Opposite page 39. Fugitive pieces in verse and prose.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Bust-length portrait of William Duke of Cumberland, in profile to the right; wearing armor and a fur-lined cloak fastened with a brooch at the shoulder; circular design within a square
Description:
Title etched within top portion of circular border surrounding portrait., Date range for publication based on printmaker John Hall's activity dates; see British Museum online catalogue., Probably a book illustration., and Bound in opposite page 39 in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Fugitive pieces in verse and prose. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765,
Sketch of an armorial shield with three caterpillars, two at the top and one at the bottom. Running horizontally across the middle of the shield is a band with a human-faced sun at its center. To the right of the upper caterpillars is written "Catterpillars"; to the right of the band is written "Rainbow".
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; attribution to Thomas Kirgate from local catalog card., Date of production based on artist's death date., and Drawn in lower left corner of page 42 in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Fugitive pieces in verse and prose. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758.
Opposite page 88. Fugitive pieces in verse and prose.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Sketch of one side of a coin, with the Latin motto "Pro bono publico" around the outer edge and value in written in Italian "Soldi cinque" in the center
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; attribution to Thomas Kirgate from local catalog card., Date of production based on artist's death date., Three lines of text written below image, in ink over pencil: This is taken from a coin of Theodore's, engraved in a French 4to. book entitled Recueil general des pieces obsidionales 7 de nécessité, plate 27, no. 8., With placement instruction "88" written in pencil in upper right corner., and Mounted opposite page 88 in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Fugitive pieces in verse and prose. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758.
