Portrait of Madame de Prie, half-length, directed to right, looking to front, index pointing upwards, a bird perched on her right hand
Description:
Title from note in Horace Walpole's hand below image on mounting page., Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, whose manuscript annotation is present., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., A version of this portait, done in crayons, was hung by Horace Walpole in the Red Bed Chamber at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 70 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.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Berthelot de Pléneuf, Agnès, marquise de Prie, 1698-1727, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)