Drawn frontispiece to Horace Walpole's novel The castle of Otranto, with the Gothic castle featured prominently at center, rising above a tall fortification wall. In the foreground are three mounted knights in full armor and two additional knights on foot leading them. On the far left outside the walls is a church; rolling hills and trees are seen in the distance
Alternative Title:
Castello di Otranto
Description:
Title devised by curator; alternative title from the print that was engraved after this drawing., Signed by the artist in ink in lower right corner., Date of production based on publication date of the book issued with a frontispiece engraved after this drawing., Original drawing for the frontispiece, engraved by Thomas Medland and entitled Castello di Otranto, that was issued with the 1795 edition in Italian of The castle of Otranto., and Inlaid opposite frontispiece in a copy of: Walpole, H. Il castello di Otranto. Londra : Presso, Molini, Polidor, Molini, ed I. Edwards, 1795.
Les voyages dv sievr de Champlain Xaintongeois, capitaine ordinaire pour le Roy, en la marine
Image Count:
1
Description:
Between p. 232-233.
Subject (Geographic):
New France --Discovery and exploration
Subject (Name):
Pelletier, David
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America --Canada and Iroquois Indians --Wars --New France --History --17th century
Collection Created:
A Paris : Chez Iean Berjon, rue S. Iean de Beauuais, au Cheual volant, & en sa boutique au Palais, a la gallerie des prisonniers, MDCXIII [1613]. Avec privilege dv Roy
The top of two images (by Hogarth) shows the first encampment of the King of Sweden; the lower image (by Parker) is a map of the encampment. In both cases there are keys to the numbers identifiying persons and places in the image. Charles XII and his friend Baron Ernest Fedrik de Fabrice, the Holstein minister, are riding about accompanied by the Janizaries assigned to Charles bu Sultan Achmet. One of the horsement bringing up the rear isLa Motraye himself. See Paulson
Alternative Title:
Bender
Description:
Title from banner at top of image., Hogarth signed below top image; Parker signed below border of map., Publisher and state from Paulson., 'Tom. 2. No. V.'--Upper right corner., One of fifteen plates engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., and Each image lettered in French and English: A. Premier campement du Roy de Suede; AA. Second campement du Roy de Suede; A. King of Sweden's first encampment; AA. King of Sweden's second encampment.
Publisher:
A. de La Mottraye
Subject (Name):
La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743., La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743,, Fabrice, Friedrich Ernst von, 1683-1750,, and Charles XII, King of Sweden, 1682-1718,
The top of two images (by Hogarth) shows the first encampment of the King of Sweden; the lower image (by Parker) is a map of the encampment. In both cases there are keys to the numbers identifiying persons and places in the image. Charles XII and his friend Baron Ernest Fedrik de Fabrice, the Holstein minister, are riding about accompanied by the Janizaries assigned to Charles bu Sultan Achmet. One of the horsement bringing up the rear isLa Motraye himself. See Paulson
Alternative Title:
Bender
Description:
Title from banner at top of image., Hogarth signed below top image; Parker signed below border of map., Publisher and state from Paulson., 'XXX.'--Top left corner., 'T II.'-Top right corner., Each image lettered in French and English: A. Premier campement du Roy de Suede; AA. Second campement du Roy de Suede; A. King of Sweden's first encampment; AA. King of Sweden's second encampment., One of fifteen plates engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., and On page 17 in volume 1.
Publisher:
A. de La Mottraye
Subject (Name):
La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743., La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743,, Fabrice, Friedrich Ernst von, 1683-1750,, and Charles XII, King of Sweden, 1682-1718,
A group of amateur watercolor drawings that illustrate various scenes from Clara Reeve's Gothic novel The old English baron. The drawings are inserted throughout the printed text of the fourth edition, bound in near the scenes that are depicted. Although untitled, the drawings have been assigned titles that derive from the text
Description:
Collection title devised by cataloger., Each drawing is signed 'C. Boyle' and most are dated with the month, day, and year of production. The artist is probably Charlotte Boyle-Walsingham (1769-1831), who married Lord Henry Fitzgerald in 1791; she legally changed her name to Charlotte FitzGerald-de Ros in 1806, after successfully petitioning to end the abeyance to the Barony of de Ros and becoming 20th Baroness de Ros of Helmsley., Bound in a copy of: Reeve, C. The old English baron: a Gothic story. London : Printed for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, MDCCLXXXIX [1789]., Lacking the two published plates., Bound in vellum with gilt edges and tooling and with pink silk endpapers., Extra-illustrated with eight watercolor drawings on vellum, produced by Charlotte Boye in 1789 (these drawings are cataloged separately)., Autograph (Fitz-Gerald?) scratched out on page iii., and In red case.
"The two Antipholuses and the two Dromios come face to face on the steps of the priory, the Abbess Amelia rushes out to protest that Aegeon, kneeling bound at the foot of the steps, has been unjustly accused, and Duke Solinus, standing to left, gestures with incredulity at the two pairs of twins; after Rigaud; etched state"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from published state.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 1, 1794 by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside, & Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
