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Frontispiece
Title
Frontispiece [graphic] / E. Edwards invt. ; Morris sc.
Publication
[Strawberry-Hill] : [Printed by Thomas Kirgate], [ca. 1784]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 21.4 x 16 cm, on sheet 27.4 x 22 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title etched below image; abridged title of book etched at center of image: A descripiton of Strawberry Hill.
Publication information from that of the volume for which the print was made.
Frontispiece to: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784.
For a proof state lacking text within image, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1895,1031.221.
Original drawing: Edwards, Edward. A description of Strawberry Hill. 1 drawing : pen and ink, watercolor, and gold paint ; 17.2 x 11.8 cm. In The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University (49 3582).
Provenance
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
"A gothic arch with statues of a cleric at left and knight at right in niches beside a blank section in the centre with jester above, the structure surmounted by a portrait bust of Henry VII, portrait roundels and shields below and a sword lying in the foreground with a banner inscribed: Fari Quae Sentait."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a proof state.
Variant and related titles
Text within image: Description of Strawberry Hill
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 03, 2018
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Frontispieces.
Etchings - England - London - 1784.
Also listed under
Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
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