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Coat of arms of Sir Walter Mauny
Title
[Coat of arms of Sir Walter Mauny] [art original].
Production
[England], [not after 1768]
Physical Description
1 drawing : ink over graphite with additions in pencil ; sheet 22.6 x 14 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Artist unknown. Formerly attributed to George Vertue.
From a group of images thought to have been originally drawn by John Rous and traced by an unidentified artist for Horace Walpole; later engraved for his Historic doubts on the life and reign of Richard III. See London edition, 1768 and Strawberry Hill edition 1770.
Provenance
Purchased at the Waller sale, Christie's, 15 December 1947, lot 61 to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Summary
A sketch of the coat of arms of Sir Walter Mauny (Manny) with a brief biographical note in Horace Walpole's hand below the image.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 29, 2011
References
Hazen, A.T. Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library, no. 3664
Coat of Arms of Sir Walter Mauny. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
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Coat of Arms of Sir Walter Mauny. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
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Genre/Form
Ink drawings - British - 18th century.
Annotations (Provenance) - 18th century.
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