Half-length portrait of Esther Jane Sheridan, second wife of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, with her son Charles on her back
Description:
Title etched below image., After painting by John Hoppner, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Accession Number: 65.203)., Probably an early state, before the incorrect artist's name "Sir Joshua Reynolds" was replaced by the correct name "J. Hoppner Esqr. R.A." For the later state with the correction, see impression at the National Library of Wales., Later state was the frontispiece to v.2 of: Watkins, J. Memoirs of the public and private life of the Right Honorable R.B. Sheridan. London : Printed for H. Colburn, 1817., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 557 (leaf numbered '145' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published by Henry Colburn, Conduit Street
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Hester Jane, 1776-1817, and Sheridan, Charles Brinsley, 1796-1843,
Advertisement on p. [24] at end., Includes index., Parts II and III, 'Herefordshire orchards,' and the appendix have separate titlepages; Part II titlepage is dated 1725., Signatures: A-T⁸ U⁴ X-Rr⁸ Ss⁴, Text is continuous despite pagination., The ornaments from p.332 onward are those used by Samuel Richardson (ESTC T009344)., and Titlepage in red and black.
Publisher:
Printed for W. Mears,
Subject (Name):
Beale, John, 1603-1683? Herefordshire orchards, a pattern for all England. 1726., Bradley, Richard, 1688-1732. Gentleman and gardener's kalendar. 1726., and Kirkall, Elisha, 1682?-1742, printmaker
Lahontan, Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce, baron de, 1666-1715?
Published / Created:
1703
Call Number:
Egb 683A
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Alternative Title:
Memoires de l'Amerique Septentrionale ...
Description:
Imperfect: v. 1, fold. map ("Carte que les Gnacsitares ont dessiné") misbound after t.p. of v. 2; v. 2 lacks 2 plates (at p. 187 and 188) and fold. map ("Carte generale de Canada")., The "Angel issue", with device of angel on t.ps., Vol. 2 has title: Memoires de l'Amerique Septentrionale ...; v. 3 has title: Suplément aux voyages du baron de Lahontan ..., and Vol. 3 sometimes ascribed to Nicolas Gueudeville.
Publisher:
Chez les fréres l'Honoré, marchands libraires,
Subject (Geographic):
Canada--Description and travel. and Canada--History--To 1763 (New France)
Subject (Name):
Gueudeville, Nicolas, ca. 1654-ca. 1721.
Subject (Topic):
Algonquin language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc., Indians of North America--Canada., and Wyandot language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
"Engraving of Oliver Cromwell. Bust length with long hair, plain collar, and armour. Within an oval border with coat of arms on a pedestal below. With English inscription below."--Royal Collection Trust online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters "S" and "C" in artist's signature form a monogram., Frontispiece to an unidentified edition of: Kimber, I. The life of Oliver Cromwell ..., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of title from bottom edge. Complete title from impression in the Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 602205., and Mounted on page 147 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
"Representations of Henry III and Queen Eleanor, taken from a stained glass window originally in Bexhill; the king and queen shown three quarter length, under gothic tracery, wearing crowns, with architectural details behind them."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Henry IIId
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print was issued., Frontispiece to: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780], v. 1., "Frontispiece to vol. I"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 176 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 on laid paper ; sheet 17 x 12.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272 and Eleanor, of Provence, Queen, consort of Henry III, King of England, 1223 or 1224-1291
Portrait of the elderly Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, whole length, sitting on a chair, its back carved with a scallop shell; he holds a book in his right hand with his left hand in his waistcoat. To his right is a small side table with a quill pen in ink bottle and along the wall shelves of books
Description:
Title engraved below image., After Hogarth. Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 166., Frontispiece to: Arbuthnot, A. Life, adventures, and many and great vicissitudes of fortune of Simon, Lord Lovat. London : Printed and sold (for the author) by R. Walker ..., MDDCCXLVI [1746]., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
