[Edward Harley, Earl of Oxford] [art original].

Description

Title: [Edward Harley, Earl of Oxford] [art original].
Creator: Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
Published / Created: [1725]
Publication Place: England
Description: Title devised by curator.
Contemporary annotation in ink on verso: This is the portrait of the Right Honorable Edward Harlay Earl of Oxford & Earl Mortimer, the great collecter, drawn from life by George Vertue, 1725.
One of eight portrait drawings that were probably among the works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. A volume of ca. 50 additional drawings from this collection, now bound in red morocco, has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Laid down on a wash-line mount, with a border of gold paint around the drawing.
Provenance: Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 32, to Smith [London, 1268]. Christie's, 20 October 1953 (Knowsley Hall Sale), lot 306, to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 75 x 70 mm, mounted to 24.7 x 24.2 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 49 3581 v.2
Collection Title: Volume 2. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Collection / Other Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector.
Collection Date: [England], [ca. 1757]