"Portrait of Thomas Vaux, half-length to right, with beard and moustache, wearing a dark pyramid-shaped hat and slashed jerkin."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., Mounted on page 121 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on laid paper ; sheet 18.9 x 13.8 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pub. Sepr. 10, 1791, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Vaux, Thomas Vaux, Baron, 1510-1556,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Four funerary lamps (numbered "I" to "IV"), two rings (each numbered "V"), and an earring (numbered "VI"). These original objects on which these images are based were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Ex aere" etched below image of large funerary lamp at top of plate., "Tab. VIII"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 164 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 25 x 21.8 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
"Portrait of Lady Mary Hervey of Ickworth; bust length in profile to right; wearing cap; in oval within rectangular panel; after CN Cochin; private plate; scratched letter."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mary Lady Hervey
Description:
Title from text in image., Mounted on page 62 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 18.5 x 12.5 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
"Portrait of Marie du Deffand, after Carmontelle; half-length directed to left, her eyes closed, wearing dark hood and ruffled bonnet; in oval."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.2306., Engraved after a wash drawing by Carmontelle that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Blue Breakfast Room at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 65 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; oval sheet 7.3 x 5.8 cm and sheet 1.1 x 6.8 cm., Imperfect; oval portrait and title text cut from sheet and mounted one on top of the other, with imprint statement trimmed away., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Publd. Novr. 12 by S. Harding, 127 Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Du Deffand, Marie de Vichy Chamrond, marquise, 1697-1780, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"View of Rubens' house in Antwerp in 1684. View of the courtyard and the garden seen through a gate at centre; the house front at right richly decorated with statues, busts and friezes, a dog in its open doorway; a plainer building with small fountain and open door at left; ornamental gate at centre surmounted by statues of Mercury and Minerva, a tall fountain of a shepherd in a grotto at its right corner, the garden with ornamental covered seat and trees seen through its arches; a caption below inscribed on architectural structure with central cartouche showing a dolphin."--British Museum online catalogue and "This is one of two plates by Harrewyn depicting Rubens' house; the other (Hollstein 14, Schneevoogt 226.28, second plate) gives a view from the courtyard towards the house 'Parties de la maison Hilwerue a Anuers 1692'."--British Museum online catalogue, curator's comments
Alternative Title:
Maison Hilwerue à Anvers dit l'hostel Rubens 1684
Description:
Title engraved at bottom of image., Early state, before portrait roundel added in top center. For the later state, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: R,5.3., Place of publication based on printmaker's country of residence. See British Museum online catalogue., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: R,5.2., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 64 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Antwerp (Belgium)
Subject (Name):
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640
Subject (Topic):
Homes & haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Dwellings
"Portrait of Margaret of Anjou, half-length, turned to the right, her eyes downcast, a crown over her long straight hair, dressed in an embroidered robe and mantle pinned with jewelled brooches."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., Mounted on page 101 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper ; sheet 16 x 11.9 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 7, 1792, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Gunst, Pieter Stevens van, 1659?-1724?, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1715]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Lady Margaret Herbert, whole length, standing, wearing jewels in hair, earring, necklace, low dress, and holding drapery; curtain to left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Margaret Smith, married to Sir Thomas Carey ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: P,3.341., "Ex Muséo Sereniss. Domini de Wharton"--Below title., Engraved after the painting, bought by Sir Robert Walpole from the Wharton Collection and afterwards acquired by Horace Walpole, that was kept in the Great North Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 211 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 51 x 31.5 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1903); half-length seated to right, looking at her young daughter curled up against her chest, and wrapping her in ermine-lined mantle."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Maria Countess of Waldegrave, and her daughter Lady Elizabeth Laura, 1761
Description:
Title engraved below image., Price in lower right corner: 7s. 6d., Mounted on page 92 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., 1 print : mezzotint on laid paper ; sheet 48.7 x 36 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of price from lower right corner., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Maria, Duchess of Gloucester, 1736-1807, and Waldegrave, Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave, Countess of, 1760-1816,
"Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, half-length, in an oval surmounted by a crown and thistles and two armorials, slightly turned to the right, dressed in a gown heavily embroidered with flowers and a high collar, a crucifix about her neck, an axe and a sceptre to the foreground lying on the plinth."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Maria Scotorum Regina
Description:
Title engraved at bottom of image., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of all image and text apart from the oval portrait. Description based on impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1871,1209.1558., Mounted on page 60 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., With wash-line mount (11.8 x 9.9 cm) on which is written: Reduc'd by G. Vertue, from F. Zucchero's origl. Chiswick., and For further information, consult library staff.
