Ann Branscom, the woman that shews Strawberry-Hill [art original].

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Title: Ann Branscom, the woman that shews Strawberry-Hill [art original].
Alternative Title: Ann Bransom, the woman that shows Strawberry Hill
Creator: Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created: [not after 1810]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Portrait of Ann Bransom, Horace Walpole's housekeeper at Strawberry Hill who gave tours of the house; head only, turned three-quarters left; wearing a bonnet
Description: Title written in ink below image, on mounting page.
Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card.
Date based on death date of Thomas Kirgate, who likely assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found.
Inlaid on page 110 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 10.9 x 8 cm, inlaid to 29.5 x 23 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
Collection Title: Page 110. 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: Portrait drawings
Pencil works British 19th century
Watercolors British 19th century
Material: pencil and watercolor ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Bransom, Ann,
Subjects: Bransom, Ann
British > 19th century
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: G.P. Harding, Ann Branscom, the Woman that Shews Strawberry-Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.