[Seal of Rochester Priory] [art original].

Description

Title: [Seal of Rochester Priory] [art original].
Published / Created: [not after 1797]
Publication Place: England
Description: Title supplied by curator.
Unsigned; artist unidentified.
Date based on death date of Horace Walpole, who likely assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found.
Tipped in at page 25 in volume 2 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of Edward Hasted's The history and topographical survey of the county of Kent.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Horace Walpole, with his notes and corrections in the volumes. Sold at the Strawberry Hill sale (1842), day i, lot 69, to John Newington Hughes. Later owned by Augustus A. Arnold. Sold by T. Thorp, 1932, to William Wade Porteous; Mr. Porteous, through W. Pratley, to W.S. Lewis, September 1957.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 10.7 x 11 cm, on sheet 12.8 x 18 cm
Language: No linguistic content

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 49 3 v.2
Collection Title: Volume 2, page 25. The history and topographical survey of the county of Kent.
Collection / Other Creator: Hasted, Edward, 1732-1812.
Collection Date: Canterbury : Printed for the author, by Simmons and Kirkby, 1778-1799.

Genre: Watercolors
Material: watercolor ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Seals (Insignia)
Subjects: Seals (Insignia)
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Porteous, William Wade > Ownership
Hughes, John Newington > Ownership
Arnold, Augustus A. > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Seal of Rochester Priory. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.