[George Simon Harcourt, Vicount Nuneham] [graphic]

Description

Title: [George Simon Harcourt, Vicount Nuneham] [graphic]
Alternative Title: George Simon Harcourt, Viscount Nuneham
Creator: Green, Valentine, 1739-1813, printmaker, publisher
Contributor: Gardner, Daniel, 1750-1805, artist.
Published / Created: [29 June 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd June 29th, 1772, by V. Green, Salisbury Street, Strand
Abstract: "Portrait, bust, in a mock oval frame, in profile to right, wearing a lacy cravat and a wig with a curling queue; after Gardner; scratched-letter state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from later state.
State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Mounted on page 23 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Name of the sitter written in ink below image, in a contemporary hand: George Simon Harcourt, Viscount Nuneham, eldest son of Simon Earl of Harcourt.
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. Sotheby's, 28 October 1942 (Miscellaneous Sale), to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 32.8 x 23 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 1].
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 49 3588 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title: Volume 1, page 23. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Collection / Other Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector.
Collection Date: [England], [1774?]