"Portrait of Henry Pelham, bust; directed to the right, head turned and looking towards the viewer, wearing the black and gold brocade gown of Chancellor of the Exchequer, lace bands and long white wig; oval medallion in ornamental design with horse's head on the left, a woman laying below the medallion, a dragons tail on the left, and a dragon's claw on the right below the woman; portrait after Hoare."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title from published state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on published state: Bentley pinxt. ; Thomson sculpt., The portrait was engraved after William Hoare, with Bentley providing the ornamental design; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Proof state of a plate from: Walpole, H. Memoires of the last ten years of the reign of George the Second. London : J. Murray, 1822., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Title from the broadside edition with verses., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register ... London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Another state. Cf. No. 4040 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: bedroom -- Furniture: bed with canopy -- Tripod table -- Trades: quacks -- Medicines: 'Bardana' for gout, 'Waterdock', 'Balsam of honey' -- Diseases: scurvy -- Invalids -- Devil -- Literature: allusion to Macbeth by William Shakespeare., and Mounted to 31 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 and Hill, John, 1714?-1775
Title assigned by curator., Probably by Rowlandson. See simillar frontispieces by Rowlandson for Pindar's poems in the British Museum catalogue, nos. 7051, 7186, 7431., Date of publication based on that of the volume in which the print appears., Frontispiece to: Pindar, P. Sir Joseph Banks and the Emperor of Morocco. London : Printed by G. Kearsley ..., [1788], Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 73 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
A map of Stockholm with a medallion at the top depiciting the funeral memorial to Charles in gold, sent to high-ranking Swedes. The coins at the bottom represent Charles' sister and successor Ulrica Eleanora and her consort Frederick of Hesse. Other coins with runic characters and three alphabets decorate the perimeter of the map
Description:
Title, publisher, date, and state from Paulson., Plate engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., "Tom: 2, No. VIII"--Upper right corner., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
A map of Stockholm with a medallion at the top depiciting the funeral memorial to Charles in gold, sent to high-ranking Swedes. The coins at the bottom represent Charles' sister and successor Ulrica Eleanora and her consort Frederick of Hesse. Other coins with runic characters and three alphabets decorate the perimeter of the map
Description:
Title, publisher, date, and state from Paulson., One of fifteen plates engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., "T. II"--Upper leftt corner., "XXXII"--Upper right corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 18 in volume 1.
Opposite half-title page. Journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Margery in stays and petticoat seated before her dressing-table holds the monstrous erection on her head. Her father, Inkle, seated on a chair (right), watches in astonishment. A maid stands by an open door (left) holding the cock which has been robbed of its tail-feathers, some of which lie on the ground, others adorn Margery's head-dress. A cat miaows at the cock."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Printmaker identified as William Hibbart in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1855,1208.65. Formerly attributed to William Hassel by Mary Dorothy George., Later state, with etched shading lines added in the background. Earlier state is a plate from: Anstey, C. An election ball. Bath : S. Hazard, 1777. Cf. No. 5386 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on leaf 23 x 14 cm., and Mounted opposite half-title page in Horace Walpole's copy of: Boswell, J. The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. London : Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1785.
Publisher:
Pub. by C. Anstey
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Corsets, Dressing tables, Roosters, Feathers, and Cats
"The marriage of Henry VII, the crowned king in his ermine-lined robes of state over a heraldric tabard holding his sceptre and accompanied by the bishop to the right and Elizabeth of York in an embroidered floral gown accompanied by a bearded priest in long robes to the left, the ornamented arches of the cathedral above them and the interior view stretching away into the distance."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Marriage of Henry VII and Marriage of Henry the Seventh
Description:
Title from published state of the plate., Artist from statement of responsibility on published state: John Mabuse p., Early (proof?) state, before title and artist's name added to plate. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0822.6094., Publication information from that of the volume in which a later state of the plate appeared., A later state of this plate was published in: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780]., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Engraved after the painting hung by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 107 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 Title "Marriage of Henry 7th" and statement of responsibility "J. Mabuse pinx." added by Horace Walpole in brown ink below image.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509,, Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Henry VII, King of England, 1465-1503,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Print shows a design in five numbered ovals, with a central medallion portrait atop a pillar featuring the Duke of York ("The Aga"), surrounded by four smaller medallions featuring a portrait of Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke ("Fatima pinning up a new list"), Mrs. Clarke's confidante and coauthor of her memoirs, Elizabeth Taylor ("Tailoriska"), Captain Huxley Sandon, who testified as a witness at the Duke of York's rial in 1809 ("Captn. Sandonasso"), and emblematical design showing "Cupid the Arbitrator of promotions", wearing an officer's bicorne hat, holding a sword in one hand and a bishop's miter in the other, and seated beside a cornucopia of coins; at the foot of the design is the head of Medusa crowned with serpents
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Illustration to the satirical piece "The trial of Fatima Clarkis. A fragment of an oriental tale", by "Barnaby Sketchwell", which concerned the 1809 trial of the Duke of York, the king's second son and commander-in-chief of the army, for his alleged involvement in the sale of commissions by his former mistress, Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke., Plate from: Sketchwell, B. London characters, or, Fashions and customs, of the present century. London : Printed for the booksellers in Bond-street ..., 1809, v. 2, facing page 317., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Lettered below image: 1. The Aga. 2. Fatima pinning up a new list. 3. Tailoriska. 4. Captn. Sandonasso. 5. Cupid the Arbitrator of promotions., "Vide, page 317"--Lower right., and Mounted on recto of first front flyleaf.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, Taylor, Elizabeth, active 1800, Sandon, Huxley, and Cupid (Roman deity),
Volume 3, after page 214. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depiction of the monument to John Gay in Westminster Abbey; a sculptural bust of Gay, in profile to the right, sits in an oval and rests on a plinth supported by a cherub to the left, who drapes a cloth over the right side of the oval. An obelisk with ornaments is behind, all beneath an arch supported by columns. A memorial by Alexander Pope is inscribed on the plinth, and a dedication from the Duke and Duchess of Queensberry is inscribed at the bottom of the monument
Description:
Titled devised by curator., Signed by the artist in lower right corner., Possibly a design drawing for an engraving with the signatures "H. Gravelot delin." and "J. Scotin sculp." and the publication line "Publish'd Sep. 29, 1738, by J. & P. Knapton & T. Cox". This plate was issued as the frontispiece to: Fables. By the late Mr. Gay. Volume the second. London : Printed for J. and P. Knapton, and T. Cox, 1738., and Mounted after page 214 (leaf numbered '108' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of Joseph Spence's Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
"Moses sitting looking at left, he is wearing a garment, at right a book under his arm; after Michelangelo."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed with the monogram of printmaker Jan de Bisschop. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1896,0528.1.15., Place and date of publication from the volume in which the print was published., Plate from: Paradigmata graphices variorum artificum. Hagae-Comitis, 1671., Plate numbered "15" in upper right corner., and Mounted on page 140 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
