McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1741 and 1765]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Ghismonda weeping over the heart of Guiscardo; a young woman leaning inwards from left reting her elbows on a table, chin on left hand, weeping, a platter containing a heart in front of her; after Correggio; proof before letters."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from curator., Date, artist and printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Ms. note in pencil on print beneath plate mark: Correggio. McArdell., and On page 224 in volume 3.
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1753 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:
"Bust of a lady with an embroidered sleeve, in an oval three-quarter to left, smiling towards the viewer, with a pearl choker and earrings, an embroidered close cap with a feather, and a fur-trimmed jerkin with a shell clasp; state with inscription re-engraved and address and price omitted."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title written in pencil below print by previous owner., Printmaker and artist taken from later state., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1871,1209.2809., Mounted on leaf numbered 30 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:
published according to act of Parliamt., [between 1753 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:
"Bust of a lady with an embroidered sleeve, in an oval three-quarter to left, smiling towards the viewer, with a pearl choker and earrings, an embroidered close cap with a feather, and a fur-trimmed jerkin with a shell clasp."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title written in pencil below print by previous owner., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.3415., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on leaf numbered 31 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:
[1762]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1896); half-length to right, head almost in profile, wearing a flowered dress and a turban, a plait of hair over her left shoulder; proof before title and publication line."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from later state; see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Early (proof?) state with artist and printmaker names present but before title and publication line added; this state, undescribed by Smith, represents the third state according to Russell., Date of publication based on later state with the imprint statement "Publish'd as the act directs, Jany. 1st, 1762." See: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved after the painting kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 139 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., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Maria, Duchess of Gloucester, 1736-1807, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1764?]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Louis Jules Barbon Mancini Mazarini, Duke of Nivernois; seen bust-length to right, eyes to front, wearing sash, lace collar, and his hair powdered and tied with ribbon; after Ramsay."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from lettered state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: A. Ramsay pinxt. ; J. McArdell fecit., Proof state before letters added; for later states with lettering, see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, v. 2, no. 140, pages 885-886., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1872,1012.4085., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., Mounted on page 244 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., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Nivernais, Louis Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, duc de, 1716-1798,
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1762]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1808); half-length in profile to left, wearing star and sash with short wig; proof before letters."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from later state; see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on later state: J. Reynolds pinxt. ; J. McArdell fecit., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Proof before letters., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Engraved after the painting kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 140 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., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Waldegrave, James Waldegrave, Earl, 1715-1763, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 July 1762]
Call Number:
762.07.25.01++ Box 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A full-length female figure holding a vase in her hands stands before a large, leafed-out tree, a open landscape in the distance. At her side, stands the small figure of her brother as Cupid holding her dress and looking off to the left
Description:
Title from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits. and Second state, with letters.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, July 25th 1762 ; sold at the Golden Head in Covent Garden
Subject (Name):
Crewe, Frances Anne, 1748-1818,, Greville, William Fulke, -1837,, and Cupid (Roman deity)
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1742 and 1765]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of François du Quesnoy almost half-length to left and holding statuette of three putti, eyes to front, wearing broad-brimmed hat and wide collar."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker, and state from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Proof before letters., Date range for publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.3256., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., Mounted on page 200 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 33.1 x 22.8 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Manuscript title in ink below image: Fiamingo., and For further information, consult library staff.
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1750 and 1765]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portait of Thomas Ashton, half-length, in an architectural oval, slightly turned to the right, dressed in an academic gown with bands at his neck and a bob-wig on his head."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1886,0617.65., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Tipped in at page 93 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., and Watermark, trimmed.
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
publ'd. accordg. to act of Parliamt. 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, of the Countess of Egmont, seated three-quarter to right wearing ermine-trimmed robes, looking towards the viewer, holding her eldest son on a table in front of her, left arm behind his back, right hand on his feet, as he sits facing her, looking towards the viewer, holding her crown in front of him, against her chest."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
The Right Honourable Catharine Compton
Description:
Title from text below image, in three lines on either side of crest., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on leaf numbered 6 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.
