Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others [art original].

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Title: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others [art original].
Alternative Title: Portfolio of original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views &c by Vertue and others
Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector
Contributor: Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist.
Published / Created: [ca. 1757]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: A large portfolio assembled by Horace Walpole from various lots he acquired at the Vertue sale 16 March 1757 including rare prints and drawings, among which are Holbein drawings. In addition to the portfolio, is a small volume of eight portrait drawings taken from this collection and later acquired separately
Description: Title from item. Title from Hazen: Portfolio of original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views &c by Vertue and others.
Two volumes and one solander box containing a drawing housed separately.
Some of these, about fifty, are now mounted and rebound in red morocco, with Horace Walpole's manuscript title-page preserved. Bookplate 1. Press-mark D.3.13 in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763; moved to the Round Tower. Bookplate of William Frederick, 9th Earl Waldegrave.
Provenance: Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 32, to Smith, £31.10.0 [London, 1268]. Large portfolio acquired by W.S. Lewis from Lord Waldegrave, July 1948, in a collection. Small portfolio sold at Christie's, 20 October 1953 (Knowsley Hall Sale), lot 306, to Maggs for W.S. Lewis, £80.
Extent: ca. 59 drawings in 2 volumes : binding 42 cm
1 drawing in solander box :
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English