Book/Printed Material Anecdotes of painting in England : with some account of the principal artists, and incidental notes on other arts

Title

• Anecdotes of painting in England : with some account of the principal artists, and incidental notes on other arts

Names

• Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
• Vertue, George, 1684-1756
• Loveden, Edward Loveden, 1750 or 1751-1822, former owner
• Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

• [Strawberry Hill] : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1763?-1780]

Headings

• -  Painting--England--Anecdotes

Genre

• Autographs (Provenance)--DL C
• Presentation copies (Provenance)--DLC

Notes

• -  The author's A catalogue of engravers, who have been born, or resided in England (printed 1763) is a companion volume.
• -  Vols. 1-2 are reprints retaining printer statement and date 1762 from 1st ed.; actually printed by William Pratt, probably early in 1763. Vol. 3 has imprint: Strawberry-Hill : Printed in the year MDCCLXIII. Vol 4, published in 1780, has imprint: Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXI.
• -  Vol. 1: xiii, [1], 168, [20] p., [16] leaves of plates; v. 2: [2], 158, [58] p., [25] leaves of plates; v. 3: [2], 155, [11] p., [37] leaves of plates; v. 4: x, 151, [9] p., [22] leaves of plates.
• -  References: Hazen, A.T. Strawberry Hill Press, p. 55-61.
• -  Includes indexes.
• -  English short title catalogue, T71274
• -  LC copy: Errata leaf ([1] p.) at end of v. 1. Advertisement leaf ([1] p.) at end of v. 3. Without the "Additional lives" for v. 2. and 3 published in 1768; but the port. of H. Gyles is inserted in v. 2. Bookplate of: Edward Loveden Loveden, Esq., Buscot Park, Berks. Book label of: W.S. Lewis.
• -  Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1943-1975; bookplates of W.S. Lewis (Ex Museo Arbuteano) and Edward Loveden Loveden, Buscet Park, Berks.
• -  Presentation inscription from W. S. Lewis to Mr. Rosenwald.
• -  LAC ael 2019-09-16 update (2 cards)
• -  LAC ael 2021-07-29 update (2 cards)

Medium

• 4 v. : ports. ; 24 cm. (4to)

Call Number/Physical Location

• ND461 .W2 1763

Digital Id

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/Rosenwald.63496v01
• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/Rosenwald.63496v02
• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/Rosenwald.63496v03
• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/Rosenwald.63496v04

Library of Congress Control Number

• 82463496

Online Format

• online text
• pdf
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/82463496

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