Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1806?]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke; head and shoulders only; facing left
Description:
Title from contemporary note in pencil in lower left corner of sheet., Unsigned; attribution to George Perfect Harding from local catalog card., Date of production based on death date of Richard Bull, who assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears., Annotated lower right "Page 30", the location where the picture is mentioned in Horace Walpole's 1784 Description of Strawberry Hill., After a picture by Jonathan Richardson, Senior, in the Red Bed Chamber at Strawberry Hill. "Page 30," the place in Horace Walpole's 1784 Description of Strawberry Hill where that picture is mentioned, is written in pencil in lower right corner., Mounted on page 89 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.
Subject (Name):
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
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 Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke; head and shoulders only; facing left
Description:
Title written in ink in open letters below image., Unsigned; attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Probably after a picture by Jonathan Richardson, Senior, that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Red Bed Chamber at Strawberry Hill., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 74 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):
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)