"A middle-aged woman shown head and shoulders directed to right, looking slightly downwards, wearing a plain veil and simple gown which conceals her neck."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 68 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.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Pope, Edith, 1642-1733,, Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744., Cooper, Samuel, 1609-1672., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Portrait head of a middle-aged woman, directed to right, looking slightly downwards; wearing a plain veil and a gown which conceals her neck
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Pope
Description:
Title from note in pencil in lower left; alternative title from note in pencil in lower right., Signed with the initial "R." in lower right corner; attribution to Jonathan Richardson the Elder from local catalog card., Date written in ink following title., Mounted on page 90 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.
Subject (Name):
Pope, Edith, 1642-1733, and Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.