A fat man, his wig turned upside down, sleeps in his chair, with a punch bowl, bottle and glass on the table by his elbow. Balanced on his enormous stomach is a see-saw, weighted down at the right by a diminutive boy and with a tiny girl seated on the raised end. On the wall behind him is a partly visible picture of someone playing bowls. A dog sleeps on the floor beneath the man's chair
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on sheet 23 x 19 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the Act directs 23.1776 by J. Lockington, Shug Lane, Golden Square, London
"Portrait of Anne Clifford, Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery; aged 81; half length, to left, veil over head; coats of arms at top corners; with false title."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from the volume in which the print was published., Plate from: Pennant, T. A tour in Scotland: MDCCLXXII. Part II. London : Printed for Benj. White, 1776., Numbered "XLIV" in upper left corner and "358" in upper right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 118 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 modified in brown ink by Horace Walpole, with "Dorset and Pembroke, only daughter of the Earl of" written in the space between first and second lines of text below image.
Publisher:
Benjamin White
Subject (Name):
Pembroke, Anne Clifford Herbert, Countess of, 1590-1676,
Petty cannons houses in the form of a fetterlock and Petty canons houses in the form of a fetterlock
Description:
Title from text within cartouche above image., Plate appears in: A description of nine historical prints representing kings, queens, princes, ... / selected, drawn, and engraved from the original paintings by George Vertue. Republished by The Society of Antiquaries, 1776?, A plan of the entire building erected by King Edward IV for the residence of the petty canons, with multiple views and architectural details., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Society of Antiquaries
Subject (Geographic):
Windsor (Windsor and Maidenhead, England), England, and Berkshire.
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc and Residential facilities
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of actress Clara Hayward numbered 4 and of Philip Medows numbered 5.
Alternative Title:
Clara Hayward and Philip Medows Esqr
Description:
Titles from text below images., From the "Histories of the téte-à-téte annexed" in the Town and Country Magazine, 1776, page 65., and Subjects identified in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Published as the Act directs by A. Hamilton Junr. near St. Johns Gate
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of actress Elizabeth Hartley numbered 13 and of actor William "Gentleman" Smith in 17th century costume numbered 14.
Alternative Title:
Kitely
Description:
Title from item., Place of publication from Plomer's Dictionaries of printers and booksellers, p. 316., Subjects identified by British Museum catalogue., and From the "Histories of the téte-à-téte annexed" in the Town and Country Magazine, 1776 p. 233.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by A. Hamilton Junr. ...
Subject (Name):
Hartley, Elizabeth, 1750?-1824. and Smith, William, 1730-1819.
"Double portrait of Frances Brandon and Adrian Stokes; she on the left, holding a glove in her right hand on a cushion, touching her necklace with the other, he on the right, holding his gloves to his chest in his left hand; with a cartouche on the base of the plinth forming the lower part of the frame."--British Museum online catalogue and "One of nine plates Vertue engraved of 'Historical Portraitures' (see Alexander nos. 854-857, 921-924 and 954), from copies he made after paintings relating to the Tudor family, issued in three parts: the first four were published in 1743 and advertised in his 1751 catalogue at £1.11s.6d; the second four were published in 1748 and advertised in his 1753 catalogue at £1.1s; the last print was published in 1750 and advertised in his 1753 catalogue at £7.7s. They were all republished as a set by the Society of Antiquaries in 1776, together with Vertue's notes on the pictures which he presented to the Society and plate numbers."--British Museum online catalogue, curator's comments
Alternative Title:
Frances Duchess of Suffolk and her husband Adrian Stokes Esqr
Description:
Title engraved within cartouche below image., Determined to be the republished state from 1776 based on the type of paper on which the plate is printed., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate was published., Plate from: Vertue, G. A description of nine historical prints representing kings, queens, princes, &c, of the Tudor family. [London] : Republished by the Society [of Antiquaries of London], 1776., Three lines of text below image, on either side of cartouche containing title: This Noble Lady was eldest daughter of Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk and Mary the French Queen his Dutchess; she was married to Henry Grey Marquess of Dorset and Duke of Suffolk &c. the mother of Lady Jane Grey who was proclaimed Queen., "From an original in the cabinet of the Honble. Horace Walpole Junr. Esqr."--Lower left corner of plate., "Most humbly inscrib'd by his most obedient servant G. Vertue"--Lower right corner of plate., "Pl. IV"--Above image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of plate number from top edge. Missing numbering supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1853,0112.1932., and Mounted on page 100 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:
Society of Antiquaries of London
Subject (Name):
Suffolk, Frances Brandon Grey, Duchess of, 1517-1559,, Stokes, Adrian, 1519-1585,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A young woman, evidently tired from raking hay, lies sleeping against a haystack, her hat and rake by her side, near a country cottage with a signboard advertising "Lodgings for travellers." A young man, booted and spurred, has come upon the scene and leans on his horse admiring her, as her dog snarls protectively at the newcomer
Description:
Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of Lady Falmouth (nee Hannah Catherine Maria Smith, d. 1786, incorrectly identified by George as Lady Weymouth) numbered 7 and of her alleged lover, numbered 8.
Alternative Title:
R-g-te amoroso
Description:
Title from item., Place of publication from Plomer, Dictionaries of printers and booksellers, p. 316., Subjects identified in British Museum catalogue., and From the "Histories of the téte-à-téte annexed" in the Town and country magazine, 1776 p. 121.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the Act directs by A. Hamilton Junr. ...
Subject (Name):
Falmouth, Hannah Catherine Maria Boscawen, Viscountess, approximately 1707-1786,
Two well-dressed men, one with elaborately styled hair, tied back to back are being lowered into a coal mine on a rope. The miners below holding picks and shovels, greet them with amusement. Heavy timber supports hold up the sides of the mine
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Date from British Museum catalogue., From the Oxford magazine of 1 Feb 1776., Place of publication from that of magazine., and Inlaid to 22 x 15 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Coal miners, Mining, Wigs, Dandies, British, and Clothing & dress
