Francis Grose Esqr. F.A.S. [graphic]

Description

Title: Francis Grose Esqr. F.A.S. [graphic]
Creator: Ridley, William, 1764-1838, printmaker
Contributor: Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815.
Hone, Nathaniel, 1718-1784.
Dance, Nathaniel, Sir, 1735-1811, artist.
Sewell, John, 1733 or 1734-1802, publisher.
Published / Created: June 1, 1797.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by J. Sewell, Cornhill
Abstract: "Portrait of Francis Grose; whole length, standing, facing the front, looking to the left, one hand in his pocket, the other holding a cane."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Copy of a print by Bartolozzi after Nathaniel Hone, published by S. Hooper in 1787 as the frontispiece to Grose's Antiquities of England and Wales. See Catalogue of engraved British portraits.
Plate from: The European magazine, and London review, v. 32 (July 1797), opposite page 3.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge and periodical name from top edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1853,0112.2119.
"European magazine"--Above image.
Window mounted to 21.5 x 13.5 cm.
Bound in opposite page 426 in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Williams, R.F. Memoirs of Horace Walpole and his contemporaries. London : Colburn & Co., 1852.
Provenance: Volumes formerly owned by Arthur Potts, esq. of Hoole Hall, Cheshire. Dulau; December 1938.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 19.4 x 11.3 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: 42 W67 852
Collection Title: Volume 4, opposite page 426. Memoirs of Horace Walpole and his contemporaries.
Collection / Other Creator: Williams, Robert Folkestone, approximately 1805-1872.
Collection Date: London : Colburn & Co., 1852.