Moore, James, active approximately 1761-1763, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1765]
Call Number:
765.00.00.02.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two native Americans wearing fronded head-dresses and armed with arrows, on a sea-shore, one kneeling on a rock with one hand propped on cones from a palm-tree, the other standing clothed in a goat's skin, gesturing out to left with an ingot in one h...
Description:
Title from first line of verses engraved beneath image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by R. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
Portrait after Reynolds; three-quarter length to front, head turned in three-quarter profile to left, her left arm leaning resting on her robes, right hand holding her left wrist; clouds and pillar behind.--British Museum online catalogue
publish'd accorg. to act of Parliamt., 1765 May 9th.
Call Number:
765.05.09.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Queen standing naked on the right, but for a cloak draped over her left arm and jewellery, looking to left at a young man in armour who turns in the doorway to look at her, while the King sits in the background, gesturing towards them; an incense...
Alternative Title:
Candaules King of Lydia showing his Queen to his favourite Gyges
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Sold at the Golden Lamp in Berwick Street, Soho
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey and Lydia (Kingdom).
Subject (Name):
Candaules, King of Lydia, -approximately 685 B.C., and Gyges, King of Lydia, -approximately 648 B.C.,
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1095); seated whole-length to right in garden, eyes to front, wearing voluminous dress and resting on ermine cloak on stone slab at right."--British Museum online catalogue
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1857); half-length to front, head turned in three-quarter profile to right, wearing a string of pearls in her hair, with a plait hanging over her left shoulder; a fur-trimmed cloak over her left arm."--British Museum...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Sold by Ryland & Bryer & Co. at the Kings Arms in Cornhill
publish'd according to act of Parliamant, Novr. 22d, 1765.
Call Number:
Folio 49 3588 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 57. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 585); half-length turned slightly to right, head and eyes to left, in Van Dyck costume; pillar behind; state with publication line, before final alteration of title."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, Earl of, 1742-1829,
"Portrait of Misses Crewe after Reynolds (Mannings 450); three-quarter length, standing, with Elizabeth on the right, holding a flower basket in one hand and embracing her sister, Emma, on the left."--British Museum online catalogue
"Portrait, half-length seated three-quarter to left, arms folded in front of her, leaning over a large picture book, head in profile, wearing a little lace cap; after Hoare; state after address altered to Sayer's."--British Museum online catalogue
Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1765?]
Call Number:
765.00.00.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a chemist's workshop, a man sits at a table made of a slab of wood placed over a brick structure, as he mixs the contents of a pot placed on a burner. A large mortar with pestle and a couple of glass bottles stand next to the burner. To his left, a...
Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1535); three-quarter length seated in profile to right, looking towards front, his right hand turning the pages of a book resting on the table to right
"Portrait, half-length standing directed to left, looking over his shoulder to right, right arm resting on a ledge, tricorn under left hand, wearing a coat with a high sheen, waistcoat buttoned over a lace cravat, powdered wig tied at the nape, trees ...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Novr. 2d. 1765 ; sold at the Golden Lamp in Berwick Street
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
publ'd. accordg. to act of Parliamt. 1765.
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, three-quarter length, of the Countess of Egmont, seated three-quarter to right wearing ermine-trimmed robes, looking towards the viewer, holding her eldest son on a table in front of her, left arm behind his back, right hand on his feet, as...
Alternative Title:
The Right Honourable Catharine Compton
Description:
Title from text below image, in three lines on either side of crest.
Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1765 and 1775]
Call Number:
765.00.00.88+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A Dutch interior with two Puritan men asking the parents of Saartje to marry her to Reinier Adriaansz. On the left in the background a young girl eavesdrops at the door. On the wall is a portrait of a girl and a seascape with two sailing vessels. On ...
Alternative Title:
Marriage consultation
Description:
Title engraved below image, with quotation on either side: Well, quoath her parents, be it so: Sukey was ready months ago. Had but an husband offer'd: Eighteen my friends, a ticklish time: Let Johnny take her in her prime ... The very thought my rage...
Publisher:
Printed for Robt Sayer, Print & Map Seller, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Marriage proposals, Parents, and Puritans
An old, bearded man in a cap and long, furred robe, sits by a table, his eyes downcast in a pensive expression. On the table, placed next to large and opened window, are several volumes and an inkwell. One of the volumes is opened and propped up on a ...
A young woman, in a rich dress and elaborate headdress, sits by a table reading a book she is holding in her left hand. Her right elbow rests on the table and her chin in her right hand
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
