Sr John Perrot, Lord Deputy of Ireland [art original].

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Title: Sr John Perrot, Lord Deputy of Ireland [art original].
Alternative Title: Sir John Perrot, Lord Deputy of Ireland
Creator: Chambars, Thomas, approximately 1724-1789, artist
Published / Created: [ca. 1762]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Copy of a portrait of Sir John Perrot, for Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill
Description: Title from note in Horace Walpole's hand, written in ink on the back of the frame: Sr. John Perrot, Lord Deputy of Ireland.
Attributed to Chambars by Walpole in the Vertue notebooks. See Walpole Society, 1937-38, xxvi, p.62.
Possibly commissioned circa 1763. See Walpole's letter to Bishop Lyttleton, 16 October 1762. See 1983 Yale edition of Horace Walpole's correspondence, v. 43, p. 384n.
The original on which this drawing is based was used by Valentine Green for his mezzotint print published in Jany. 1, 1776, from a copy made by George Powle. See Catalogue of engraved British portraits, v. iii, p. 453.
Thomas Chambars, (ca. 1724-1789), English artist.
Provenance: Strawberry Hill Sale, xx,112 to Horace Redd; Sotheby's (different properties) 26 October 1953, lot 183, to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 40.5 x 28.0 cm, framed to 53.0 x 41.0 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portraits
Chalk drawings British 18th century
Charcoal drawings British 18th century
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century
Material: mixed materials, including charcoal and graphite with white chalk highlights ; and brown paper image 16 1/8 x 11.25 in., on sheet 16.5 x 11.75 in.
Subject (Name): Perrot, John, Sir, approximately 1527-1592,
Subjects: Perrot, John, Sir, approximately 1527-1592
British > 18th century
19th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Thomas Chambars, Portrait of Sir John Perrot. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.