Milady Countesse of Bury [graphic]

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Title: Milady Countesse of Bury [graphic]
Creator: Pouget, Jean Henri Prosper, -1769, printmaker
Published / Created: [not after 1769]
Publication Place: Paris
Publisher: Pouget?
Abstract: Half-length, oval portrait in a square, shown in profile. The Yale edition of Horace Walpole's correspondence tentatively identifies her as Mme. Frotier-de-la-Messalière. See: The Yale edition of Horace Walpole's correspondence, v. 6, pages 344-347, 368 and v. 41, page 350
Description: Title engraved in image, below portrait.
Also signed in image: "Pouget delineavit et sculp."
"Pl. Ire"--Upper left corner.
Quote from Milton below title, in English and French: "Grace in all her steps, heav'n in her eye, In every gesture Dignity and Love ..."
The Lewis Walpole Library impression: Horace Walpole's note below imprint reads: "Mistress of George Visc. Bury, afterwards Earl of Albemarle."
Provenance: Formerly owned by Horace Walpole with his ms. notes.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 197 x 142 mm
Language: English

Genre: Portrait prints
Engavings Franch Paris 1769
Material: engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Frotier-de-la-Messalière, Marie-Élisabeth,
Subjects: Frotier-de-la-Messalière, Marie-Élisabeth
Franch > Paris > 1769
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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