Full-length depictions of a man in seventeenth-century dress, a feather in his hat, a sword at his side, holding a cane. The view of him from the back is drawn to the left of a wood-engraved image of Thomas Coryat's shoes, while the view of him from the front is drawn to the right. The Latin phrase "ad mortum est libi" is written in ink above
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Attribution to J.H. Shorthouse based on his ownership of the book and the presence of his initials "J.H.S" beneath the drawn frontispiece in the same volume., Date of production from local card catalog record., For the wood engraving on the same page as this drawing, see no. 78 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and Drawn on page opposite signature l3 in volume 1 of J.H. Shorthouse's copy of the 1776 reprint of Coryat's crudities.
Shorthouse, J. H. (Joseph Henry), 1834-1903, artist
Published / Created:
[1892?]
Call Number:
81 776C v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, frontispiece. Coryat's crudities.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed with the artist J.H. Shorthouse's initials in lower right corner., Date of production from local card catalog record., With letters written around the border of the drawing, perhaps intended to correspond to a key., Copy of the engraved frontispiece issued with this work. Cf. No. 76 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and Bound in as the frontispiece in volume 1 of J.H. Shorthouse's copy of the 1776 reprint of Coryat's crudities.
An amateur drawing of Hubert Walter, Bishop of Salisbury and Abbot of Canterbury; a bust showing the subject in profile, with a description pencilled in below: "Hubert Walter Bp. of Salisbury & Ab. of Canterbury. The gallant crusader under Rich. I. He died 1218, from his mon. at Canterbury."
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and Sheet from a notebook, with perforations from the sewing along the right edge.
Volume 1, opposite title page. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Statement of responsibility written in ink below image, on mounting sheet., Date of production based on Ottley's time at Winchester College, which ended by 1787 when he entered the Royal Academy Schools; see Oxford Dictionary of national biography, entry for William Young Ottley., and Mounted opposite title page in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
