Sir Anthony Shirley, ambassador from the Schah of Persia [graphic] : from a minature [sic] by P. Oliver formerly in the Strawberry Hill collection, now in the possession of William Blamire, Esqre. / G.P. Harding, F.S.A. del. ; Joseph Brown sculp.

Creator:

Brown, Joseph, 1809-1887, printmaker.

Copyright Date:

[1 August 1846]

Physical Description:

1 print : stipple engraving and etching on wove paper ; plate mark 29 x 20.4 cm, on sheet 31.9 x 23.7 cm

Related Links:

http://images.library.yale.edu/walpoleweb/oneitemg.asp?itemid=lwlpr35012

Notes:

Title etched below image.
Title misidentifies the sitter, Sir Robert Shirley, as his brother Sir Anthony Shirley; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits.
Plate from: Harding, G.P. Ancient historical pictures. [London] : G. Witt, printer, Earl's Court, Soho, [1844]-1849.
For a proof state before title, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1980,U.635.

Abstract:

"Portrait of Sir Robert Shirley, bust directed to the right but looking at the viewer, wearing turban, in oval frame on rectangle."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state.

Topics:

Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist, publisher.
Oliver, Peter, 1594-1648, artist.
Sherley, Robert,--Sir,--1581?-1628--Portraits.
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)--Art collections.
Walpole, Horace--1717-1797--Art collections.

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1846.
Portrait prints--England--1846.
Stipple engravings--England--London--1846.

Format:

Image

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:

SH Contents
B877
no. 3
SH Contents B877 no. 3 Box 100

Orbis Record:

12969838

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library
LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY, Prints and Drawings

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr35012

Citation:

Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 4, page 90

OID:

16229222

PID:

digcoll:4083650