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Notes and Photographs for Thomas Worlidge
English Miniature of a Gentleman.
in a Silver Gilt Filigree Frame.
by Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766).
Initialled T.W.
4 x 3.3 cms.
Sold Sworders Auctioneers of Stansted Mountfitchet, United Kingdom. December 14, 2021.
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Some Notes and Images for Thomas Worlidge.
For Worlidge and Rembrandt etc see -
These engravings Published by Thomas Worlidge at the Piazza Covent Garden.
c. 1740
Lower centre in plate: Mahomet, a Turkish Merchant / Taken
by the Corsairs, made a slave at Malta, Escap'd in a Dutch Vessel, / from
thence came to England / Painted & Etch'd by Tho. Worlidge, in the Piazza
Covent Garden
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Man wearing a Turban.
Thomas Worlidge.
18.1
x 14.3 cm.
Sold with a group of six other head studies by or attributed to
Worlidge, three on vellum.
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Portrait of a Lady.
Thomas Worlidge.
1740 -50's.
Height 4.4 cms.
Bonhams, Lot 37, 24 November 2010.
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Portrait of a Girl.
Thomas Worlidge.
Plumbago on Vellum.
Height 4.3 cms
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Portrait of a Gentleman.
Thomas Worlidge.
No indication of a signature on the website.
with Dealer Miles Barton.
Oil on canvas; 25 by 19 in; 63.5 x 48 cm; held in a gilt
18th century style frame
Provenance: Frank C. Ball Collection, U.S.A.; Christies, 2nd
March 1973, lot 70 bought by Mrs Newman; Private Collection, London.
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A Select Collection of Drawings from Curious
Antique Gems; most of them in the possession of the Nobility and Gentry of this
Kingdom; etched after the Manner of Rembrandt.
By T. Worlidge, Painter.
1768, Published for M (Mary) Worlidge, and M (Mary) Wicksteed.
182 plates.
An interesting collaboration between Mary Worlidge and Mary Wicksteed.
the Widows of Thomas Worlidge d. 1756) and John Wicksteed (d. 1754).
Mary Wicksteed was the widow of John Wicksteed who had Wicksteeds Machine at Lyncome in Bath.
Mary Wicksteed married Thomas
Worlidge in Bath Abbey, 12 June 1743.
Mary Wicksteed / Worlidge/Ashley,
Pastellist (c.1720 - c1790).
Excellent High Resolution images available on line from the Hathi Trust digitalised by Getty.
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Orange Grove, Bath.
Some useful maps plans and engravings etc.
Ref John Wicksteeds Shop, Orange Grove.
Wicksteed's Machine, Lyncome, Bath.
