[Portrait of Dorothy Boyle Fitzroy, Countess of Euston] [art original]

Description

Title: [Portrait of Dorothy Boyle Fitzroy, Countess of Euston] [art original]
Creator: Burlington, Dorothy Boyle, Countess of, 1699-1758, artist
Published / Created: [not after 1758]
Publication Place: England
Description: Title devised by cataloger, based on questionable identification of the sitter by curator.
Statement of responsibility written in pencil above image. Additional statement written in ink on mounting sheet, in Horace Walpole's hand: Drawn by Lady Dorothy Saville, Countess of Burlington. H.W.
Date of production based on artist's death date.
Mounted on page 19 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Horace Walpole, who assembled the collection. Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 56, to Pickering [London, 1126]; offered in Strong's Catalogue for 1843, lot 1867, and sold at Sotheby's in 1851. At one point owned by John Waldie, Hendersyde, with his bookplate in the volume. Sold at Sotheby's, 28 October 1942 (Miscellaneous Sale), to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 23.0 x 19 cm, mounted to 28.0 x 25 cm, on page 59 x 47 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 49 3588 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title: Volume 1, page 19. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Collection / Other Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector.
Collection Date: [England], [1774?]

Genre: Portrait drawings
Crayon drawings
Graphite drawings
Amateur works
Material: graphite and crayon ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Euston, Dorothy Boyle Fitzroy, Countess of, 1724-1742,
Subjects: Euston, Dorothy Boyle Fitzroy, Countess of, 1724-1742
Waldie, John, 1781-1865? > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
Citation: Dorothy Boyle, Countess of Burlington, Portrait of Dorothy Boyle Fitzroy, Countess of Euston. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.