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)
Caricature of extremely corpulent man facing left wearing large wig and tricorne, his hand in pocket. One of a series of four caricatures, this one is meant to represent "a fat fellow of Brazen-nose College."
Description:
Title from item. and Name of engraver (Torre?) from another plate in series, burnished from lower right of plate leaving traces visible.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street
Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740-1812, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 1st, 1790]
Call Number:
790.05.01.07
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Whole length portrait of a black woman in high heels, viewed from the side with her hands on her hips. Her eyes are hidden by her very large hat. Identified in the British Museum catalogue as "a certain well-known lady abbess".
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Originally issued in 1776. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.5 and v.7, nos. 5361 and 9684., and Mounted to 27 x 21 cm.
Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740-1812, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 1st, 179[0?]
Call Number:
790.05.01.09
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Originally issued in 1776., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Referred to under No. 5361 and 9684 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Wales -- Welchmen -- Costume: Welchman, 1776?, and Mounted to 27 x 21 cm.
Caricature of man facing left wearing a sword, large wig, and tricorne, his left hand on hip and in his right a cane. Flies buzz before his head. One of a series of 4 caricatures, this one is meant to represent "a well-known M.D., the last remaining of the old school."
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street
Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740-1812, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 1st, 1790.
Call Number:
790.05.01.06
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
From the Haymarket
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For a discussion of this print refer to Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5 and v. 9, nos. 5361 and 9684.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Willm Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Delpini, Mr. -1828 (Carlo Antonio), and Haymarket Theatre (London, England)
Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740-1812, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 1st, 1796.
Call Number:
790.05.01.06.2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
From the Haymarket
Description:
Title from item., Originally issued in 1776. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5 and v. 7, nos. 5361 and 9684., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Wigs: toupet -- Club -- Reference to Haymarket -- Actors.
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
Design in an oval depicts John Molesworth holding a wand seated at a wooden table and wearing a conical hat and dressing gown. He points towards lottery wheels from which 2 small boys wearing paper crowns observe him. Molesworth is saying "Eo, Meo, and Areo, stick close my boys and let me have all the capital prizes in my calculation." Before him on the table are ink bottle and quill, several books, including one entitled Calculations and another Conjurations, together with The life of Duncan Campbel, deaf & dumb fortune-teller. Molesworth in 1774 authored Proofs of the reality and truth of lottery calculations
Description:
Title etched below image. and Dedication etched below title: This plate is humbly inscribed to all keeper's of lottery offices by their humble servt. A.B.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, Augt. 30th, 1776, by A.B., London