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Madame de Prie from an original at Strawberry Hill
Title
Madame de Prie [graphic] : from an original at Strawberry Hill / S. Harding del. ; Taylor sc.
Publication
[London] : Publish'd Feby. 1, 1802, by the Revd. W. Cox, London, [1 February 1802]
Physical Description
1 print : stipple engraving ; sheet 14.4 x 11 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title etched below image.
After a drawing in crayon that hung in the Red Bed Chamber at Strawberry Hill.
Plate from: Coxe, W. Memoirs of Horatio, Lord Walpole. London : Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1802.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of title and complete loss of imprint from bottom edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum.
Provenance
Sotheby's 14 July 1924 (Miscellaneous sale), lot 183 to Spencer. Formerly owned by Kirgate's friend William Bawtree (1744-1824) engraver.
Summary
"Portrait of Madame de Prie, half-length, directed to left, looking to front, index pointing upwards, a bird perched on her left hand."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 01, 2016
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Book illustrations.
Portrait prints.
Stipple engravings - England - London - 1802.
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