"Portrait of Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth, with long curly hair, bust to right, looking towards the viewer, wearing broad lace collar and sash over doublet; in an oval, within rectangular frame."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of similar composition
Description:
Title etched below image., After a picture by Theodore Russel that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Green Closet at Strawberry Hill., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper, à la poupée and some hand-coloring ; sheet 11.3 x 9.6 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of title and imprint statement., With wash-line mount of laid paper with "J. Whatman" watermark. Also on verso another wash-line mount with missing drawing or print., and Titled in ink in a contemporary hand on mount below image: Henry Carey Earl of Monmouth : from an original at Strawberry Hill.
Publisher:
Publish'd 22 Sepr. 1798 by S. Harding, 127 Pall Mall, & P. Brown, Crown St., Soho
Subject (Name):
Monmouth, Henry Carey, Earl of, 1596-1661, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
