Portrait drawing of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams; half-length, shoulders nearly in profile to the left, head turned back and looking at viewer; his right hand grasping the top of a walking stick, the index finger of his left hand extended and pointing to the left; wearing a loose coat, a cravat, and a long curled wig that extends down his back
Description:
Title from note in ink in Richard Bull's hand, below image on mounting page., Unsigned; artist not identifed., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this bookplate appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 87 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Portrait drawing of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams; half length, turned slightly right; wearing a jacket with star on left breast, buttoned at top button only; sash over left shoulder and across chest
Alternative Title:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams
Description:
Title inscribed on mount below image, in ink in a contemporary hand., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Place and date of production based on the country of residence and death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found., Mounted with three other drawings on what was formerly page 89 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted together with three other drawings to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Title etched below image., After a painting by John Giles Eccardt. Cf. National Portrait Gallery, London, no.: NPG 383., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of title and complete loss of imprint statement. Missing text supplied from a more perfect impression., and Mounted on page 71 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.