"Allegory, a chariot bearing Neptune and Britannia to right, attended by nymphs and decorated with oval portraits; landscape format"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Britannia seated in a triumphant car with Neptune, supports a medallion of King Geo. III ... and Frontispiece to the fifth volume, engraved for Hervey's Naval History
Description:
Title from text below image. and Plate from: Hervey, F. The naval history of Great Britain: from the earliest times to the rising of the Parliament in 1779 ... London : W. Adlard, for J. Bew, 1779.
Publisher:
Published March 18th, 1780, by J. Bew, Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Poseidon (Greek deity), and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820,
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Chariots, and Portraits
Title from text below image., Publication date from book for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: A new, universal and impartial history of England / George Frederick Raymond. London, 1787., and Temporary local subject terms: Ports: docking platform at Harwich -- Barges: royal barge, 1761 -- Yachts: 'Royal Charlotte' -- Weapons: emblazoned on ornamental frame -- Musical instruments: emblazoned on ornamental frame -- Naval uniforms: admiral of the fleet -- Flags: British flag -- Crowns: royal crown on the barge -- Female dress: Queen Charlotte's dress, 1761 -- Female dress: ladies'-in-waiting dress, 1761.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818. and Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762.
Title from text near bottom of plate., Facsimile of Lord Walpole's handwriting etched below image and above title., Frontispiece to: Coxe, W. Memoirs of Horatio, Lord Walpole. London : Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1802., Mounted on page 134 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11., 1 print : etching and engraving on wove paper ; sheet 17.1 x 12.6 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of title and complete loss of imprint statement.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feb. 1, 1802, by the Revd. W. Cox, London
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Baron, 1678-1757, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Elizabeth Farren, Countess of Derby; half length, to the front, looking to the right; her hair in large curls; wearing dress with bow and sash; in oval."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of statement of responsibility and complete loss of imprint from bottom edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: K,59.201., and Mounted on page 221 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Plate [152] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition to Hume's 'History of England'; Cromwell standing at centre, handing the speaker's mace to a soldier at left, the astonished speaker behind the desk at right, his arm being taken by another guard."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [152] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Image within an ornamental frame., Book illustration; placement instructions above image: Vol. VIII, p. 204., and Temporary local subject terms: Historical illustrations: Essex's ear boxing, 1594 -- Arms: Royal Arms -- Leaded casement windows.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 1 Aug. 1774, by J. Johnson, St. Pauls Church Yd.
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603. and Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1566-1601.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Image contained within an ornamental frame., Book illustration. Placement instructions above image: Vol. X, pa. 29., and Temporary local subject terms: Historical illustrations: Lord Strafford's treason trial, 1641.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, 10 Oct. 1774, by J. Johnson, St. Pauls Church Yd.
Subject (Name):
Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 1593-1641. and Westminster Hall (London, England),
