SH Contents W218 no. 3 Boxed separately, shelved at end of class
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A drawing by Horace Walpole, after Antoine Watteau's painting "Pour nous prouver que cette belle"; a woman sits in a chair perusing the open sheet music in her hands as two young children look on. One man leans on the back of her chair, looking over her shoulder at the sheet music, as another man sits before her tuning his lute. 1774 Description: A man and woman in water-colours, after Watteau; by Mr. Walpole. Formerly hung in Mr. Walpole's Bedchamber
Description:
Title assigned by cataloger., Signed and dated in the image, on the side of the chair: Hor. Walpole 1736., Inscription, on the back of the frame, in Horace Walpole's hand: by Horace Walpole., and Place of creation based on the known residence of the artist in 1736.
A drawing of six heads mostly in profile, three men, two ladies, and one child, all wearing hats. One lady in the upper right is a view from the back with only a hit of her check shown while the man in the foreground is shown full-face. A drawing in the lower left has been heavily scored through. From the left margin mid-sheet is a drawing of a sleeved-wrist and hand hold a stick(?).
Alternative Title:
Miscellaneous heads
Description:
Title from dealer's description; alternative title from Draper Hill., Signed by the artist in lower right corner., Date from Draper Hill., and A drawing from a sketchbook given by Gillray to the Rev. John Sneyd in the late 1790s.