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Leaf from Aedes Walpolianae mounted with two prints: The Right Honorable Horatio Walpole, Esq. (recto); The Right Honorable Charles Lord Viscount Townshend (verso)

1741

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Album leaf mounted with two portrait prints engraved by John Simon. 25.62.24r(a): The Right Honorable Horatio Walpole after Jean-Baptiste Vanloo. 25.62.24r(b): The Right Honorable Charles Lord Viscount Townshend after Sir Godfrey Kneller. See individual entries for more detailed descriptions information.

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Title: Leaf from Aedes Walpolianae mounted with two prints: The Right Honorable Horatio Walpole, Esq. (recto); The Right Honorable Charles Lord Viscount Townshend (verso)

Engraver: John Simon (French, Normandy ca. 1675–1751 London)

Artist: (a) After Jean-Baptiste Vanloo (French, Aix-en-Provence 1684–1745 Aix-en-Provence)

Artist: (b) After Sir Godfrey Kneller (German, Lübeck 1646–1723 London)

Sitter: Horace Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton (British, 1678–1757)

Sitter: Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (British, 1674–1738)

Date: 1741

Medium: Mezzotint

Dimensions: Leaf: 28 15/16 × 20 1/2 in. (73.5 × 52 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925

Object Number: 25.62.24r(a,b)

Chronology

France, 1600-1800 A.D.

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