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1. The Right Honourable Henry Fox Esqr Secretary of State : from an original in the possession of the Honble. Horace Walpole / [graphic]
- Creator:
- McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1754]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait, almost half-length in profile to left, looking towards the viewer, his arms at his sides, wearing an unbuttoned coat over an embroidered waistcoat, with a chin-length white wig, in an ornate frame."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Mounted on page 145 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., 1 print : mezzotint on laid paper ; sheet 35.1 x 25.1 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Right Honourable Henry Fox Esqr Secretary of State : from an original in the possession of the Honble. Horace Walpole / [graphic]
2. The Right Honourable Henry Fox Esqr Secretary of State : from an original in the possession of the Honble. Horace Walpole / [graphic]
- Creator:
- McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1754]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait, almost half-length in profile to left, looking towards the viewer, his arms at his sides, wearing an unbuttoned coat over an embroidered waistcoat, with a chin-length white wig, in an ornate frame."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., and Mounted on page 113 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:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Right Honourable Henry Fox Esqr Secretary of State : from an original in the possession of the Honble. Horace Walpole / [graphic]
3. The Right Honourable William Pitt Esqr. one of His Majesty's principal Secretarys of State, and one of His Majestys most honble. Privy Council / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Houston, Richard, 1721?-1775, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1754 and 1760?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait after William Hoare, seated to left at table, three-quarter length, eyes to front, holding letter in his right hand; wearing plain coat with large, buttoned-down cuffs and tightly curled wig."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State with alteration to publisher Richard Houston's address in imprint statement; text "at [the] Golden Head in Broad Court Covent Garden" at end of imprint has been erased and "Charing Cross" added in its place. This state seems to come between Russell's state 'b' (state I in: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits) and state 'c'. See: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Date range for publication inferred from the 1754 date assigned to the preceding state of the plate (British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1859,0709.1451), as well as from other plates published by Richard Houston that are dated up to 1760., "Price 5 s."--Preceding imprint., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 254 (leaf numbered '70' 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:
- Sold by R. Houston, Charing Cross
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778,
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Right Honourable William Pitt Esqr. one of His Majesty's principal Secretarys of State, and one of His Majestys most honble. Privy Council / [graphic]
4. The monastic drone [graphic]
- Creator:
- Houston, Richard, 1721?-1775, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1754 and 1764]
- Call Number:
- 754.00.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A young woman and a monk sit under two trees while a monk sews or embroiders a piece of fabric with floral motifs. They are being observed by a man hiding behind the trees. In the background on the left is a church
- Description:
- Title from item., Publication date inferred from publisher's address., Two lines of verse on either side of title: Alass! [sic] how vain religion's awful [sic] name. The drone monastic blots it o'er with shame ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed for John Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Monks, and Sewing
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The monastic drone [graphic]
5. [Miss Harrison] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Green, Valentine, 1739-1813, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1754 and 1780]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 P839 800 v. 2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of (?)Miss Harrison standing whole-length walking to right in wood with dove on her right hand, looking to left, wearing simple dress with sash around waist; architecture behind at right; proof before letters, but with scratched production detail."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title and state from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.2309., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Mounted on leaf numbered 35 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Sold by Ryland & Bryer Engravers & Printsellers, at the Kings Arms in Cornhill
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Miss Harrison] [graphic]
6. [Miss Lewis] [graphic]
- Creator:
- McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker, publisher
- Published / Created:
- [1754]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 P839 800 v. 3 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait, three-quarter length seated on a plain wooden chair directed slightly to left, head tilted to shoulder and looking to right distance, hair up, with a crucifix on a ribbon around her neck, wearing a dress with large embroidered sleeves and lacing across the bodice, holding a letter in both hands."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title and state from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Sitter identified as Miss Lewis by previous owner., Mounted on leaf numbered 10 in an album of 50 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd by J. McArdell according to act of Parliament 1754, & sold at [the] Golden Head in Covent Garden
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Miss Lewis] [graphic]
