Joseph Harris, comedian from an original picture in the collection of the Earl of Orford at Strawbery [sic] Hill / [graphic]

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Title
Joseph Harris, comedian from an original picture in the collection of the Earl of Orford at Strawbery [sic] Hill / [graphic]
Creator
Harding, E. (Edward), 1755-1840, printmaker
Contributor
Greenhill, John, 1649-1676, artist.
Harding, Sylvester, 1745-1809, artist.
E. & S. Harding (Firm), publisher.
Published / Created
[29 August 1793]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pub. Augt. 29, 1793, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall
Abstract

"Portrait of Joseph Harris in character as Cardinal Wolsey; half-length standing holding a scroll, looking away to right with a frown, wearing a gown, cloak, plain collar and peaked soft hat; a building with arched windows and tall pillars seen through an arched window behind to right."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state

Description
Title etched below image.
After a portrait by John Greenhill. See description of later state in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits.
Plate later published in: Waldron, F.G. The Shakspearean miscellany ... London : Printed by Knight and Compton, 1802.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 452.
Provenance
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 15.2 x 11 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 33 30 Copy 11

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Reproductions
Portrait prints
Stipple engravings England London 1793
Etchings England London 1793
Material
stipple engraving and etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Harris, Joseph, approximately 1650-approximately 1715,
Subjects
Harris, Joseph, approximately 1650-approximately 1715
England > London > 1793
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Catalog Record
99136274063408651
Object ID (OID)
16729823

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