Leaf from Aedes Walpolianae mounted with a drawing and a print: (a): Chimney to the Blue-Damask Bedchamber, Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Elevation; (b): Portrait of Lady Walpole (Catherine Shorter)
Album leaf mounted with 25.62.33r(a): a drawing by Isaac Ware, Chimney to the Blue-Damask Bedchamber, Houghton Hall, and 25.62.33r(b): a mezzotint by John Simon after Michael Dahl, Lady Walpole (Catherine Shorter).
Artwork Details
- Title: Leaf from Aedes Walpolianae mounted with a drawing and a print: (a): Chimney to the Blue-Damask Bedchamber, Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Elevation; (b): Portrait of Lady Walpole (Catherine Shorter)
- Artist: Isaac Ware (British, before 1704–1766 Hampstead)
- Artist: John Simon (French, Normandy ca. 1675–1751 London)
- Artist: After Michael Dahl (Swedish, Stockholm 1659–1743 London)
- Date: 1735–50
- Medium: (a): Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash; (b): mezzotint
- Dimensions: Leaf: 28 15/16 × 20 1/2 in. (73.5 × 52 cm)
- Classifications: Drawings, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
- Object Number: 25.62.33r(a,b)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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