"Portrait of Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, bust directed to left, wearing long, curly wig, robes and chain of the Order of the Garter, and lace cravat; in ornamental oval frame on table, on which are papers, purse of the Great Seal, portrait bust, plumed hat, cornucopia with money, and other emblems; coat of arms at lower right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, 1744
Description:
Title from text in image., Year "1735" at end of artist's signature later changed to "1744" on plate. For the later state with altered date, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 33 30 Copy 4., Publication information from that of the volume to which this plate is the frontispiece., Frontispiece to: Walpole, H. Aedes Walpolianae, or, A description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall ... London : [Robert Dodsley], printed in the year MDCCLII [1752]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved after the enamel miniature kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 166 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 and engraving with stipple on laid paper ; sheet 22.1 x 15.9 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Robert Dodsley
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
View of the charity-children in the Strand, upon the VII of July, MDCCXII ...
Description:
Title in Latin from text in lower portion of image on first plate; title in English from text in lower portion of image on second plate., Text within scroll in lower left corner of first plate: The first hymn sung by the charity children. Lord give the Queen thy saving health ..., Text within scroll in lower right corner of second plate: The second hymn sung by the charity children. Glory to God, who reigns on high ..., and Watermark.
View of the charity-children in the Strand, upon the VII of July, MDCCXII ...
Description:
Title in Latin from text in lower portion of image on first plate; title in English from text in lower portion of image on second plate., Text within scroll in lower left corner of first plate: The first hymn sung by the charity children. Lord give the Queen thy saving health ..., Text within scroll in lower right corner of second plate: The second hymn sung by the charity children. Glory to God, who reigns on high ..., and Watermark.
Portrait of Elizabeth I, as Princess (incorrectly identified as 'Lady Jane Grey'); half-length, to front, wearing a cap, small ruff, a double collar of pearls with two long strands, and an ermine-trimmed mantle, in an oval frame, forming part of a composition designed as a sepulchral monument, with an obelisk, a celestial crown and two inscribed labels suspended from garlands, a chair of state, to right, a mourning female supporting a shield of Lady Jane Grey's arms, and to left and right, fluted pilasters and urns topped by burning hearts.--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Printmaker from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: G,9.135., Text in lower left corner of image: This from an original in the possession of his Grace., Dedication below image: Inscrib'd to his most noble Grace, Algernon Seymour, Duke of Somerset by his Grace's most humble and most obedient servant Geo. Vertue 1748., and Numbered in upper right corner "Pl. V."
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Grey, Jane, Lady, 1537-1554, and Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603,
"Portrait, whole length; standing to front, with head turned towards right, looking to front; wearing a long wig, ermine-trimmed robes, lace cravat, breeches and stockings, and a sword hanging from a belt; holding a crown in his right hand; his left hand at his chest; on left, column wrapped in curtain bearing coat of arms with motto: 'Virtute et Fide'; on right, ornate vase in a niche; after Dahl."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Place of publication from printmaker's place of activity., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Text at bottom of plate: Engraved by the appointment of the Honble. Henrietta-Cavendishe-Hollis, Countess of Oxford and Mortimer., Window mounted to 45 x 31 cm., and Bound in after page 208 in volume 3 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of: A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
"Portrait, whole length; standing to front, with head turned towards right, looking to front; wearing a long wig, ermine-trimmed robes, lace cravat, breeches and stockings, and a sword hanging from a belt; holding a crown in his right hand; his left hand at his chest; on left, column wrapped in curtain bearing coat of arms with motto: 'Virtute et Fide'; on right, ornate vase in a niche; after Dahl."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Place of publication from printmaker's place of activity., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Text at bottom of plate: Engraved by the appointment of the Honble. Henrietta-Cavendishe-Hollis, Countess of Oxford and Mortimer., 1 print : engraving and etching ; sheet 35.8 x 21.4 cm., Printed on laid paper., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of text from bottom of plate., and In paper frame: 461 x 343 mm.
Portrait, three-quarter length; standing to right, looking to front; wearing a ruff and fur-trimmed cloak over doublet decorated with flowers and leaves; holding the hilt of his sword with his left hand
Alternative Title:
Right Honourable Sir Ralph Winwood
Description:
Title from caption below image., Frontispiece to: Sawyer, Edmund. Memorials of affairs of state in the reigns of Q. Elizabeth and K. James I. London : T. Ward, 1725., Text under title: "Aetatis sua XLIX.", and In paper frame: 390 x 258 mm.
"Portrait of William Talbot, three-quarter-length, slightly turned to the left, seated on a chair with a mortar-board in his hand, dressed in a chimere over his rochet with the robes of the Chancellor of the Garter about his shoulder, a periwig on his head and bands at his neck, the purse of the Great Seal on a sideboard beyond, his arms below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1858,0213.212., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 6 (formerly E) 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.
"View of the west front of the church, a graveyard to the right; in sky a scroll with a dedication to Browne Willis Esq; a flag flying from the top of the tower."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker identified in the British Museum online catalogue., Written on the back of the print is an autographed letter signed by George Vertue to the Hon. Thomas Symonds, at his seat at Pengethly, near Ross in Herefordshire, and dated 15 September 1744., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Church : Westminster, London, England),
