"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.
"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.
"Minerva and Apollo seated on a bank of clouds, Minerva reaching down to guide by the wrist a female personification of Music, who approaches at left, holding an open book of sheet music, towards Apollo, who holds out his hand; in foreground right, a shield with trophies, including a drum, axe, turban and helmet."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Musick introduced to Apollo by Minerva and Music introduced to Apollo by Minerva
Description:
Title etched within image., Title from Paulson: Music introduced to Apollo by Minerva., Artist signature moved to above the line, lower right., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 48 in volume 1.
Publisher:
Sold by J. Clark engraver & printseller in Greys Inn
A map of iron forges and mines near Arboga, still in Sweden
Alternative Title:
Fodina ferrea Danmorensis
Description:
Title etched in image, upper left., Publisher, state, and date from Paulson., "Tom. 2, No. XI."--Upper right corner in image., and One of fifteen plates engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa.
A patriarchal cap or tiara in the shape of an imperial crown, based on the crown 'of Methodios, an ancient Patriarch of Constantinople, brought thence to Rome". See v. 1, p. 72.
Alternative Title:
Tiara patriarchalis graeca
Description:
Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., Flourishes in the caption have been removed in this state., One of fifteen plates from: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., "Ex. collect. Jo. Talman."--Lower left corner., Numberd "9" in upper left corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and "Tom. 1, No. IX."--Added in ms., upper left corner after the number '9'.
A patriarchal cap or tiara in the shape of an imperial crown, based on the crown 'of Methodios, an ancient Patriarch of Constantinople, brought thence to Rome". See v. 1, p. 72.
Alternative Title:
Tiara patriarchalis graeca
Description:
Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., One of fifteen plates from: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., "Ex. collectione Johannis Talman."--Upper right corner., Numberd "9" in upper left corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On page 13 in volume 1.
In Smyrna with a city in the distance, a group of women and girls perform a folk dance in a wooded landscape. The figure labelled '1' is identified in the text as 'one of the Chief Woman in Smyrna'' and '7' is her daughter; both wear Turkish headdresses. The country girl (3) wears the costume of Scio, and the woman (4) wears a typical dress from Constantinople. See v. 1, p. 159-60.
Description:
Title, publisher, state, and date from Paulson., One of fifteen plates engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., "T. 1."--Upper left corner., "XI."--Upper right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On page 4 in volume 1.
A view of the first three levels of a silver mine in Sala. Images A and B show the elevator; 4 and 5 show the openings of the mine. 6 is a cross section of one level of the mine where miners are working
Alternative Title:
Fodina argentea sahlensis
Description:
Title from Paulson., State and date from Paulson., "Tom. 2, No. IX. Pl. I."--Upper right corner., One of fifteen plates engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
A map showing the layout of a mine with seven views showing successively underground levels
Alternative Title:
Fodina argentea sahlensis
Description:
Title engraved in image., Date, publisher, and state from Paulson., "Tom: 2, No. IX. Pl. II."--Upper right corner., One of fifteen plates engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Impression with additions in Hogarth's hand.
The top of two images (by Hogarth) shows the first encampment of the King of Sweden; the lower image (by Parker) is a map of the encampment. In both cases there are keys to the numbers identifiying persons and places in the image. Charles XII and his friend Baron Ernest Fedrik de Fabrice, the Holstein minister, are riding about accompanied by the Janizaries assigned to Charles bu Sultan Achmet. One of the horsement bringing up the rear isLa Motraye himself. See Paulson
Alternative Title:
Bender
Description:
Title from banner at top of image., Hogarth signed below top image; Parker signed below border of map., Publisher and state from Paulson., 'Tom. 2. No. V.'--Upper right corner., One of fifteen plates engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., and Each image lettered in French and English: A. Premier campement du Roy de Suede; AA. Second campement du Roy de Suede; A. King of Sweden's first encampment; AA. King of Sweden's second encampment.
Publisher:
A. de La Mottraye
Subject (Name):
La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743., La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743,, Fabrice, Friedrich Ernst von, 1683-1750,, and Charles XII, King of Sweden, 1682-1718,