The Rt. Honble. Francis Seymour Conway, Earl of Hertford [art original]

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Title: The Rt. Honble. Francis Seymour Conway, Earl of Hertford [art original]
Alternative Title: Right Honorable Francis Seymour Conway, Earl of Hertford
Creator: Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Contributor: Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, artist.
Published / Created: [1806]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Portrait of Francis Seymour Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford; half-length, turned to the left but facing forward; wearing a coat with a fur collar, a star on the left breast
Description: Title written below image.
Signed and dated by the artist.
After a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Bound in opposite page 245 in volume 1 of Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England. Strawberry Hill, Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1787. From: Horace Walpole's Works. Strawberry Hill, 1770-1787, pages 245-564.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Thomas Kirgate, with his notes and extra-illustrations in the volumes; most likely sold by King and Lochée, 4 December 1810 (Kirgate Sale), lot 419, to Denley. Later owned by the Blake family, with their armorial bookstamp inside front cover. Sold by Elkin Mathews to W.S. Lewis, June 1928.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 12.9 x 11 cm, on sheet 29.6 x 24 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 33 16 Copy 1
Collection Title: Volume 1, opposite page 245. Catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England.
Collection / Other Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Collection Date: Strawberry Hill, Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1787.

Genre: Portrait drawings
Wash drawings British 19th century
Material: gray and black wash ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Hertford, Francis Seymour Conway, Marquess of, 1719-1794,
Subjects: Hertford, Francis Seymour Conway, Marquess of, 1719-1794
British > 19th century
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810 > Ownership
Blake family > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: G.P. Harding, The Rt. Honble. Francis Seymour Conway, Earl of Hertford. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.