[Abraham Vanderdort] [art original].

Description

Title: [Abraham Vanderdort] [art original].
Alternative Title: Abraham Van der Doort
Contributor: Dobson, William, 1611-1646, artist.
Published / Created: [approximately 1800]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Portrait, head and shoulders, of an old man with loose, curling hair to his shoulders, and a plain white collar, three quarter to right, looking down to centre; after Dobson
Description: Title from local catalog card.
Unsigned; artist unidentified.
After a painting by William Dobson that was part of Sir Robert Walpole's collection at Houghton.
Date of production supplied by curator.
With sitter's name "Vanderdort" written in pencil on mount.
Bound in opposite page 52 in volume 2 of Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England. Printed by Thomas Kirgate at Strawberry-Hill, 1765-1771 [i.e. 1780].
Provenance: Formerly owned by Thomas Kirgate, with his manuscript notes in the volumes; probably sold by King and Lochée, 4 December 1810 (Kirgate Sale), lot 386, to Denley. Later owned by Robert Hartshorne of Highlands, NJ, with his bookplate in the first volume of the set. Sold Parke-Bernet, 30 October 1945 (Hartshorne sale), lot 393, to Brick Row for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 drawing : oval sheet 13.1 x 12 cm, mounted to 20.4 x 19 cm, inlaid to 23.7 x 19 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: 33 10B Copy 4
Collection Title: Volume 2, opposite page 52. Anecdotes of painting in England.
Collection/Other Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Collection Date: Printed by Thomas Kirgate at Strawberry-Hill, 1765-1771 [i.e. 1780]

Genre: Portrait drawings
Wash drawings British 19th century
Material: gray wash with wash-line mount ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Van der Doort, Abraham, -1640,
Subjects: Van der Doort, Abraham, -1640
British > 19th century
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810 > Ownership
Hartshorne, Robert > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Abraham Vanderdort. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.