Horace Walpole as described by Miss Hawkins [art original] / D.E. Cronin 1885.

Creator:

Cronin, David Edward, 1839-1925, artist. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006013704

Copyright Date:

[1885]

Physical Description:

1 drawing : watercolor on wove paper ; image 25.6 x 18 cm, on sheet 38.5 x 28 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 249 in volume 12 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.
Page reference written below title: Page 293.
Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period.
Signed and dated by the artist in lower right portion of image.
Title written below image.

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.

Topics:

Borden, Matthew C. D.--(Matthew Chaloner Durfee),--1842-1912--Ownership.
Brecker, William D.--Ownership.
Hawkins, Laetitia Matilda,--1760-1835.--http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83027900
Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797,--depicted.--http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126297

Language:

English

Genre:

Portrait drawings.
Watercolors--American--19th century.

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:

13692685

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr36684

Citation:

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

OID:

16704380

PID:

digcoll:4679358