Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait drawing of Thomas Ashton; half length, turned slightly right; in a black gown with white bands; wearing a wig, center-parted
Alternative Title:
Dr. Thomas Ashton
Description:
Title written in ink in open letters below image., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Possibly after a painting by Eccardt that hung in Mr. Walpole's Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 104 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.
Subject (Name):
Ashton, Thomas, 1716-1775, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1750 and 1765]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portait of Thomas Ashton, half-length, in an architectural oval, slightly turned to the right, dressed in an academic gown with bands at his neck and a bob-wig on his head."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1886,0617.65., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Tipped in at page 93 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12., and Watermark, trimmed.
