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:
Drawing of both sides of a silver medal owned by Horace Walpole and kept in the Library at Strawberry Hill. On the obverse is a bust of Pope Gregory XIII, in profile to the left; on the reverse an allegorical image of the Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre, with an angel holding a crucifix and sword over the bodies of men and women cowering in fear
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 102 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 (Geographic):
French.
Subject (Name):
Gregory XIII, Pope, 1502-1585, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Art collections, Saint Bartholomew's Day, Massacre of, France, 1572, Massacres, and Medals
Depiction of both sides of a silver medal, the obverse showing the bust of Pope Gregory XIII in profile to the left and the reverse showing the destroying angel murdering the Protestants
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date of publication based on death date of Richard Bull, who included an impression of this print in an extra-illustrated volume he assembled., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with probable loss of large portions of the plate., Horace Walpole owned one of these medals and kept it in the Library at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 111 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.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Gregory XIII, Pope, 1502-1585, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
