[Cross in Ampthill Park for Queen Catherine] [art original].
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Lewis Walpole Library > [Cross in Ampthill Park for Queen Catherine] [art original].
16704436
Description
- Title
- [Cross in Ampthill Park for Queen Catherine] [art original].
- Published / Created
- [approximately 1800?]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
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View of the monument erected in 1773 in Ampthill Park, Bedfordshire, by John Fitzpatrick, Earl of Upper Ossory. The large cross on its terraced base, seen in the middle distance surrounded by trees and other greenery, sits at the site of the house where Queen Catherine of Aragon resided while her divorce from King Henry VIII was under discussion
- Description
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Title devised by curator.
Unsigned; artist unidentified.
Questionable attribution to Horace Walpole suggested by pencil annotation on verso: Must be drawn by H.W. ipse.
Date of production supplied by cataloger.
Drawing mounted opposite a description, in Thomas Kirgate's hand, of the location of the monument and a transcription of the lines written by Horace Walpole that were inscribed on its base.
Mounted on page 20a in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Fugitive pieces in verse and prose. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758. - Provenance
- Formerly owned by Thomas Kirgate and E.V. Utterson, with their manuscript notes in the volume and with Utterson's armorial bookplate. Sold by King and LocheĢe, 4 December 1810 (Kirgate Sale), lot 350, to Utterson; later sold at Sotheby's, 27 April 1852 (Utterson Sale), lot 1829. Sold again at Sotheby's, 15 December 1941 (Miscellaneous Sale), lot 140, to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
- Extent
- 1 drawing : sheet 9.9 x 9 cm, mounted to 18.7 x 11 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 33 4 Copy 13
- Collection Title
- Page 20a. Fugitive pieces in verse and prose.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Collection Date
- [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Watercolors British 19th century
- Material
- watercolor ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536
- Subject (Topic)
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Monuments
Monuments & memorials
Crosses - Subjects
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Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536 > Monuments
Monuments & memorials
Crosses
British > 19th century
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810 > Ownership
Utterson, Edward Vernon, 1775 or 1776-1856 > 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
- Cross in Ampthill Park for Queen Catherine. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 13756583
- Object ID (OID)
- 16704436
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