[Ships near rocky coast] [art original]

Description

Title: [Ships near rocky coast] [art original]
Creator: Winchelsea, Charles Finch, Earl of, 1672-1712, artist
Published / Created: [not after 1712?]
Publication Place: England
Description: Title devised by curator.
Signed with the artist's name in lower left corner. The identity of "Lord Maidstone" is pondered in Horace Walpole's ink annotation at bottom of mount: This was probably Charles Lord Maidstone, son of William lost in the Dutch war, & grandson of Heneage Finch Earl of Winchelsea, whom he suceeded.
Date of production based on death date of the presumed artist.
Laid down on a wash-line mount, with a border of gold paint around the drawing.
Mounted on page 50 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Horace Walpole, who assembled the collection. Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 56, to Pickering [London, 1126]; offered in Strong's Catalogue for 1843, lot 1867, and sold at Sotheby's in 1851. At one point owned by John Waldie, Hendersyde, with his bookplate in the volume. Sold at Sotheby's, 28 October 1942 (Miscellaneous Sale), to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 14.4 x 23 cm, mounted to 22.4 x 31 cm, on page 59 x 47 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 49 3588 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title: Volume 1, page 50. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Collection/Other Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector.
Collection Date: [England], [1774?]