"Triple three-quarter length portrait of the three Waldegrave sisters, seated beside one another at a small work-table; Lady Anna Horatia at right embroidering, with Lady Charlotte Maria at left, her head turned towards front, winding silk from skein which Lady Elizabeth Laura, centre, is holding; a curtain, pillars and trees behind them; after Reynolds (Mannings 1810); proof before letters, but with scratched production and publication detail."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ladies Waldegrave
Description:
Title from later state; see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Engraved after the painting, now in the National Gallery of Scotland (NG 2171), that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Great Parlour (Refectory) at Strawberry Hill., Formerly laid in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., and A note in pencil on verso, possibly in Frank T. Sabin's hand, mentions "Fritz Reiss Sale, 2900 guineas at Christies", in reference to the sale of another impression of the print in 1923. A second note below, in the same hand but likely written at a different time, asserts that this is the "finest impression of the 1st state known, specially selected by Horace Walpole, for whom the original picture was painted, & inserted by him in his own enlarged & illustrated catalogue of the pictures at Strawberry Hill".
Publisher:
Published Decr. 1st, 1781, by V. Green, No. 29, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London
Subject (Name):
Waldegrave, Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave, Countess, 1760-1816,, Euston, Charlotte Maria Waldegrave, Lady, 1761-1808,, Seymour, Anne Horatia Waldegrave, Lady, 1762-1801,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Lady Venetia Digby; half length looking to left; wearing lace-trimmed dress with ribbon tied to a rosette around waist; after miniature by I. Oliver."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of similar composition
Description:
Title from lettered state; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no: 1920,1211.509., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: S. Harding del. ; A. Birrell sculp., Proof before letters., Publication information from imprint on lettered state: Pub. by S. Harding, 127 Pall Mall, Jan. 1, 1802., Lettering on later state indicates that the print was made "from a miniature by Isacc Oliver at Strawberry-Hill.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 50 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., and Contemporary annotation in pencil below image: Venitia [sic] La. Digby.
Publisher:
S. Harding
Subject (Name):
Digby, Venetia Stanley, Lady, 1600-1633, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1762]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1896); half-length to right, head almost in profile, wearing a flowered dress and a turban, a plait of hair over her left shoulder; proof before title and publication line."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from later state; see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Early (proof?) state with artist and printmaker names present but before title and publication line added; this state, undescribed by Smith, represents the third state according to Russell., Date of publication based on later state with the imprint statement "Publish'd as the act directs, Jany. 1st, 1762." See: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved after the painting kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 139 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Maria, Duchess of Gloucester, 1736-1807, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Sir Robert Shirley, bust directed to the right but looking at the viewer, wearing turban, in oval frame on rectangle."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title from lettered state., Title on lettered misidentifies the sitter, Sir Robert Shirley, as his brother Sir Anthony Shirley; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Artists and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: From a miniature by P. Oliver formerly in the Strawberry Hill collection ... ; G.P. Harding, F.S.A. del. ; Joseph Brown sculp., Proof before letters. For a later proof state before title was added but with imprint statement and artist and printmaker signatures present, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1980,U.635., Publication information based on later state with the imprint "Published August 1st, 1846, by G.P. Harding, Hercules Buildings, Lambeth." Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: SH Contents B877 no. 3., and Proof state of a plate from: Harding, G.P. Ancient historical pictures. [London] : G. Witt, printer, Earl's Court, Soho, [1844]-1849.
Publisher:
G.P. Harding
Subject (Name):
Sherley, Robert, Sir, 1581?-1628, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Half length portrait, inclined left, looking front; in long curled wig, plain collar, doublet with slashed sleeves, badge on ribbon over right shoulder
Description:
Title from lettered state., Printmaker and artist from statements of responsibility on lettered state: S. Harding del. ; Birril sc., Proof before letters., Publication date from that of the volume in which the finished plate appeared., Proof state of a plate from: Coxe, W. Memoirs of Horatio, Lord Walpole. London : Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1802., Probably after a painting of Sir Edward Walpole, grandfather of Sir Robert Walpole, that hung in the Library at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 85 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.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Edward, Sir, 1621-1667, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait seen almost half-length to left within oval frame, eyes to front, wearing robes, collar and long wig; with coat of arms and mace and purse below frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Right Honourable Sir Thomas Parker
Description:
Title, printmaker, imprint, and artist from Smith., Third state, with image altered to show Parker as Lord Chancellor and plate cut down to remove title. See: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., "This state of the print must date from after 1718 as it shows the sitter with the robes and accoutrements of the Lord Chancellor which he became in that year (information from David Wilson FSA). The plate was originally published with lettering describing Parker as Lord Chief Justice, a post he held from 1710 to 1718"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1930,1013.14., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Trimmed to image; with sitter's name in Horace Walpole's hand on tab mounted at the bottom.
Publisher:
J. Simon and E. Cooper?
Subject (Name):
Macclesfield, Thomas Parker, Earl of, 1666?-1732, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel, three-quarter length, standing to right in front of a large rock, holding a baton in his right hand, the left on the shoulder of his grandson."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title from later state of the plate., Early state without title. For a later state with title, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1853,0112.1640., Imperfect; sheet trimmed to plate mark and printmaker's signature mostly erased from sheet. Missing text inferred from that on a later state of the plate in the British Museum., Possibly engraved after the watercolor drawing by Vertue that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 112 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Publisher:
Pub. by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market
Subject (Name):
Arundel, Thomas Howard, Earl of, 1585-1646,, Howard, Philip Thomas, 1629-1694,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)