Bannerman, Alexander, approximately 1730-, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. 1762]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Simon du Bois, bust directed to the left, head slightly turned to face the viewer, wearing a cloak; within oval; and within the oval portrait of another man, possibly Henry Cooke, bust directed to the left, head slightly turned to face the viewer, wearing a cloak."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Simon Dubois and Cooke
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below small portrait within oval of main portrait: Cooke., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared., "Vol. III, p. 118."--Upper right corner., Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780]., Mounted on page 131 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11., 1 print : engraving and etching on wove paper ; sheet 5.8 x 4.1 cm., and Imperfect; only the small portrait of Cooke is present, the rest of the print having been trimmed away.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Du Bois, Simon 1632-1706 and Cooke, Henry, 1642-1700