"Portrait of the dramatist Sir William Killigrew; three-quarter length, standing, to the right, right hand under robe; with shoulder length hair, moustache, and short pointed beard; a column and tree in background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir William Killigrew
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The biographical mirrour. London : Published by S. and E. Harding, Pall-Mall, 1795-[1814?]., and Engraved after a copy of a painting by Anthony van Dyck that was in the Little Library of the Cottage at Strawberry Hill that was misidentified as John Milton.
Publisher:
Published Decr. 1, 1796, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Killigrew, William, Sir, 1606-1695, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of the dramatist Sir William Killigrew; three-quarter length, standing, to the right, right hand under robe; with shoulder length hair, moustache, and short pointed beard; a column and tree in background."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Sir William Killigrew
Description:
Title from later state., Proof before title; for a later state with title and additional lettering below image, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1908,0810.6., Publication information from imprint on later state: Published Decr. 1, 1796, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall., Proof state of a plate for: The biographical mirrour. London : Published by S. and E. Harding, Pall-Mall, 1795-[1814?]., Engraved after a copy of the painting by Anthony van Dyck in the Little Library of the Cottage at Strawberry Hill, which Horace Walpole believed to be a portrait of John Milton., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text from bottom edge., Mounted on page 201 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., and Annotated in pencil with the title "John Milton" below image and with the name "Mr. Bawtree" in lower right corner.
A three-quarter length portrait of Sir William Killigrew. He stands before large columns on the left and a treed landscape on the right. He wears 17th century court attire and Text from both the 1774 and 1784 editions of Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole, at Strawberry Hill: Over the chimney, an original half-length of Milton, aet. 45, in black, a ring tied to one of his button holes
Alternative Title:
Portrait of John Milton
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal., Horace Walpole incorrectly, or aspirationally, believed this to be a portrait of John Milton whose name is inscribed on the frame., Unknown creator., Copy after Anthony Van Dyck., and Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A Portrait of Milton.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Killigrew, William, Sir, 1606-1695,