"Portrait of Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, after Reynolds; standing three-quarter length to left and leaning his right elbow on table with books, quill and print, his right hand to his cheek, eyes to front, wearing plain coat and waistcoat, lace collar and cuffs; in an oval, with Walpole's villa at Strawberry Hill below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Name of manufacturer and date from pencil annotation on verso., Restrike of a plate from which all earlier imprint statements have been burnished. For the last known imprint of "Published Augt. 4th, 1797, by W. Bent," see Lewis Walpole Library: Portraits W218 no. 8., "Strawberry Hill" in all capitals is etched above title and below image of the estate., and Copper plate from which this impression was made was later given to the library. See Lewis Walpole Library: Object 796.00.00.60.