Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Title:
A catalogue of engravers, who have been born or resided in England / digested by Mr. Horace Walpole from the mss. of Mr. George Vertue ; to which is added an account of the life and works of the latter.
Edition:
The second edition.
Published / Created:
[Twickenham] : Strawberry-Hill, 1765.
Physical Description:
[4], 140, 14, 20, [8] pages, [9] unnumbered leaves of plates : portraits ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Intended as volume 5 of Walpole's Anecdotes of painting; volume 4 was not published until 1771.
Subject Terms:
Vertue, George, 1684–1756. | Engravers -- England. | Lake, James Winter, Sir, Bart., d. 1807 -- Autograph, 1779. | Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780–1826 -- Bookplate. | Compton, Henry C. -- Bookplate. | Morgan, John Hill, 1870–1945 -- Bookplate. | Winslow, Frederick -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1765. | Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance)
Contributors:
Lake, James Winter, d. 1807. | Vertue, George, 1684–1756. | Bannerman, Alexander, approximately 1730– engraver. | Chambars, Thomas, approximately 1724–1789, engraver. | Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641, artist. | Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745, artist. | Faithorne, William, 1616–1691, artist. | Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England), publisher.