[Sir Edward Walpole] [graphic].Birrell, A., active 1770-1820, printmaker[1802]engHalf length portrait, inclined left, looking front; in long curled wig, plain collar, doublet with slashed sleeves, badge on ribbon over right shoulderTitle from lettered state.Printmaker and artist from statements of responsibility on lettered state: S. Harding del. ; Birril sc.Proof before letters.Publication date from that of the volume in which the finished plate appeared.Proof state of a plate from: Coxe, W. Memoirs of Horatio, Lord Walpole. London : Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1802.Probably after a painting of Sir Edward Walpole, grandfather of Sir Robert Walpole, that hung in the Library at Strawberry Hill.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.