Title derived from text etched below image., Place of publication derived from printmaker's place of residence., Date from item., Sheet trimmed., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Stone eaters.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Gastronomy, Pica (Pathology) in children, Eating disorders, Anomalies, Drinking of alcoholic beverages, Human curiosities, and Eating & drinking
"Interior view of the Royal Exchange, showing three sides, a tower rising in background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at top of plate, within a banner held by a putto in the sky., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Restrike (probably retouched) of a print originally published in 1647 as part of a series of eight. See Adams., Approximate publication date from Adams, who notes that printsellers such as Laurie & Whittle were selling impressions on wove paper of the prints in this series at the turn of the 19th century. Decades earlier, the publishers Sayer and Bennett had offered impressions "on very good paper" in their 1775 catalogue, writing that the original plates had been "carefully cleaned" (that is, the worn lines had likely been re-engraved)., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 20.7 x 27.1 cm., and Mounted after page 436 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
"Portrait of Charles II as a boy, three-quarter length, standing, wearing collar, coat and sword, leaning on baton and holding hat; curtain in background to right, and view of the banqueting hall in Whitehall, trees and figures in distance to left"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Carolvs II D.G. Magnae Britannae ...
Description:
Title from text below image., Place of publication conjectured using printmaker's known place of activity., Text below title: "Hanc maiestatis suae effigiem ab Antonio van Dyke Equite sic prius depictam aqua forti aeri insculpsit. Humillimus cliens Wenceslaus Hollar, Boh: anno 1649.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text in title., and In paper frame: 382 x 258 mm.
"Westminster from the river; view of Westminster abbey taken from mid-stream, with the Parliament on the left the Hall and Westminster stairs in the centre; boats in the foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at top of plate., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Restrike (probably retouched) of a print originally published in 1647 as part of a series of eight. See Adams., Approximate publication date from Adams, who notes that printsellers such as Laurie & Whittle were selling impressions on wove paper of the prints in this series at the turn of the 19th century. Decades earlier, the publishers Sayer and Bennett had offered impressions "on very good paper" in their 1775 catalogue, writing that the original plates had been "carefully cleaned" (that is, the worn lines had likely been re-engraved)., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with some loss of image from right and left sides., Mounted to 20.5 x 27.2 cm., and Mounted before page 175 in volume 4 part 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Thames River (England), and London (England)
Subject (Name):
Westminster Abbey,, Westminster Hall (London, England),, and Westminster Palace (London, England),
Title from item., Below title are eight lines of verse in two columns, signed R.G. Sr. D.L.: Flore, Thisbe! Lucresse & Porcie & Cypris ..., Engraved below verses: Omnia vincit amor & nos Cedamus amori. Virgil., Watermark upper center of sheet., and Written in ink along right plate line, top: 155. Lower left corner of plate mark: 74. On verso, lower left: 141[?]
"View of buildings of Whitehall Palace from the river, from an inlet of the Thames in Lambeth Marsh; boats in the foreground, Banqueting House in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at top of plate., Restrike (probably retouched) of a print by Hollar that was originally published in 1647 as part of a series of eight. See Adams., Approximate publication date from Adams, who notes that printsellers such as Laurie & Whittle were selling impressions on wove paper of the prints in this series at the turn of the 19th century. Decades earlier, the publishers Sayer and Bennett had offered impressions "on very good paper" in their 1775 catalogue, writing that the original plates had been "carefully cleaned" (that is, the worn lines had likely been re-engraved)., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with some loss of image from right and left sides., Mounted to 20.9 x 27.1 cm., and Mounted after page 172 in volume 4 part 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Title from item., Attribution to Hollar, title and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on sides., Four columns of description in form of a key to scenes or objects marked within the image with letters A through Z, below image: A. This paw points out the Caledonian Iarres, Sad harbingers to our intestine warres ..., On verso: [unidentified initials], May 1827, very curious. The initials and date are repeated in lower right corner, recto., and Loss to lower left corner repaired, missing text partially filled in by an unidentified later hand.
Title from ms. note in ink below image: "Bulstrode Whitlock by Winceslaus Hollar.", Mounted to 320 x 261 mm; French mount with gilt, black ink, and gray wash borders., and With a note in Thomas Kirgate's hand: "A portrait of Bulstrode Whitlock Esqr. by Winceslaus Hollar. Born at Prague in Bohemia about 1600. An unfinished proof print wash'd & hightned by [...]"
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Whitlocke, Bulstrode, 1605-1675 or 1676 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title, printmaker, and imprint from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom and left., and Thirteen lines of text below the image: Dr. Bastwick, for writing a booke against popish bishops ...
Title from item., Attribution to Hollar, title and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and right., and Fourteen lines of text below the image: Dr. Laighton, for writing a booke called Sions plea ...
