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19. Joannes Gower Armiger Anglorum poeta celeberrimus Chauceri poeta contemporar[...] / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1727]
- Call Number:
- Portraits G723 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of John Gower; bust, in profile to the right; wearing chaplet of roses around his head; in a rectangle frame, set within architectural details; a tablet below, with his three principal works in front, and a further book open to a page with an illustration of his monument in Southwark Cathedral; the portrait taken from his effigy on this monument."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text in image., Place of publication from printmaker's place of activity., Text below image: "Honoratiss Dno Ioanni Levison Gower Domino Gower; hanc effigiem humillime D.D. / G. Vertue." per image in British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: G,1.338., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed with loss of text below design., and In white paper frame with green gouche, yellow wash, and black ink frame: 420 x 360 mm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Gower, John, 1325?-1408,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Joannes Gower Armiger Anglorum poeta celeberrimus Chauceri poeta contemporar[...] / [graphic]
20. John Dryden [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1730]
- Call Number:
- Portraits D799 no. 5
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Title from text in image., Text in image above sitter's name: nat. 1632; denat aetat 68., Text in image below sitter's name: "... whose tunefull [sic] muse affords the sweetest numbers and the fittest words. Addison.", Caption below image: Praenobili dno. dno. Edoardo comiti Oxoniae, &c. ad archetypu[m] museo Harleyano asservatum qua[m] par est observantia[m], D. D. Vertue sculptr., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text., and Mounted on sheet: 326 x 257 mm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Dryden, John, 1631-1700
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > John Dryden [graphic]
21. John Duke of Bedford, Regent of France [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1735?]
- Call Number:
- Portraits B411 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of John Duke of Bedford, Regent of France, set into a composition with his arms; plate from Paul de Rapin-Thoyras, 'The History of England'. 1735"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text in image., Place of publication based on printmaker's known place of activity., and Text below image: "From a curious Limning in a (MS) rich Prayerbook presented by himself to K. Hen. 6 now in the Possession of the Earl of Oxford."
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Bedford, John Plantagenet, Duke of, 1389-1435,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > John Duke of Bedford, Regent of France [graphic]
22. King Charles the First Obt. XXX Jan. 1648/9 / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1732 and 1747]
- Call Number:
- Portraits C475 no. 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Charles I, set into a classical frame in robes of state and with symbols in the foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- King Charles I
- Description:
- Title from text in image., Text below image: "From an excellent Original in the Royal Palace at Hampton Court.", and Plate from: Rapin de Thoyras, M. The history of England. London, Printed for James, John and Paul Knapton, 1732-47.
- Publisher:
- James, John and Paul Knapton
- Subject (Name):
- Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > King Charles the First Obt. XXX Jan. 1648/9 / [graphic]
23. Lancelot Blackburne, DD Lord Archbishop of York, Primate of England & Metropolitan and almoner to his Majesty; aged 68, Dec. [the] 10 AD 1726 / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1727]
- Call Number:
- Portraits B628 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait, three-quarter length; seated to left in a high-back chair, looking to front; wearing a wig and ecclesiastical robes and bands; his right hand on his knee, pointing forwards with his index finger; his left arm resting on a table, with hand on a closed book; pillar in background on left; in reverse after Seeman; proof before letters."-- from similar print in the British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image. and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Sold by G. Vertue in Brownlow Street, Drury Lane
- Subject (Name):
- Blackburne, Lancelot, 1658-1743,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Lancelot Blackburne, DD Lord Archbishop of York, Primate of England & Metropolitan and almoner to his Majesty; aged 68, Dec. [the] 10 AD 1726 / [graphic]
24. Maria Scotorvm Regina [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1715 and 1756]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, half-length, in an oval surmounted by a crown and thistles and two armorials, slightly turned to the right, dressed in a gown heavily embroidered with flowers and a high collar, a crucifix about her neck, an axe and a sceptre to the foreground lying on the plinth."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Maria Scotorum Regina
- Description:
- Title engraved at bottom of image., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of all image and text apart from the oval portrait. Description based on impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1871,1209.1558., Mounted on page 60 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., With wash-line mount (11.8 x 9.9 cm) on which is written: Reduc'd by G. Vertue, from F. Zucchero's origl. Chiswick., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Maria Scotorvm Regina [graphic]
25. Mary Queen of France. Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1776]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A double portrait showing Mary Tudor and her second husband Charles Brandon, half-length; with Mary on the left, holding an emblem consisting of a caduceus emerging from a flower in her right hand, the other held by Charles Brandon, who wears a fur-trimmed overgown and the collar of the Garter, with a curtain behind to left, and with crown, Hand of Justice, sceptre, crests, lance and gloves on the plinth of the frame surrounding them."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Her Royal Grace the Queen of France, sister of K. Henry VIII, married to Lewis XII [the] French king, afterwards to the Duke of Suffolk
- Description:
- Title engraved within banner below image on inner plate; alternative title engraved within lion's hide on outer plate., Determined to be the republished state from 1776 based on the type of paper., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print was published., Plate from: Vertue, G. A description of nine historical prints representing kings, queens, princes, &c, of the Tudor family. [London] : Republished by the Society [of Antiquaries of London], 1776., Image printed from two plates; the larger architectural frame surrounding the main image is engraved on a separate, outer plate., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark of outer plate with loss of plate number from top edge and dedication from bottom edge. Missing text and numbering supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: Y,5.143., At bottom of outer plate is engraved a dedication from the engraver to John Carteret, Earl of Granville, contemporary owner of the original., "Pl. III"--Above image in upper right., Engraved after a painting that was later acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 114 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.
- Publisher:
- Society of Antiquaries of London
- Subject (Name):
- Mary, Queen, consort of Louis XII, King of France, 1496-1533,, Suffolk, Charles Brandon, Duke of, approximately 1484-1545,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mary Queen of France. Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk [graphic]
26. Matthew Prior Esqr [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1719]
- Call Number:
- Portraits P958 no. 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait, three-quarter length; seated slightly to left on a high-back chair, with head turned to look towards right; wearing a cap, long open coat over buttoned waistcoat, shirt with lace ruffles at the wrists, and cravat; his right arm resting on a table, holding a quill pen in his hand; his left hand inside breast of coat; after Richardson; touched impression."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Matthew Prior Esqr [graphic]
27. Mr. Pope [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1717]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 320
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of Alexander Pope; half length, to the left, looking at viewer, his right hand on body; in oval frame of oak leaves, on pedestal
- Alternative Title:
- Alexander Pope
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., The print was used as the frontispiece to the first collected volume of Pope's Works in 1717., Date from British Museum online catalogue., After the portrait by Charles Jervas., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Formerly laid in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's copy of: Works of Mr. Alexander Pope (London : Printed by W. Bowyer for B. Lintot, 1717-1735). Now unfolded and housed separately in a solander box. See volume 1: 49 320.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Pope [graphic]
