"Portrait of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, bust directed to right but looking at the viewer, with square beard, wearing a ruff and lace collar, a column beyond; in an architectural oval with pedestal and urn below; a putto holding a torch and weeping over the sitter's decapitated head which lies next to an axe."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., "In the collection of Sr. Robert Worsley Bart."--Below image., and Engraved after the minature later acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the rosewood cabinet in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill.
Publisher:
Impensis I. & P. Knapton Londini
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, bust directed to right but looking at the viewer, wearing sash and star of the Order of the Garter; in an ornamental oval with laurel branches beyond; a crown and collar of the Order of the Garter below; published state; after Arthur Pond.''--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text within image., Plate to: Birch's Illustrious heads., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted to: 478 x 319 mm.
"Portrait of Sidney Godolphin, bust in profile to left but looking at the viewer, wearing long wig; in an architectural oval on an elaborate pedestal; below scales and pouches with coins"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text within image., Publisher name from Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of prints and drawings in the British museum, volume 2, pages 343., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration numbers: K,67.184., The following text appears below the portrait: In the collection of his Grace the Duke of Newcastle., and Plate mark 369 x 238 mm, on sheet 533 x 334 mm.
"Portrait of Sidney Godolphin, bust in profile to left but looking at the viewer, wearing long wig; in an architectural oval on an elaborate pedestal; below scales and pouches with coins"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text within image., Publisher name from Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of prints and drawings in the British museum, volume 2, pages 343., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration numbers: K,67.184., and The following text appears below the portrait: In the collection of his Grace the Duke of Newcastle.
Portrait of Francis Walsingham, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a ruff and brocaded jacket; in an ornamental oval decorated with an owl, a book, a snake and envelopes; a cartouche below showing a woman seated in a chair accompanied by two other women being shown a painting of a group of men by the artist and his assistants
Description:
Title from text in image., "In the collection of the Right Honorable Sr. Robert Walpole"--Below image., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., Engraved after the portrait painting, formerly thought to be of Sir Francis Walsingham, that later came into the collection of Horace Walpole 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., 1 print : engraving with etching on laid paper ; sheet 37.6 x 23.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Portrait of Francis Walsingham, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a ruff and brocaded jacket; in an ornamental oval decorated with an owl, a book, a snake and envelopes; a cartouche below showing a woman seated in a chair accompanied by two other women being shown a painting of a group of men by the artist and his assistants
Description:
Title from text in image., "In the collection of the Right Honorable Sr. Robert Walpole"--Below image., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., Engraved after the portrait painting, formerly thought to be of Sir Francis Walsingham, that later came into the collection of Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill., and Plate mark 37.5 x 23.7 on sheet 52.5 x 32.8 cm.
Portrait of Francis Walsingham, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a ruff and brocaded jacket; in an ornamental oval decorated with an owl, a book, a snake and envelopes; a cartouche below showing a woman seated in a chair accompanied by two other women being shown a painting of a group of men by the artist and his assistants
Description:
Title from text in image., "In the collection of the Right Honorable Sr. Robert Walpole"--Below image., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., and Engraved after the portrait painting, formerly thought to be of Sir Francis Walsingham, that later came into the collection of Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill.
Portrait of Francis Walsingham, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a ruff and brocaded jacket; in an ornamental oval decorated with an owl, a book, a snake and envelopes; a cartouche below showing a woman seated in a chair accompanied by two other women being shown a painting of a group of men by the artist and his assistants
Description:
Title from text in image., "In the collection of the Right Honorable Sr. Robert Walpole"--Below image., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., Engraved after the portrait painting, formerly thought to be of Sir Francis Walsingham, that later came into the collection of Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 138 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 : engraving with etching on wove paper ; sheet 37 x 22.9 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
"Portrait of Lord Chancellor Francis Bacon, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a tall hat and ruff; in an ornamental oval with curtain beyond; below a putto holding a sceptre; books and scrolls in lower left; lettered state."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir Francis Bacon Viscount St. Albans Lord Chancellor
Description:
Title from text in image., Engraved after a painting by John Vanderbank. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1927,1126.1.7.5., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., "In the Possession of Martin Foulkes Esqr."--Below image., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 375 (leaf numbered '192' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Impensis I. & P. Knapton Londini
Subject (Name):
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626,
Subject (Topic):
Philosophers, Statesmen, British, Putti, and Scepters
"Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton, bust directed to right but looking at the viewer, wearing long wig; in an architectural oval on a pedestal with allegorical scene in a roundel; below scientific instruments and a scroll."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir Isaac Newton
Description:
Title from text in image., Publisher from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: P,8.223., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "In the possession of John Conduit Esqr."--Below image., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 714 (leaf numbered '167' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
John and Paul Knapton
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727, and Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.
