Shelfmark
Cg.2.4.06 - Cg.2.4.09 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Ft.1.06 - Ft.1.08 (Copy 2)
Author
Title
Anecdotes of painting in England; with some account of the principal artists; and incidental notes on other arts; collected by the late Mr. George Vertue; and now digested and published from his original Mss. by Mr. Horace Walpole.
Edition
The second edition.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Twickenham] : Printed by Thomas Kirgate at Strawberry Hill, MDCCLXV.-MDCCLXXI. [1765-1771 i.e. 1780].
Physical description
4 v., plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. (4to)
Note
Dedication signed: Horace Walpole.
Note
With an unpaginated appendix, and index, at the end of each vol.
Note
Vol. 3 bears the imprint: "Strawberry-Hill: printed in the year MDCCLXV.".
Note
Vol. 4 bears the imprint: "Strawberry-Hill: printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXI."; it has no edition statement, but is numbered "Volume the Fourth and last"; the Advertisement to the reader is dated on p. x: October 1, 1780.
Note
A continuation was issued in 1763 as 'A catalogue of engravers'.
Citation/references note
Hazen. Strawberry Hill, 10
Citation/references note
ESTC, T63190
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 8533, no. 05).
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, Conn.: Primary Source Media, 1999. 1 reel ; 35 mm. t63190. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 8534, no. 01).
Provenance
Copy 1: Storer bequest label dated 1800; bequeathed to Eton by Anthony Morris Storer in 1799.
Provenance
Copy 2: Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Copy 2: Vols 1-2: Engraved armorial bookplate with royal arms, possibly early 19th century.
Provenance
Copy 2: Vol. 3: Engraved armorial bookplate of William Frederick Higgins.
Binding
Copy 1: 18th century red, gold-tooled morocco.
Binding
Copy 2: 19th century calf; gold-tooled spines.
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: Extra-illustrated with many engravings.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Imperfect: vols. 1-3 only, wanting vol. 4.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Previous shelfmarks: Cm.3.19-Cm.3.20; Fm.1.05-Fm.1.07.
Subject
Painters Early works to 1800 England.
Subject
Artists Early works to 1800 England.
Subject
Painting History England.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Storer, Anthony Morris, 1746 - 1799 former owner.
Added entry--name
Higgins, William Frederick former owner.
Added entry--name
Kirgate, Thomas printer.
Added entry--place
England Twickenham.
Identifier
B14042