"Illustration to 'The Old Bachelor' from 'The Works of William Congreave'; a woman sitting weeping in a room, as a man turns away towards the open door at right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Publication date and publisher from book for which this plate was published., and Frontispiece to: The works of Mr William Congreve. Birmingham : John Baskerville, 1761.
An eagle facing right, wings slightly unfurled, head turned and looking back to left, beak slightly open; on a plinth decorated with satyr's heads, garlands, eagles and a plaque inscribed "Diis. manibvs. m. lvccei. m. et d. l. martialis vixit annis xviii m. lvcceius m. i. optatvs et lvcceia m. i. hebene filio. pio et. sibi. fecervnt".
Alternative Title:
Vetus aquilae signum in aedibus Horatii Walpole Londini and Marble eagle on a plinth
Description:
Title in Latin engraved in image., Date based on Horace Walpole correspondence with Horace Mann and others about the print., Copy of: Marble eagle found in the gardens of Boccapadugli ... on a handsome antique sepulchral altar, adorned with eagles too. From the 1774 edition of Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole, at Strawberry-Hill near Twickenham, Middlesex ..., The Lewis Walpole Library: Formerly housed as part of the SH Contents collection., and For further information, consult library staff.
An eagle facing right, wings slightly unfurled, head turned and looking back to left, beak slightly open; on a plinth decorated with satyr's heads, garlands, eagles and a plaque inscribed "Diis. manibvs. m. lvccei. m. et d. l. martialis vixit annis xviii m. lvcceius m. i. optatvs et lvcceia m. i. hebene filio. pio et. sibi. fecervnt".
Alternative Title:
Vetus aquilae signum in aedibus Horatii Walpole Londini and Marble eagle on a plinth
Description:
Title in Latin engraved in image., Date based on Horace Walpole correspondence with Horace Mann and others about the print., Copy of: Marble eagle found in the gardens of Boccapadugli ... on a handsome antique sepulchral altar, adorned with eagles too. From the 1774 edition of Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole, at Strawberry-Hill near Twickenham, Middlesex ..., The Lewis Walpole Library: Formerly housed as part of the SH Contents collection., Mounted on page 109 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 36.7 x 25.8 cm., and Sheet trimemd within plate mark.
An eagle facing right, wings slightly unfurled, head turned and looking back to left, beak slightly open; on a plinth decorated with satyr's heads, garlands, eagles and a plaque inscribed "Diis. manibvs. m. lvccei. m. et d. l. martialis vixit annis xviii m. lvcceius m. i. optatvs et lvcceia m. i. hebene filio. pio et. sibi. fecervnt".
Alternative Title:
Vetus aquilae signum in aedibus Horatii Walpole Londini and Marble eagle on a plinth
Description:
Title in Latin engraved in image., Date based on Horace Walpole correspondence with Horace Mann and others about the print., Copy of: Marble eagle found in the gardens of Boccapadugli ... on a handsome antique sepulchral altar, adorned with eagles too. From the 1774 edition of Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole, at Strawberry-Hill near Twickenham, Middlesex ..., The Lewis Walpole Library: Formerly housed as part of the SH Contents collection., Mounted on page 141 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 35.2 x 24.2 cm, and For further information, consult library staff.
An eagle facing right, wings slightly unfurled, head turned and looking back to left, beak slightly open; on a pedestal with a plaque describing how the statue had been dug up in the garden of the Boccapadugli family, near the Baths of Caracalla and was sold to Horace Walpole with the help of Horace Mann, the British Minister in Florence. At Strawberry Hill the eagle was displayed on a marble funerary altar, decorated with similar eagles
Alternative Title:
Vetus aquilae signum marmoreum and Marble eagle on a pedestal with a plaque
Description:
Title in Latin engraved in image., Date based on Horace Walpole correspondence with Horace Mann and others about the print., and The Lewis Walpole Library: Formerly housed as part of the SH Contents collection.
An eagle facing right, wings slightly unfurled, head turned and looking back to left, beak slightly open; on a pedestal with a plaque describing how the statue had been dug up in the garden of the Boccapadugli family, near the Baths of Caracalla and was sold to Horace Walpole with the help of Horace Mann, the British Minister in Florence. At Strawberry Hill the eagle was displayed on a marble funerary altar, decorated with similar eagles
Alternative Title:
Vetus aquilae signum marmoreum and Marble eagle on a pedestal with a plaque
Description:
Title in Latin engraved in image., Date based on Horace Walpole correspondence with Horace Mann and others about the print., The Lewis Walpole Library: Formerly housed as part of the SH Contents collection., Mounted on page 109 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12., 1 print : etching ; sheet 36.9 x 26.1 cm., and Laid paper. Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
An eagle facing right, wings slightly unfurled, head turned and looking back to left, beak slightly open; on a pedestal with a plaque describing how the statue had been dug up in the garden of the Boccapadugli family, near the Baths of Caracalla and was sold to Horace Walpole with the help of Horace Mann, the British Minister in Florence. At Strawberry Hill the eagle was displayed on a marble funerary altar, decorated with similar eagles
Alternative Title:
Vetus aquilae signum marmoreum and Marble eagle on a pedestal with a plaque
Description:
Title in Latin engraved in image., Date based on Horace Walpole correspondence with Horace Mann and others about the print., The Lewis Walpole Library: Formerly housed as part of the SH Contents collection., Mounted on page 141 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 35.5 x 24.4 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Portrait of William Beckford, from his monument in the Guildhall; whole length, standing, looking to the left, wearing fur trimmed robes and garter chain; seated by his feet to the left is a female personification of the City of London weeping, and on the right the figure of Trade & Commerce shown slouching with head bowed; the statue stands on a large pedestal with long inscription addressed "Most Gracious Sovereign".
Description:
Title from text etched on the pedestal in image., Dedication etched at bottom of plate, above imprint: Humbly inscribed by permission to the Right Honble. Brass Crosby Esqr. Lord Mayor, the Worshipfull Court of Alderman, the Sheriffs & the Common Councilmen of the City of London by their much obliged humble servt. Jno. Smith., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left edge., and William Beckford: Sugar merchant with estates in Jamaica. Member of Parliament; Lord Mayor of London; supporter of Wilkes. Father of William Thomas Beckford, the author of "Vathek", to whom he left £1,000,000.
Publisher:
Printed for Jno. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside, & Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
Opposite page 39. Fugitive pieces in verse and prose.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of William Duke of Cumberland, bust length in profile to left; wearing armour, and fur-lined cloak fastened with brooch at shoulder; in circle."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print was issued., Plate from: Smollett, T. A complete history of England. London : Printed for Richard Baldwin, v. 11 (1760)., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on leaf 18 x 12 cm., and Bound in opposite page 39 in Richard Bull's interleaved, extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Fugitive pieces in verse and prose. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758.
Publisher:
Richard Baldwin
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765,