Engraving
- Title:
- Robert Earl of Orford
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0780
- Creator:
- Pond, Arthur (1701-1758); Goldar, John (1729-1795); Cornish Company
- Place of Origin:
- London, England
- Date:
- 1813
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of Robert Walpole (1676-1745), Earl of Orford. Steel engraving printed on paper. Bust-length portrait of man with shoulder length white curly hair (probably a wig), whiter lace trimmed neck cloth, collarless dark suit coat with sash across one shoulder, embroidered emblem at lower right by his arm. His body is angled toward the left with his face looking straight on; dark gray background within an oval surround which is set in a rectangular frame which has a border of stylized flowers and parallel lines filling in the spaces between the portrait and the frame. "Art. Pond Pinx." is printed just below the frame at the left; "Published by Cornish Co. 1813." is printed in the center and "Goldar Sculp." is printed at the right.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-9 W-7.1 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Politics government, England
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