Richd. Nash Esqr. [art original] : M.C. at Bath.
- Copyright Date:
- [not after 1806]
- Physical Description:
- 1 drawing : gray wash on wove paper ; oval image 7.3 x 5.8 cm, on sheet 7.8 x 6.2 cm, mounted to 28 x 22 cm
- Notes:
- Title inscribed on mount below image, in ink in a contemporary hand.
Unsigned; artist unidentified.
Seemingly drawn after a portrait by William Hoare that is now at the Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery.
Place and date of production based on the country of residence and death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found.
Mounted with three other drawings on what was formerly page 89 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806].
Merian drawings purchased by Richard Bull from the collection of Doctor Fothergill (1712-1780). Album purchased by W.S. Lewis at the Julia Swinburne and Lady Jane Ashburnham sale, Sotheby's, lot 426, 20 July 1954. - Abstract:
- Portrait drawing of Richard "Beau" Nash; half length, turned slightly right; wearing a curled wig; one corner of tricorne visible under left arm.
- Variant Titles:
- Richard Nash Esquire :
- Topics:
- Bull, Richard,--1725-1806--Ownership.
Hoare, William, 1707-1792, artist.
Nash, Richard,--1674-1761--Portraits. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Portrait drawings.
Wash drawings--British--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:
- [Scrapbook of drawings].
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B935 805 folder 32 Box 3
- Orbis Record:
- 13086999
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr25649a
- Citation:
- Richd. Nash Esqr., M.C. at Bath. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
- OID:
- 16982159
- PID:
- digcoll:4912354
