Thomas Kirgate, printer at Strawberry-Hill [art original]
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Description
- Title
- Thomas Kirgate, printer at Strawberry-Hill [art original]
- Creator
- Cronin, David Edward, 1839-1925, artist
- Contributor
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Birrell, A., active 1770-1820.
Harding, Sylvester, 1745-1809, artist. - Published / Created
- [between 1884 and 1890]
- Publication Place
- New York?
- Abstract
-
Half-length portrait of Thomas Kirgate in profile to the right; with receding wavy hair, wearing a plain coat and frilled cravat; with a large tree behind him on the left anda a view of the Strawberry Hill printing house in the distance on the right. Below a second drawing, an untitled watercolor drawing of a row of books on a wall-mounted shelf
- Description
-
Title written in ink below image.
Signed by the artist with initials in lower right corner of image.
Probably copied from a print by A. Birrell after a drawing by Sylvester Harding. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 486 10 Copy 1.
Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period.
Date from decorated title page indicating that the volumes of this copy were "... privately illustrated 1884-1890".
Bound in as page 196 in volume 1 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884. - Provenance
- Borden Sale, American Art Gallery, 17-19 February 1913, lot 812. Rains Galleries, New York, NY, 27 November 1935 (W.D. Breaker sale), lot 688, bought in by Breaker. Purchased from William D. Breaker (through G.A. Baker) by W.S. Lewis, 1939.
- Extent
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1 drawing : image 12.6 x 12 cm, on sheet 38.5 x 28 cm
1 drawing : image 5.5 x 7 cm), on sheet 38.5 x 28 cm - Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 225 884S Copy 2
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Portrait drawings
Pen works American 19th century
Ink drawings American 19th century - Material
- pen and ink ;, watercolor ;, and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810,
Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England), - Subjects
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Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810
Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
American > 19th century
Borden, Matthew C. D. (Matthew Chaloner Durfee), 1842-1912 > Ownership
Breaker, William D. > 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
- David Edward Cronin, Thomas Kirgate, Printer at Strawberry-Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13689874
- Object ID (OID)
- 16704357