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The restive Pegasus, or, The dramatic author foiled in his endeavor to ascend Parnassus [art

Creator:
Grinagain, Giles, artist
Published / Created:
[1802]
Call Number:
Drawings G867 no. 1 Box D205
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man in ragged but quasi-fashionable dress rides (right to left) an ass through a river which flows past a steep mountain. The animal jibs, with ears set back; the rider raises a whip in each hand. He wears, and uses, three pairs of spurs, and attac...
Alternative Title:
Dramatic author foiled in his endeavor to ascend Parnassus
Description:
Title written below image, in the artist's hand.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, British, Donkeys, Literature, and Spurs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The restive Pegasus, or, The dramatic author foiled in his endeavor to ascend Parnassus [art original].

2.
[Portrait of Alexander Pope] [art original].

Creator:
Vanloo, Jean-Baptiste, 1684-1745, artist
Published / Created:
[18th century?]
Call Number:
LWL Ptg. 122 Framed, on view in New Library
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The famous author Alexander Pope is depicted in three-quarter length. He is seated at a desk in a leather armchair. He turns his glance to his proper left. His right arm supports his wigged head. His elbow rests on a volume with an eligible title on t...
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal.
Subject (Name):
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744,
Subject (Topic):
Authors and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of Alexander Pope] [art original].

3.
[Portrait of Lady Louisa Stuart] [art original].

Creator:
Hayter, George, Sir, 1792-1871, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1871]
Call Number:
LWL Ptg. 106 Framed, UFS Rack 3C
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The writer Lady Louisa Stuart (1757-1851) was the daughter of George III’s prime minister Lord Bute. She is shown in a cluttered interior seated in an upholstered armchair at small table desk. She leans in to closely to read an open book that she hold...
Alternative Title:
Portrait of Lady Louisa Stuart, in an interior, reading book
Description:
Title devised by curator.
Subject (Geographic):
British. and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Stuart, Louisa, 1757-1851,
Subject (Topic):
Authors and Nobility
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of Lady Louisa Stuart] [art original].

4.
[Woodford Rice Esq.] [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1783]
Call Number:
783.00.00.06.2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man in a coat with military facings, identified as Woodford Rice, stands in the middle of a room holding in his left hand a book open to the title page, "The Rutland Volunteers," and with a frontispiece that is a copy of this print. In the backgroun...
Description:
Title and publication date from no. 6316, of which this print appears to be a variant. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Rice, Woodford, -1784.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, Furniture, Inkstands, and Clothing & dress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Woodford Rice Esq.] [graphic].