[Portrait of Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford] [art original].

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Title: [Portrait of Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford] [art original].
Creator: Ramsay, Allan, 1713-1784, artist
Contributor: Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828, former owner.
Published / Created: [not after 1784]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: A half-length portrait of Horace Walpole at middle age dressed in a purple jacket and vest with a ruffled shirt. His face is in three-quarter view as he gazes to his proper left. The top of a white feather quill is visible at the lower left. At some point the painting was cut down from an original three-quarter length preserved in a preliminary sketch by Ramsay now in the National Gallery of Scotland. The drawing shows Walpole seated at a table holding a quill pen. Only the top of the table is visible
Description: Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal.
It is uncertain if Walpole commissioned this portrait, but it did apparently belong to the Honorable Anne Seymour Damer, Walpole’s niece and executrix.
Provenance: Possibly purchased from Henry Seymour Conway, after 1765. Possibly the Hon. Anne Seymour Damer, the latter's daughter Louisa Campbell, the latters executrix, wife of Sir Alexander Johnston, and by descent to David Capbell-Johnston of Carnsalloch, Dumfriesshire, from whom acquired by W.S. Lewis, in 1953, for £120.
Extent: 1 painting : image 23.25 x 19.25 in., framed to 32.25 x 27.75 in.
Language: No linguistic content

Access: Public
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Citation: Allan Ramsay. Portrait of Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.