Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait drawing of Abraham Cowley; bust length, facing left; with long hair and an open shirt collar; in a circle
Description:
Title written in ink in open letters below image., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Probably drawn after the miniature by Zincke, which in turn was painted after Sir Peter Lely's portrait, that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 147 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Subject (Name):
Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)