"Portrait of Catherine Howard; half length, turned to the right and looking towards the viewer, her hands clasped, wearing French hood edged with pearls, and pearl necklace; in oval frame, with curtain falling to the left, partly covering Catherine's decapitated head which is seen lying next to an axe on the ground to right; a Spirit with a half-extinguished torch by his side sits beside the head."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Catherine Howard Queen of King Henry VIII
Description:
Title from text in image., Publisher and place of publication from the volume in which the print appeared., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "In the collection of Mr. Richardson"--Below image., Engraved after a painting that was afterwards acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 137 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.
Publisher:
John and Paul Knapton
Subject (Name):
Catherine Howard, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, -1542, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Catherine Howard; half length, turned to the right and looking towards the viewer, her hands clasped, wearing French hood edged with pearls, and pearl necklace; in oval frame, with curtain falling to the left, partly covering Catherine's decapitated head which is seen lying next to an axe on the ground to right; a Spirit with a half-extinguished torch by his side sits beside the head."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Catherine Howard Queen of King Henry VIII
Description:
Title from text in image., Publisher and place of publication from the volume in which the print appeared., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "In the collection of Mr. Richardson"--Below image., Engraved after a painting that was afterwards acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 174 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 and etching on wove paper ; sheet 35.9 x 21.9 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
John and Paul Knapton
Subject (Name):
Catherine Howard, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, -1542, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a skull-cap and the collar of the Order of the Garter; in an architectural oval; a cartouche below showing a sea battle; two prows of ships protruding from a column at left; a mythical sea creature holding a trident in lower left''--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text within image. and Text below the image: "In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Kent."
Publisher:
Impensis J. & P. Knapton, Londini
Subject (Name):
Nottingham, Charles Howard, Earl of, approximately 1536-1624,
Title from text in image., Text above image: "Engraved for the Universal Magazine.", Publication date surmised from year Wilkes began London mayorship., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Affixed to paper sheet: 361 x 279 mm.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Hinton at the King's Arms in Paternoster Row
A pretty, young woman in a straw hat and wearing an apron and shawl with a posey of flowers at her bosom pushes a wheelbarrow filled with apples along the embankment of a river, right to left. In the distance is the skyline of London. A dog sniffs the ground lower left
Alternative Title:
Must you have some golden pippins
Description:
Title from item., Publication date based on Amigoni's sojourn in London., 'Price 6d.'--Below verse., Sixteen lines of verse in two columns below title: The season o'er for oysters, Nell, on Southwark side can pippins sell ..., and Temporary local subject terms: London: topography
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Apples, Cityscapes, Dogs, Food vendors, Street vendors, Wheelbarrows, and Rural women
"Portrait of Oliver Cromwell, half length, in an architectural oval, in profile to the left, dressed in parade armour with a plain collar over his gorget, a vignette below of a kneeling man accompanied by other gentlemen offering Cromwell, accompanied by his courtiers, a crown, a plumed helmet, axe, sword, and cornucopia below with sprigs of palm and oak, state before publisher's address."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text etched in image., Text below image: In the collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire., and Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1981,U.2044.
"Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh, bust directed to right but looking at the viewer, with feathered hat, wearing ruff and brocaded jacket; in an architectural oval with pedestal below; the sitter's decapitated head next to an axe in lower left; a putto writing in a book on top of a globe, an anchor and baton under his knees."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir Walter Ralegh and Sir Walter Raleigh
Description:
Title from text in image., Artist's name from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Text below image: In the possesion of Peter Burrel Esqr., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., 1 print : engraving ; sheet 369 x 230 mm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of imprint statement; mounted to 439 x 284 mm.
"Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh, bust directed to right but looking at the viewer, with feathered hat, wearing ruff and brocaded jacket; in an architectural oval with pedestal below; the sitter's decapitated head next to an axe in lower left; a putto writing in a book on top of a globe, an anchor and baton under his knees."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir Walter Ralegh and Sir Walter Raleigh
Description:
Title from text in image., Artist's name from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Text below image: In the possesion of Peter Burrel Esqr., and Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751].
The two images show the two sides of a medal. On the one side Oliver Cromwell is shown in profile, a laurel wreath on his head. On the other side Britannia sits as a man(Cromwell) with a bare posterior kneels at her feet, his head in her lap. In the background two men greet each other. Enscribed around the image: Retire toi l'honneur appartient au roy mon maistre Louis le Grand. The verses below refer to C--d--l, V-- H--- and W--- who are most likely to be a Cardinal[?], Van Hoye, and Robert Walpole
Description:
Title engraved between the two medallions., Four stanzas of four lines each engraved below image: Britannia's isle like Fortune's wheel, in politiciks does daily reel ..., Lewis Walpole Library 739.00.00.42: Figures identified in mss. annotations as Cardinal, Van Hoye and Walpole., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 88 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 : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 18.6 x 26.3 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge.
Publisher:
Published according to an act of Parlt. the 23rd day of June 1739, f.i.c. by John Brett
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658.
