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Coat of arms of Thomas Earl of Warwick
Title
[Coat of arms of Thomas Earl of Warwick] [art original].
Publication
[England], [not after 1768]
Physical Description
1 drawing : ink over graphite with additions in pencil ; sheet 21.5 x 12 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 Thomas Earl of Warwick with a brief biographical note in Horace Walpole's hand below the image. Numbered "p. 30" in upper left corner.
Format
Images
Added to Catalog
September 29, 2011
References
Hazen, A.T. Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library, no. 3664
Coat of Arms of Thomas Earl of Warwick. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
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Coat of Arms of Thomas Earl of Warwick. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
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Genre/Form
Ink drawings - British - 18th century.
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