Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford [graphic]

Description

Title: Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford [graphic]
Creator: Evans, William, active 1797-1812, printmaker
Contributor: Lawrence, Thomas, 1769-1830, artist.
Published / Created: [not before 1797]
Publication Place: England
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Portrait after a drawing by Lawrence; bust-length to front, head turned in three-quarter profile to look right, wearing a short wig curled at the sides."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text below image, within engraved border.
Attribution to William Evans (as opposed to the stated "T. Evans") and date of publication from the signature "Wm. Evans sculpt. 1797" on proof state. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Portraits W218 no. 4.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on page 1 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Provenance: Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 32, to Smith [London, 1268]. Lord Waldegrave; July 1948.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 26.6 x 21.6 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title: Volume 1, page 1. 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]