Earl of Essex the general of our gracious empress ... : from an original in miniature by I. Oliver in the collection of the Hon. Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill / [graphic]

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Title: Earl of Essex the general of our gracious empress ... : from an original in miniature by I. Oliver in the collection of the Hon. Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill / [graphic]
Creator: Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Oliver, Isaac, 1556?-1617, artist.
Harding, Sylvester, 1745-1809, artist.
Harding, E. 1755-1840, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 March 1791]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. March 1, 1791, by E. Harding, No. 132 Fleet Street, London
Abstract: "Portrait; bust, facing three-quarter to left, eyes to the viewer; head completed; clothes outlined; background blank."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793.
The word "general" in title is followed by a superscript "X" which is repeated one line below with the explanation: The Earl of Essex in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, chorus to the 5th act of Henry 5th. Pope.
Mounted on page 132 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
1 print : stipple engraving on wove paper ; sheet 19.1 x 14.1 cm.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Provenance: Sabin; August 1927. Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.2 x 15 cm, on sheet 26.7 x 25 cm
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Illustrations
Book illustrations
Portrait prints
Stipple engravings England London 1791
Material: stipple engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601,
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subjects: Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Illustrations
England > London > 1791
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > Ownership

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Access: Public
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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 12786832
Object ID (OID): 16193173