Thomas Kirgate, printer at Strawberry-Hill [art original] / D.E.C.

Creator:

Cronin, David Edward, 1839-1925, artist.

Copyright Date:

[between 1884 and 1890]

Physical Description:

1 drawing : pen and ink on wove paper ; image 12.6 x 11.1 cm, on sheet 38.5 x 27.4 cm

Notes:

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.
Bound as page 196 in volume 1 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world : select passages from his letters / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Date from decorated title page indicating that the volumes of this copy were "... privately illustrated 1884-1890".
On the same sheet is a small (5.5 x 6.3 cm), untitled watercolor drawing of books on a wall-mounted shelf.
Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period.
Probably copied from a print by A. Birrell after a drawing by Sylvester Harding. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 486 10 Copy 1.
Signed by the artist with initials in lower right corner of image.
Title written in ink below image.

Abstract:

Half-length portrait of Thomas Kirgate in profile to the right; with receding wavy hair, wearing a plain coat and frilled cravat; with a large tree behind him on the left and with a view of the Strawberry Hill printing house in the distance on the right.

Topics:

Birrell, A., active 1770-1820.
Borden, Matthew C. D.--(Matthew Chaloner Durfee),--1842-1912--Ownership.
Brecker, William D.--Ownership.
Harding, Sylvester, 1745-1809, artist.
Kirgate, Thomas,--1734-1810--Portraits.
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)

Language:

English

Genre:

Ink drawings--American--19th century.
Pen works--American--19th century.
Portraits.

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Paintings & Drawings

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

Source Title:

Horace Walpole and his world : select passages from his letters.

Call Number:

Folio 225 884S Copy 2

Orbis Record:

13689874

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr36661

Citation:

David Edward Cronin, Thomas Kirgate, Printer at Strawberry-Hill. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

OID:

16704357

PID:

digcoll:4679335