Lady Southesk from a drawing after Sr. Peter Lely in the possession of the Right Honble. the Earl of Orford at Strawberry Hill / [graphic]

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Description

Title
Lady Southesk from a drawing after Sr. Peter Lely in the possession of the Right Honble. the Earl of Orford at Strawberry Hill / [graphic]
Creator
Claessens, Lambert Antoine, 1763-1834, printmaker
Contributor
Harding, Sylvester, 1745-1809, artist.
Lely, Peter, 1618-1680, artist.
E. & S. Harding (Firm), publisher.
Published / Created
[6 October 1792]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pub. Octr. 6, 1792, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall
Abstract

"Portrait of Anne Carnegie, Countess of Southesk; half length; head tilted slightly to right; hair in curls and wearing pearl jewellery; after P Lely."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of title. Complete title supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1920,1211.1257.
Mounted on page 59 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13.
1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper ; sheet 12.3 x 9.9 cm and sheet 2 x 9.9 cm.
Imperfect; the middle portion of the plate containing the statements of responsibility has been trimmed away, with the lower portion of the plate containing the title being mounted directly below the upper portion of the plate containing the image.
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance
Mrs. Curtis, of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire; August 1937. Sold at Sotheby's 29 April-1 May 1880 (Bull sale), lot 886, to Ellis, £110. Offered by Ellis & White in Catalogue 46, ca. 1881 for £210. Sold at Sotheby's 15(16) June 1920?, lot 243 to Lynch, (C. Constable Curtis of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire), £255.
Extent
1 print : sheet 14.5 x 12 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 33 30 Copy 11

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Portrait prints
Stipple engravings England London 1792
Material
stipple engraving with etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subjects
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
England > London > 1792
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12688058
Object ID (OID)
16729662

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