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Leaf from Aedes Walpolianae mounted with a print and a drawing (a): Portrait of Grinling Gibbons; (b) Chimney to the Parlour, Houghton Hall, Norfolk

1690–1735
Not on view
Album leaf mounted with 25.68r(a): an engraved portrait of Grinling Gibbons by Smith after Kneller; 25.68r(b), an elevation of a chimney piece with a plan, by Ware. See individual entries for more information.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Leaf from Aedes Walpolianae mounted with a print and a drawing (a): Portrait of Grinling Gibbons; (b) Chimney to the Parlour, Houghton Hall, Norfolk
  • Artist and engraver: John Smith (British, Daventry 1652–1743 Northampton)
  • Artist: After Sir Godfrey Kneller (German, Lübeck 1646–1723 London)
  • Sitter: Grinling Gibbons (British (born The Netherlands), Rotterdam 1648–1721 London)
  • Artist: Isaac Ware (British, before 1704–1766 Hampstead)
  • Date: 1690–1735
  • Medium: Mezzotint (recto); pen and black ink, brush gray wash (verso)
  • Dimensions: Leaf: 28 15/16 × 20 1/2 in. (73.5 × 52 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
  • Object Number: 25.62.28r(a,b)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

More Artwork

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Aedes Walpolianae, or a Description of the Collection of Pictures at Houghton Hall in Norfolk, the Seat of the Right Honorable Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford (Interleaved with Drawings by Isaac Ware for: The Plans, Elevations, and Sections of Chimney Pieces, and Celings of Houghton Hall in Norfolk...1735) ["The Walpole Album"], Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford British, Etching, engraving, pen and ink, brush and wash, watercolor
Aedes Walpolianae, or a Description of the Collection of Pictures at Houghton Hall in Norfolk, the Seat of the Right Honorable Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford (Interleaved with Drawings by Isaac Ware for: The Plans, Elevations, and Sections of Chimney Pieces, and Celings of Houghton Hall in Norfolk...1735) ["The Walpole Album"]
Author Written and assembled by Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford
Patron Works collected or commissioned by Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford
1550–early 20th century
Isabella, Duchess of Grafton, John Smith British, Mezzotint
Isabella, Duchess of Grafton
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1692
Gamba Bow, Wood, British
Gamba Bow
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Scrapbook of Drawings and Prints, Gideon Saint British, Pen and ink, engraving and etching
Scrapbook of Drawings and Prints
Gideon Saint
ca. 1760
The Second Oriental Head (reverse copy), John Smith British, Etching
The Second Oriental Head (reverse copy)
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After Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
18th century

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