[Frontispiece to the catalogue of Charles Jervas's sale, 1740] [graphic].

Description

Title: [Frontispiece to the catalogue of Charles Jervas's sale, 1740] [graphic].
Creator: Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, printmaker, artist
Published / Created: [1740]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Frontispiece to the catalogue of the sale of Charles Jervas' studio (1739/40); an allegorical female figure holding a palette and brushes standing on the right, who lays an oval bas-relief portrait of Jervas on a plinth attached to a pyramid, while a cherub cuts the inscription on the plinth below: 'The Collection of Charles Jarvis Esq Consisiting of Paintings, Prints, Drawings, Basso Relievo, &c &c'; with classical artistic fragments to left and classical buildings in the background, including Trajan's column, and a fragment on the right inscribed 'Heath Auctioneer'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title, artist, and printmaker from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits.
Frontispiece to: A catalogue of the most valuable collection of pictures, prints, and drawings late of Charles Jarvis Esq; deceased. [London] : [publisher not identified], [1740].
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Folded to 20.3 x 12.2 cm; mounted on leaf 24 x 14 cm.
Bound in opposite page 466 in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Knox, V. Epistles, elegant, familiar, & instructive, selected from the best writers ... London : Rivington [etc.], 1791.
Provenance: Given as a gift [to L.C.?] by Richard Bull, who copiously extra-illustrated the volumes. Seven Gables Bookshop; October 1961.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 20.3 x 15.9 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: 724 791K
Collection Title: Volume 3, opposite page 466. Epistles, elegant, familiar, & instructive, selected from the best writers ...
Collection / Other Creator: Knox, Vicesimus, 1752-1821.
Collection Date: London : Rivington [etc.], 1791.