Horace Walpole as described by Miss Hawkins [art original]

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Title: Horace Walpole as described by Miss Hawkins [art original]
Creator: Cronin, David Edward, 1839-1925, artist
Published / Created: [1885]
Publication Place: New York?
Abstract: Portrait of Horace Walpole, full length, facing right, stooped forward slightly with bent knees, walking on tiptoe; wearing a lavender suit and tan stockings; holding a tricorne in front of him, his curled white wig exposed; woodwork, a vase, and a framed painting are visible in the background on the right; a bust on a pedestal, a stained glass window, and the railing to a staircase are visible through a doorway on the left
Description: Title written below image.
Signed and dated by the artist in lower right portion of image.
Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period.
Page reference written below title: Page 293.
Bound in as page 249 in volume 12 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Provenance: Borden Sale, American Art Gallery, 17-19 February 1913, lot 812. Rains Galleries, New York, NY, 27 November 1935 (W.D. Breaker sale), lot 688, bought in by Breaker. Purchased from William D. Breaker (through G.A. Baker) by W.S. Lewis, 1939.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 25.6 x 18 cm, on sheet 38.5 x 28 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portrait drawings
Watercolors American 19th century
Material: watercolor ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797,
Subjects: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
American > 19th century
Borden, Matthew C. D. (Matthew Chaloner Durfee), 1842-1912 > Ownership
Breaker, William D. > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: David Edward Cronin, Horace Walpole as Described by Miss Hawkins. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.