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Henry Stone painter
Title
Henry Stone painter [art original] / Lilly pinx. 1648 ; G. Vertue del.
Production
[England], [between 1720 and 1756?]
Physical Description
1 drawing : ink and wash ; image 13.3 x 12 cm, mounted on sheet 16.8 x 12 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title from inscription in ink below image.
Drawing that was later used for an engraving published in : Anecdotes of painting in England, with some account of the principal artists / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Farmer, 1762, v. 2, opp. p. 31.
Provenance
Purchased by Horace Walpole from Vertue's widow. Sold to Evans at the Strawberry Hill sale, viii.122. Purchased by Wilmarth S. Lewis from Drake, December 1949.
Biographical / Historical Note
George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Summary
Portrait of Henry Stone (ca. 1655-1726), English painter, son of Nicholas Stone English sculptor and architect.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 14, 2008
References
Hazen, A.T. Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library, no. 3664
George Vertue, Henry Stone Painter. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Cite as
George Vertue, Henry Stone Painter. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Portrait drawings.
Ink drawings - British - 18th century.
Wash drawings - British - 18th century.
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