Portrait of Thomas Kirgate, with receding, wavy hair; head and shoulders directed and looking right, wearing a plain coat, waistcoat and frilled cravat. After the portrait by Edward Edwards
Alternative Title:
Thomas Kirgate
Description:
Title etched below image., Not before 1791 the year Walpole became 4th Earl of Orford., G. Barrett known to have been active at 289 Holborn in 1794 and 1798. See Maxted, I. London Book Trades, 1775-1800., and Laid in at page 15.
Title devised by cataloger., Designed by George Vertue. See Horace Walpole's note on a copy in The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, Farmington, CT., Sheet trimmed., and Laid in between front end paper and front flyleaf.
Title devised by cataloger., Designed by Richard Bentley in 1757 and probably engraved by Grignion. See Hazen, A.T. Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library, page xxv., Sheet trimmed., and Mounted on page 3.
Publisher:
Horace Walpole
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England),
