Venetia Stanley, Lady Digby aetatis 19. [art original]Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist[not after 1810]engPortrait of Lady Digby at age 19; bust-length, shown in three-quarter profile to the right; her hair in curls; wearing a pearl necklaceTitle written in ink below image, on mounting page.Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card.Probably drawn after a miniature by Peter Oliver (now in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm [NMB 971 or 972]), that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Breakfast Room at Strawberry Hill.Date based on death date of Thomas Kirgate, who likely assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found.Inlaid on page 18a 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].