Ninon de Lenclos from an original picture given by herself to the Countess of Sandwich and by the present Earl of Sandwich to Mr. Walpole, 1757 / [graphic]Worlidge, T. (Thomas), 1700-1766, printmaker[between 1757 and 1766]eng"Portrait of Ninon de L'Enclos, half-length, three-quarter to right, looking towards the viewer, with pearl necklace, low-necked gown with bejewelled brooches, strap over her right shoulder; in oval frame with ribbons, curtain, flowers, lettered cartouche below."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched within cartouche at bottom of plate.Plate signed with printmaker Thomas Worlidge's monogram in upper right corner.After the portrait probably painted by Louis Ferdinand Elle the Elder. See Yale edition of Horace Walpole's correspondence, v. 31, p. 6, note 2.Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: R,6.174.Original painting was kept by Horace Walpole in the Great North Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill.Sheet trimmed to plate mark.