The eruption of Vesuvius, 1779 [art original].

Description

Title: The eruption of Vesuvius, 1779 [art original].
Published / Created: [not before 1779]
Publication Place: England?
Description: Title and date from contemporary note in ink on a separate sheet, mounted below drawing.
Unsigned; artist unidentified.
Mounted on page 186 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
Provenance: Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 127, to Graves, Pall-Mall, £1.5.0. [London, 1258]. Inserted into Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of the 1774 edition of Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) when the volume was rebound soon after 1844. Sotheby's, 26 July 1855 (Charles Meigh Sale), lot 1822, to Toovey; Anderson, 12 November 1919 (Avery Sale), lot 961, to George D. Smith for the Spencer Collection in the New York Public Library, $375. New York Public Library, February 1950, to W.S. Lewis, by exchange to Yale for the Lewis Walpole Collection.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 7.9 x 12.3 cm, inlaid to 27 x 21 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: 49 3641 Shelved as 49 2523
Collection Title: Page 186. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole.
Collection/Other Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector.
Collection Date: [England], [between 1771 and 1792]