Portrait of Agnes Berry in an oval; bust length, directed to the left; looking over her shoulder
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Statement of responsibility written in brown ink in lower left corner of sheet., Probably copied from a print by Henry Adlard after a miniature. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1939,0513.141., Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period., Date from decorated title page indicating that the volumes of this copy were "... privately illustrated 1884-1890"., and Mounted on page 162 in volume 11 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Title from caption below image., Publisher from impression in the British Museum. See registration no.: 1939,0513.140., Henry Adlard, British engraver, active 1828-1869., Longman & Co., publishers active 1806-1839., and Mounted on page 12 with one other print.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[1810]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 25
Collection Title:
Page 35. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Agnes Berry; bust length, looking to the right; wearing her hair loose and curly; in an oval inside a rectangle
Alternative Title:
Miss Mary Berry
Description:
Title assigned by cataloger; alternative title from note in ink that incorrectly identifies sitter., Signed by the artist in lower left corner., Date of production inferred from related drawing, mounted on the same page, that is dated "1810" by the artist., Drawn after a miniature by Anne Mee that was commissioned by Horace Walpole in 1790., and Mounted on page 35 in Anne Damer's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 33.
Subject (Name):
Berry, Agnes, 1764-1852, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
