Ninon de Lenclos from an original picture given by herself to the Countess of Sandwich and by the present Earl of Sandwich to Mr. Walpole, 1757. [art original]

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Description

Title: Ninon de Lenclos from an original picture given by herself to the Countess of Sandwich and by the present Earl of Sandwich to Mr. Walpole, 1757. [art original]
Contributor: Elle, Louis Ferdinand, approximately 1612-1689, artist.
Published / Created: [not before 1757]
Publication Place: Twickenham?
Abstract: Portrait drawing of Ninon de L'Enclos; half-length, turned to right, looking towards the viewer; with pearl necklace, low-necked gown with bejewelled brooches, strap over her right shoulder; in oval frame with ribbons, curtain, flowers; cartouche below
Description: Title written in cartouche at bottom of image.
Unsigned; artist unidentified.
Drawn after the portrait likely painted by Louis Ferdinand Elle the Elder. See Yale edition of Horace Walpole's correspondence, v. 31, page 6, note 2.
Original painting was kept by Horace Walpole in the Great North Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill.
Possibly the original drawing for a plate engraved by Thomas Worlidge. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: R,6.174.
Mounted on page 161 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.
Provenance: Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Sabin, August 1927.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 16.6 x 10 cm, on sheet 18.4 x 12 cm
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Portrait drawings
Watercolors British 18th century
Material: watercolor ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Lenclos, Ninon de, 1620-1705,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subjects: Lenclos, Ninon de, 1620-1705
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership

Access And Usage Rights

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Ninon de Lenclos. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Catalog Record: 13234885
Object ID (OID): 16193224