McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1750 and 1765]
Call Number:
Portraits H257 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication, printmaker, and artist from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1850,1214.106., Place of publication based on printmaker's known place of activity., Text below title: "From an Original Picture by B. Wilson in the Possession of William Fauquier Esqr." per image in British Museum online catalogue., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text.
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parlmt., Aug. 26, 1747.
Call Number:
747.08.26.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An intoxicated young man walks to the right, his eyes shut and head slumped to one side. He is supported by an older woman, his arm over her shoulders, as she holds his hat in her left hand. A younger woman on the man's right is picking his pocket with her left hand as, with her right hand, she gracefully lifts her skirts above the cobblestone street. A link-boy with a torch leads the way to the right. In the distance another link-boy is running also toward the right. In the distance is a statue of Charles I on horseback
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Possibly based on the character of the Irish Teague from Sir Robert Howard's play, The committee. See Goodwin.
Publisher:
Sold by T. Jefferys at the corner of St. Martins Lane, Charing Cross and W. Herbert at the Golden Globe on London Bridge
Subject (Name):
Howard, Robert, Sir, 1626-1698
Subject (Topic):
Children, Ethnic stereotypes, Intoxication, and Pickpockets
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1764]
Call Number:
Portraits T753G no. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of George Townshend standing three-quarter length slightly to left and leaning his right elbow on pedestal beside curtain, eyes to front, wearing uniform, his own hair curled, holding paper in his right hand labelled 'A Bill Intituled, An Act for the Better Order of the Militia Forces."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Honourable Colonel Townshend
Description:
Title engraved below image., Artist and printmaker from earlier states of the plate described in Smith, Russell, and the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Later state, with imprint of John Bowles & Son burnished from plate (the remnants of which are faintly visible beneath title)., Date of publication based on date assigned to the earlier state in the British Museum online catalogue., For the earlier state with the imprint "Printed for Jno. Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.3402. See also: Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 4, page 298. This earlier state is described as no. 176a (state 2) in: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states, v. 2, page 221. An unspecified earlier state of this plate is also briefly mentioned in: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, v. 2, no. 176, page 899., and Watermark.
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1729 and 1765]
Call Number:
Folio 75 P839 800 v. 2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait, three-quarter length, almost profile to left, looking towards the viewer, wearing a dress decoarted with flowers at the breast, a bow and frills of lace at left elbow, and light collar trimmed with lace, holding cloak over right arm."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.3260., According to J.C. Smith, Bromley dates this print to 1750., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on leaf numbered 18 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1764]
Call Number:
Portraits T753G no. 4+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of George Townshend standing three-quarter length slightly to left and leaning his right elbow on pedestal beside curtain, eyes to front, wearing uniform, his own hair curled, holding paper in his right hand labelled 'A Bill Intituled An Act for the Better Order of the Militia Forces &c'; lettered state after tree-trunk in arms altered to coronet, inscription to Governor in Ireland and publisher to Sayer."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Right Honourable George Lord Viscount Townshend
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.3401., Townshend coat of arms engraved in lower margin., and Mounted on board to 51 x 41 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, No. 53 in Fleet Street
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1754]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait, almost half-length in profile to left, looking towards the viewer, his arms at his sides, wearing an unbuttoned coat over an embroidered waistcoat, with a chin-length white wig, in an ornate frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Mounted on page 145 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 35.1 x 25.1 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1754]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait, almost half-length in profile to left, looking towards the viewer, his arms at his sides, wearing an unbuttoned coat over an embroidered waistcoat, with a chin-length white wig, in an ornate frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., and Mounted on page 113 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.
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1762 and 1765]
Call Number:
Portraits C682 no. 2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait standing whole-length in profile to left supporting large lute with her right hand, beside harpsichord in interior, head turned to face front, wearing white satin dress with pearls, lace and ribbon; armchair, pillars and curtain behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., and Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.3229.
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1762 and 1765]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait standing whole-length in profile to left supporting large lute with her right hand, beside harpsichord in interior, head turned to face front, wearing white satin dress with pearls, lace and ribbon; armchair, pillars and curtain behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.3229., Mounted on page 198 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 50.4 x 35.3 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
