"Portrait of Bambridge, full-length in profile to right, with his left hand resting on a chair back, wearing a long coat over waistcoat and a wig."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Copy of a 1769 etching by Thomas Patch, which likely depicts a person other than the warden Bambridge; see no. 4343 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 4., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print was issued., Plate from: Caulfield, J. Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons. London : T.H. Whitely, 1820, v. 3, opposite page 28., and Bound in opposite page 47 in Lord Rosebery's extra-illustrated copy of: Burn, J.S. History of the Fleet marriages. London : Rivingtons [etc.], 1834.
Publisher:
T.H. Whitely
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Bambridge, Thomas, active 1729, and Fleet Prison (London, England)
A representation of John Trumbull's painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, on silk with borders woven in royal blue and printed in brown ink. The faces of the forty-eight participants are sketched below the image and numbered with a key in the form of facsimiles of their signatures below
Description:
Title above image., In the 1820s and 1830s, Durand owned a series of printmaking firms and was active in New York., After the painting by John Trumbull or Asher B. Durand's the engraving of the Trumbull painting. Trumbull commissioned Durand to engrave his painting The Declaration of Independence in 1820. See Yale University Art Gallery notes., and Formerly part of the Cowles House inventory.
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: Caulfield, J. Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons ... London : H.R. Young and T.H. Whitely, 1820, v. 3, opposite page 73., and Copy of a portrait by David Ogborne; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits.
"A portrait of Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) seated in a Newgate cell, in profile to the right, at a small table. She holds the pages of a large Bible which is supported on a book-box. Beside it are two small books, one of 'Prayers'. The floor is carpeted, but a small barred aperture without glass in the stone wall serves as window. She wears the Quaker dress of all portraits."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Place of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1980,U.1007., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text.
Whole-length portrait of the Irish beggar Jack Haugh; facing slightly left, standing, holding a walking stick and a cap
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: Caulfield, J. Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons ... London : H.R. Young and T.H. Whitely, 1820, v. 3, opposite page 275., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"Portrait of John Ogilby; half length, body turned to the left, with hands crossed at chest, head turned and looking to the right; wearing open-necked white shirt, with long waved hair."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date precedes publisher's statement in imprint., and Plate from: Cornwall, B. Effigies poeticae, or, The portraits of the British poets. London : J. Carpenter and Son, 1824.
Publisher:
Published by W. Walker, 8 Grays Inn Square
Subject (Name):
Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of the poet John Oldham; half length, to the right, looking at viewer; wearing plain black doublet with small white collar, and shoulder length hair."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date precedes publisher's statement in imprint., and Plate from: Cornwall, B. Effigies poeticae, or, The portraits of the British poets. London : J. Carpenter and Son, 1824.
Publisher:
Published by W. Walker, 8 Grays Inn Square
Subject (Name):
Oldham, John, 1653-1683, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Henry Blacker, whole length, standing to left with his right hand inside the breast of his jacket, surrounded by onlookers, three gentlemen and a lady; copy after a contemporary print."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which this plate was made., and Plate from: Caulfield, J. Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons ... London : H.R. Young and T.H. Whitely, 1820, v. 3, opposite page 35.
