Earl of Exeter's ivory drinking horn [art original].

Description

Title: Earl of Exeter's ivory drinking horn [art original].
Alternative Title: Earl of Exeter's ivory drinking horn, in China Room
Creator: Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created: [not after 1810]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Drawing of a tall cup, with indistinct designs near the rim that likely represent the arms of the Earls of Exeter. This object was kept by Horace Walpole in the China Room at Strawberry Hill
Description: Title written in ink below image, on mounting page; alternative title from pencil annotation in Thomas Kirgate's hand at bottom of sheet.
Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card.
Date based on death date of Thomas Kirgate, whose annotation is present below image.
Page reference written in pencil above image: P. 9.
Inlaid on page 8a in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
Provenance: Probably from Thomas Kirgate's library, with his (as well as Horace Walpole's) manuscript notes in the volume. Sold at Sotheby's, 12 June 1933 (Miscellaneous Sale), lot 365, to Maggs. Sold by Maggs to W.S. Lewis, August 1933.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 22.4 x 15 cm, inlaid to 29.5 x 23 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
Collection Title: Page 8a. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Collection/Other Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Collection Date: Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]

Genre: Ink drawings British 19th century
Wash drawings British 19th century
Watercolors British 19th century
Material: pen and ink, gray wash, and watercolor ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Drinking vessels
Subjects: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Drinking vessels
British > 19th century
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810 > Ownership
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810 > Ms. notes

Access: Public
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Citation: G.P. Harding, Earl of Exeter's Ivory Drinking Horn. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.