"Portrait of Ninon de L'Enclos, half-length, three-quarter to right, looking towards the viewer, with pearl necklace, low-necked gown with bejewelled brooches, strap over her right shoulder; in oval frame with ribbons, curtain, flowers, lettered cartouche below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched within cartouche at bottom of plate., Plate signed with printmaker Thomas Worlidge's monogram in upper right corner., After the portrait probably painted by Louis Ferdinand Elle the Elder. See Yale edition of Horace Walpole's correspondence, v. 31, p. 6, note 2., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: R,6.174., Original painting was kept by Horace Walpole in the Great North Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 206 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., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 16.3 x 9.7 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Lenclos, Ninon de, 1620-1705, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Portrait of Mary Fairfax Villiers, wife of George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham; bust-length, shoulders slightly to right, head facing forward and glancing towards the viewer; wearing a gown with a single jewel or pearl hanging from the center of its low neckline; hair in curls
Description:
Title from note above image in Horace Walpole's hand., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility written below image in Horace Walpole's hand: S. Cooper pinx. ; Worlidge excudit., Date of publication based on printmaker's death date., After a miniature by Cooper that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Library at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 76 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., and Additional annotation in ink at bottom of sheet, in Horace Walpole's hand: She is mention'd in Grammont.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Buckingham, Mary Villiers, Duchess of, 1638-1704, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)