Kings porter and dwarf from a bas relief in stone in the front of a house at the corner of Bagnio-Court the north side of Newgate-Street. [art original]

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Lewis Walpole Library > Kings porter and dwarf from a bas relief in stone in the front of a house at the corner of Bagnio-Court the north side of Newgate-Street. [art original]


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Description

Title
Kings porter and dwarf from a bas relief in stone in the front of a house at the corner of Bagnio-Court the north side of Newgate-Street. [art original]
Published / Created
[not after 1797]
Publication Place
England
Description
Title from text in image; remainder of title from note in ink below image, in Horace Walpole's hand.
Unsigned; artist unidentified.
Date based on death date of Horace Walpole, whose annotation is present on sheet.
Bound in opposite page 8 in volume 2 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of Anecdotes of painting in England.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Horace Walpole, with his armorial bookplate, notes, etc. in the volume. Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day iv, lot 139, to Boone for Lord Derby. Sold at Christie's, 20 October 1953 (Knowsley Hall Sale), lot 314. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Maggs.
Extent
1 drawing : image 14.8 x 11.7 cm, on sheet 23.4 x 17.8 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
49 2519 v.2
Collection Title
Volume 2, opposite page 8. Anecdotes of painting in England.
Collection / Other Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Collection Date
Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771[i.e. 1780]

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Bas-reliefs
Servants
Porters
Dwarfs
Wash drawings
Material
gray and brown wash ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subjects
Derby, Edward John Stanley, 18th earl of, 1918- > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes

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Citation
Kings porter and dwarf. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
15686917
Object ID (OID)
17480186

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