Lord Orford's Memoires. Mr. Murray [graphic]

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Title: Lord Orford's Memoires. Mr. Murray [graphic]
Alternative Title: Mr. Murray
Satirical illustration of "Memoires of the last ten years of the reign of George the Second"
Creator: Thomson, Joseph, active 1790-1799, printmaker
Contributor: Bentley, R. 1708-1782, artist.
Published / Created: [1822]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: J. Murray
Abstract: "Portrait of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, head and shoulders to right, looking to front, wearing long wig, dark coat, waistcoat, neckerchief and frill, in an oval, surrounded by emblems."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text above and below image.
Plate from: Walpole, H. Memoires of the last ten years of the reign of George the Second. London: J. Murray, 1822.
1 print : engraving on wove paper ; sheet 15.1 x 17.9 cm.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text above image.
Window mounted (with one other print) to 39 x 28 cm.
Bound in as page 191 in volume 7 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world. London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Provenance: Borden Sale, American Art Gallery, 17-19 February 1913, lot 812. Rains Galleries, New York, NY, 27 November 1935 (W.D. Breaker sale), lot 688, bought in by Breaker. Purchased from William D. Breaker (through G.A. Baker) by W.S. Lewis; 1939.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 32.7 x 24.2 cm, on sheet 44.1 x 30 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English