"Portrait of Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, bust directed to right but looking at the viewer, wearing sash and star of the Order of the Garter; in an ornamental oval with laurel branches beyond; a crown and collar of the Order of the Garter below; published state; after Arthur Pond.''--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text within image., Plate to: Birch's Illustrious heads., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted to: 478 x 319 mm.
Watson, James, approximately 1740-1790, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1788]
Call Number:
Portraits W218A no. 2++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait, whole-length standing three-quarter to right, right hand on the chancerial burse, propped on a table to left, holding a document in left hand, wearing ornate embroidered robe over his suit, a sash from left shoulder, lace cravat and long wig, with a classical statue in the garden beyond the balustrade to right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., and Frontispiece to the second volume of: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia - lately in the possession of the Earl of Orford at Houghton ... London : J. & J. Boydell, 1788.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 1st, 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, London
"Portrait, half-length, directed to the left, looking towards the viewer, his right hand tucked into coat, his left hand on hip, wearing the badge of the Garter, a sash diagonally from his left shoulder, cravat, and long brown wig; arms below."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir Robert Walpole &c. &c. &c.
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information based on that of the volume in which the print was issued., Plate no. 28 from: Faber, J. Kit-Cat Club : done from the original paintings of Sr. Godfrey Kneller. London: Tonson and Faber, [1732-1735]., Plate numbered '28' in lower right corner., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
"Portrait seen half length, within oval frame, directed towards left, facing towards and looking to front, wig, coat with sash and star, and robe of office over."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole
Description:
Title engraved below image., Second state, with face altered and portion of hand erased and replaced by buttons. See: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date range for publication based on the date printmaker and publisher John Simon moved to his Golden Eagle address (after 1720) and the date he ceased production (1742). See British Museum online catalogue., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge with partial loss of title and complete loss of imprint statement. Missing text supplied from description in: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Mounted on page 10 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., With note in ink in Richard Bull's hand, below image on mounting sheet: Lord Orford told Mr. B. this was most like his father of any print publish'd., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Sold by I. Simon at the Golden Eagle in York Buildings
A three-quarter-length portrait of Robert Walpole in a wooded landscape. He wears a blue coat and red waistcoat with the insignia of the Order of the Garter. He holds a riding crop in his proper right hand. His gloves are tucked in his belt while he holds his hat in his left hand which rests at his waist. Two horses with grooms are visible in the distant landscape
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal., Artist not identified, but English School, circa 1725., and Previously attributed to John Wootton.