Moby Dick, Sea beast (Motion picture : 1926), and White whale
Description:
Photographs from motion picture on endpapers., The motion picture, The sea beast, was released in 1926., and Title on dust jacket: Moby Dick by Herman Melville, starring John Barrymore.
Publisher:
Grosset & Dunlap
Subject (Name):
Barrymore, John., Melville, Herman,--1819-1891--Film and video adaptations., and Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
"Portrait of Abraham Cowley, bust length in an octagonal frame, long hair, wearing gown; frontispiece to his 'Works' (1668)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Artist identified as Mary Beale in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Second state of the first (Plate A) of three similar plates by Faithorne, with cross-hatching added to the crown of the head and a single hair seen on the left of the forehead. See Fagan., Frontispiece to: Cowley, A. The works of Mr. Abraham Cowley. London : Printed by J.M. for Henry Herringman ..., 1668., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 708 (leaf numbered '162' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
"Portrait of Colley Cibber at the age of 67, after Van Loo, almost half-length, turned to the right, with long curly wig; oval frame on plinth."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved at bottom of image., Date of publication from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Frontispiece to: Cibber, C. An apology for the life of Colley Cibber ... London : Printed by John Watts for the author, MDCCXL [1740]., and Mounted on page 6 (formerly E) 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.
"Portrait of the poet Thomas Gray; bust, in profile to the left; wearing plain shirt, with short hair; in oval; after Mason."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., After a drawing by William Mason. See Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Early state, before additional lettering added to statement of responsibility. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1956,1018.21., Publisher and date of publication from that of the volume in which the print appears., Frontispiece to: Gray, T. The poems of Mr. Gray. York : Printed by A. Ward ..., 1778., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 64 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.
Title etched below image., Imprint and date from Paulson., The portrait is actually of the painter Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, copied from G. White's mezzotint (after G. Kneller). See Paulson., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Printed for T.W. for D. Browne, J. Walthoe, J. Knapton and 15 others
Subject (Name):
Monnoyer, Jean Baptiste, approximately 1636-1699, and Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Title etched below image., Imprint and date from Paulson., The portrait is actually of the painter Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, copied from G. White's mezzotint (after G. Kneller). See Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Sheet partially trimmed. Tipped on the t.p. for the work, which has contemporary annotations on verso.
Publisher:
Printed for T.W. for D. Browne, J. Walthoe, J. Knapton and 15 others
Subject (Name):
Monnoyer, Jean Baptiste, approximately 1636-1699, and Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
"Portrait, half-length, three-quarters to right but looking to front, wearing long wig, neckcloth and gown, left hand seen; oval frame resting on plinth"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Frontispiece to: Gildon, C. The life of Mr. Thomas Betterton, the late eminent tragedian. London : Printed for Robert Gosling, 1710., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 196 (leaf numbered '7' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Robert Gosling
Subject (Name):
Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710, and Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710.
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,
