persuant to the statute the Eight of George IId March 1750.
Call Number:
750.03.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of George Vandeput, bust to the left, head turned and glancing at the viewer, hair curled at the sides and tied in a queue; in a medallion supported by Britannia on the left and Liberty on the right; Britannia trampling on Bribery, holding a bag of '£105'; and Slavery in the form of a Frenchman holding a sword and a yoke."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir George Vandeput Baronet
Description:
Title engraved below image and above three columns of verse., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Three columns of verse below title: Britons, this figure carefully survey, view well those features which the soul display ..., Following imprint: By an elector., Below verse: Publish'd to the memory and immortal praise of the electors of the City of Westminster, by the noble stand they made in defence of their libertys [sic] ..., and Mounted to 39 x 27 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Vandeput, George, Sir, ca. 1717-1784,
Subject (Topic):
Bribery, Britannia (Symbolic character), Liberty, Political elections, and Slavery
An allegorical print with two tableaux illustrating on the right, the end of a righteous life and on the left the end of the life of a man who made wealth his object of faith. The religious man in bed surrounded by books and against the background of an attractive library, is greeted by the winged figure of Time clutching a scythe and an hourglass. In contrast, the greedy man, his gouty leg wrapped in bandages and resting on a stool, recoils against the figure of a spear-wielding skeleton, upsetting his table
Description:
Titles etched below images., Two images on one plate, each with an identical publication line etched at the base of the oval design., Date of publication based on publisher's street address; C. Sheppard was only located at Lambeth Hill through 1791. See British Museum online catalogue., With quotations from the Bible's Book of Psalms etched below each title., and Copies after prints with the same titles by Thomas A.E. Chambars based on Francis Hayman.
Publisher:
Sold by C. Sheppard, No. 19 Lambeth Hill, Doctors Commons, London
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification), Concepts, Deathbeds, Libraries (Rooms & spaces), Scythes, Hourglasses, and Skeletons
"A procession of the rich; a horse-drawn open-top golden carriage travels to the left, surrounded by figures personifying traits of the rich, many with bloated bellies; Fortune sits on top of carriage, slinging gold coins around her, into the held up garments of the memebers of the procession, Pluto sit behind on carriage; diseased figures crawl by side of carriage; Nemesis watches from cloud at top right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Triumphus divitiarum
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: G,10.104., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides., Mounted on page 130 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 on laid paper ; sheet 21.3 x 31.3 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
"A procession of the rich; a horse-drawn open-top golden carriage travels to the left, surrounded by figures personifying traits of the rich, many with bloated bellies; Fortune sits on top of carriage, slinging gold coins around her, into the held up garments of the memebers of the procession, Pluto sit behind on carriage; diseased figures crawl by side of carriage; Nemesis watches from cloud at top right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Triumphus divitiarum
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: G,10.104., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides., and Tipped in at page 103 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.
"A procession of the poor; a horse-drawn cart travels to the left, pulled by two donkeys, surrounded by figures personifying traits of the poor; Poverty sits at top of cart, half naked and meagre, behind her sit Misfortuen, and in front Memory, Experience, Hope, and Industry, who hands out instruments of manual labour, Diligence leads the donkey holding up a whip, other allegorical figures including Labour and Solicitude amongst shabbily clothed procession, Misery and Beggary follow behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Triumphus paupertatis
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: G,10.105., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Mounted on page 130 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 on laid paper ; sheet 21.3 x 27 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
"A procession of the poor; a horse-drawn cart travels to the left, pulled by two donkeys, surrounded by figures personifying traits of the poor; Poverty sits at top of cart, half naked and meagre, behind her sit Misfortuen, and in front Memory, Experience, Hope, and Industry, who hands out instruments of manual labour, Diligence leads the donkey holding up a whip, other allegorical figures including Labour and Solicitude amongst shabbily clothed procession, Misery and Beggary follow behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Triumphus paupertatis
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: G,10.105., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Tipped in at page 103 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.
Plate [132] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; an angel with torch grabbing the arm of a veiled figure who creeps towards a pile with crown, staff, sword, scroll and book in the right foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [132] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin performing his famous experiment of June 1752 in which he attached a key to a kite and flew it in a thunderstorm in order to prove that lightning was electricity. Almost allegorical in presentation, Franklin is shown seated on clouds with cherub-like figures assisting him on the right in the backgroun, his red cape blowing in the wind against a stormy sky
Description:
Date and title taken from impression at the Philadelphia Museum of Art., Based on the Benjamiin West oil painting now at the Philadelphia Museum of Art., and Embossed letters at lower left corner: Cercle Librairie estampes encircling initials RTN.
"Plate 3: Charity. A female figure, whole-length to right, holding two children in her arms, in a niche."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Printmaker and date from British Museum online catalogue., Publisher not identified; the set of plates was published on several occasions in the Netherlands, first by Goltzius in Haarlem, then by Claes Jansz Visscher (before 1652) in Amsterdam, and finally by Jochem Ottens. See British Museum online catalogue., One of a series of seven numbered plates showing whole length personifications of "The Virtues" placed in niches, after Hendrik Goltzius., Two lines of text engraved below image: Blanda Charis diuina ... constringit aheno. F.E. [Franco Estius]., Plate numbered "3" in lower right corner of image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with some loss of design. Description based on impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1857,0613.505., Mounted on page 77 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., 1 print : engraving on wove paper ; 30.9 x 12.8 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Based on the type of paper, this impression probably represents a mid- to late-18th century printing from an earlier plate.
