[James Earl of Waldegrave, 1762, Knight of the Garter] [graphic].

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16733031

Description

Title
[James Earl of Waldegrave, 1762, Knight of the Garter] [graphic].
Creator
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Contributor
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, artist.
Published / Created
[1762]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
publisher not identified
Abstract

"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1808); half-length in profile to left, wearing star and sash with short wig; proof before letters."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title from later state; see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits.
Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on later state: J. Reynolds pinxt. ; J. McArdell fecit.
State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits.
Proof before letters.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Engraved after the painting kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill.
Mounted on page 140 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.
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 38 x 29 cm
Edition
[State 1].
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 33 30 Copy 11

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Portrait prints
Mezzotints England London 1762
Proofs before letters
Material
mezzotint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Waldegrave, James Waldegrave, Earl, 1715-1763,
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subjects
Waldegrave, James Waldegrave, Earl, 1715-1763
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
England > London > 1762
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
13505515
Object ID (OID)
16733031

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