German earthen mug in China Room [art original].

Description

Title: German earthen mug in China Room [art original].
Creator: Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created: [not after 1810]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Drawing of a mug, its base wider than its mouth, with a small handle mounted up close to the lip. The side of the vessel is decorated with the figure of a man (three-quarter length) above a coat of arms; in the China Room at Strawberry Hill
Description: Title from note in pencil below image, in Thomas Kirgate's hand.
Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card.
Date based on death date of Thomas Kirgate, whose annotation is present below image.
Inlaid on page 8b 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 22.7 x 13.4 cm, inlaid to 29.5 x 23 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
Collection Title: Page 8b. 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
Material: pen and ink and gray wash ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Drinking vessels
Pottery
Subjects: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Drinking vessels
Pottery
British > 19th century
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810 > Ownership
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810 > Ms. notes

Access: Public
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Citation: G.P. Harding, German Earthen Mug in China Room. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.