[The Duke Humphrey Triptych] [art original]
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Description
- Title
- [The Duke Humphrey Triptych] [art original]
- Creator
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created
- [between 1810 and 1815]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
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Three panels with, from left to right, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, Archbishop Kemp, and Cardinal Beaufort, a copy of a painting by a Flemish artist circa 1500 that originally comprised the doors of a shrine in the Abbey at Bury St. Edmunds
- Description
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Title from auction lot description.
Central panel signed by the artist in lower center.
Dated from the visits that Harding is known to have made to Strawberry Hill, between 1810 and 1815 while Walpole's goddaughter, the sculptor Anne Damer was owner. During these visits, he is also known to have copied several Gothic works in the collection.
The original painted doors came into the collection of Sir Horace Walpole in 1777 but were sold in the Strawberry Hill sale of 1842 and now hang in the Church of All Hallows by the Tower, City of London. - Provenance
- Sold at Bonhams ('Old Master Paintings' sale), 2 October 2024, lot 223, to Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd. for The Lewis Walpole Library. Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd.; October 2024.
- Extent
- 3 drawings : visible images 23 x 9.5 cm, matted and framed to 56 x 66 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- SH Contents H263 no. 17 Framed, shelved in UFS Rack 1C
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Reproductions
Portrait drawings
Watercolors
Gouaches - Material
- watercolor and gouache, hightened with gold ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Name)
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Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, 1391-1447,
Kemp, John, approximately 1380-1454,
Beaufort, Henry, 1374-1447, - Subject (Topic)
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Art collections
Bishops
Cardinals - Subjects
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Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, 1391-1447
Kemp, John, approximately 1380-1454
Beaufort, Henry, 1374-1447
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) > Art collections
Bishops
Cardinals
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Citation
- G.P. Harding, The Duke Humphrey Triptych. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 17425894
- Object ID (OID)
- 33328438