A half-length portrait of Mason in profile facing left. The esteemed poet is portrayed holding a manuscript of his epitaph for his wife’s grave in Bristol Cathedral
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Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal., Attributed to Falconet based on dealer correspondence in object file and confirmed by Christie’s appraisal. Dealer correspondence notes it is a slightly different version of a Falconet reproduced in Ketton-Cremer’s Thomas Gray (1955)., and William Mason was an esteemed poet, and biographer of Thomas Gray and editor of his letters. Mason was among Horace Walpole’s chief correspondents.
Volume 1, page 60. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
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1
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still image
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Depiction of a bust statue of a man, with Greek lettering on its base
Description:
Title devised by curator., Artist unidentified., Date from pencil annotation "-Re-1743-" beneath image, which may represent the production date of the drawing., and Mounted on page 60 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date supplied by cataloger, based on the date assigned to the scrapbook in which the drawing is found., and Mounted on leaf 41 in volume 1 of Anne Damer's Scrapbooks.
Page 198. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
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1
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still image
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Title devised by curator., Statement of responsibility and date written in ink on verso, in a contemporary hand., Mounted above on the same page is a pen and ink drawing by John Gooch: Wm. Cole de Milton juxta Cantabrigiam, A:M:., and Mounted on page 198 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).