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Elizth. Barry from an original picture by Sr. Godfrey Kneller in the collection of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Orford at Strawbery [sic] Hill
Title
Elizth. Barry [graphic] : from an original picture by Sr. Godfrey Kneller in the collection of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Orford at Strawbery [sic] Hill / S. Harding del. ; C. Knight sculp.
Publication
[London] : Pub. Dec. 17, 1792, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall, [17 December 1792]
Physical Description
1 print : stipple engraving with etching ; oval image 12.9 x 11 cm, on sheet 18.6 x 14 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title etched below image.
Plate from: The biographical mirrour. London : Published by S. and E. Harding, Pall-Mall, 1795-[1814?].
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge.
Engraved after the picture kept by Horace Walpole in the Round Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill.
Provenance
Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight.
Sold at Sotheby's 29 April-1 May 1880 (Bull sale), lot 886, to Ellis, £110. Offered by Ellis & White in Catalogue 46, ca. 1881 for £210. Sold at Sotheby's 15(16) June 1920?, lot 243 to Lynch, (C. Constable Curtis of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire), £255.
Summary
"Bust portrait of the actress Elizabeth Barry, in profile to left, hair pulled back and loosely fastened, falling down back and over right shoulder, wearing loose, low-necked gown, button at left shoulder; oval frame."--British Museum online catalogue.
Variant and related titles
Elizabeth Barry
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 28, 2017
References
Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 1, page 128
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Book illustrations.
Portrait prints.
Stipple engravings - England - London - 1792.
Annotations (Provenance) - 18th century.
Also listed under
E. & S. Harding (Firm), publisher.
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