Henry the Third [art original] / Carter del.
- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist.
- Copyright Date:
- [not after 1797]
- Physical Description:
- 1 drawing : watercolor on laid paper ; image 29.8 x 20.4 cm, on sheet 40.4 x 33.6 cm
- Notes:
- Artist's name added by Horace Walpole in brown ink in lower right corner.
Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date.
Mounted on page 73 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.
Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Sabin, August 1927.
Three lines of descriptive text written below title in black ink: This head (carv'd in oak) is in the possession of Dr. Palmer of Peterborough Northamton shire and was brought from Barnwell Church near Oundle Norn. shire about 40 years ago. Henry the Third endow'd this church. This drawing is half the size of the original head.
Title from note in black ink below image, perhaps in the artist's hand.
Two additional annotations by Horace Walpole in brown ink are present; below the descriptive text is written "The upper part above the crown is modern, and the date wrong" and at the bottom of the sheet is written "Now at Mr. Walpole's at Strawberry Hill." - Abstract:
- Watercolor drawing depicting a head of King Henry III carved in oak. The king wears a crown, and curled hair protrudes out from under it on both sides. The date(?) "12 III 16" and decorative symbols fill the space above the head.
- Variant Titles:
- Henry III
- Topics:
- Kings--England.
- Topics:
- Henry--III,--King of England,--1207-1272--Portraits.
Knight, William,---1847--Ownership.
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)--Art collections.
Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797--Ms. notes.
Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797--Ownership.
Walpole, Horace--1717-1797--Art collections. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Watercolors--British--18th century.
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Orbis Record:
- 13200392
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr16148
- Citation:
- John Carter, Henry the Third. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
- OID:
- 16193026
- PID:
- digcoll:4046875
