegrave, William Frederick Waldegrave, Earl, 1851-1930 > Ownership
Waldegrave, Geoffrey Noel Waldegrave, Earl, 1905- > Ownership

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public
Rights
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Citation
Lady Elizabeth Craven. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Catalog Record
15667144
Object ID (OID)
17469274

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