Title in pen, lower margin., Date from item., Place of publication derived from printmaker's place of residence., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420.
Subject (Topic):
Saints, Skulls, Lions, Crucifixes, and Writing materials
Title assigned by cataloger based on letterpress text below., Publication information extrapolated from that of Walpole's Works., Head-piece illustration to a verse by Horace Walpole with caption title: The funeral of the lioness : a fable imitated from La Fontaine., Plate from: The works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. London, 1798, v. 4, page 377., and Watermark: 1797.
A drawing by Bentley showing a lion reclining on his side in front of a cave
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date and attribution from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on verso., and Formerly mounted on leaf 10 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].