The most illustrious Princess Sophia Electrice Dowager of Brunswick, &c. [graphic] / done by I. Smith from an original painting lately brought from Hanover, & sold by him at [the] Lyon & Crown in Russell-Street Covent Garden

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Lewis Walpole Library > The most illustrious Princess Sophia Electrice Dowager of Brunswick, &c. [graphic] / done by I. Smith from an original painting lately brought from Hanover, & sold by him at [the] Lyon & Crown in Russell-Street Covent Garden

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Title: The most illustrious Princess Sophia Electrice Dowager of Brunswick, &c. [graphic] / done by I. Smith from an original painting lately brought from Hanover, & sold by him at [the] Lyon & Crown in Russell-Street Covent Garden
Creator: Smith, J. (John), 1652-1743, printmaker
Contributor: Weidemann, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1668-1750, artist.
W. Bulmer and Co., printer.
Boydell and Co., publisher.
Published / Created: [1811]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Messrs. Boydell and Co. and W. Bulmer and Co.
Abstract: "Portrait, half length in an oval, hair in curls, veil at back of head, jewelled dress with lace border, and ermine-lined robe fastened by a brooch at the shoulder."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description: Title engraved below image.
Artist identified as Friedrich Wilhelm Weidemann in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits.
State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits.
Reissue by Boydell of a plate originally published between 1706 and 1710; cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: P,2.129.
Plate from: Boydell's heads of illustrious and celebrated persons. London : Printed by W. Bulmer and Co.; and published by Messrs. Boydell and Co., 1811.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Window mounted to 31 x 24 cm.
Bound in after page 214 in volume 3 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of: A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Thomas Mackinlay. Also owned by Sir Thomas William Boord, Bart., with his bookplate in the volumes. Sotheby's, Mrs. E.M. Copeman, lot 110; 3 June 1935.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 20 x 14.7 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 3].
Language: English