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1. Lady Philadelphia Wharton In the drawing room at Houghton. / [graphic]

Creator:: Dunkarton, Robert, 1744- printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 January 1781]
Call Number:: Folio 75 P839 800 v. 4 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Portrait, three-quarter length seated, holding flowers on her lap."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from caption below image., Place of publication transposed from end of publication statements., Measurements found in lower right corner: F I 3.5 1/4 by F I 4.3 3/4 high., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Mounted on leaf numbered 43 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:: Published Jany. 1st 1781 by John Boydell engraver in Cheapside
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Lady Philadelphia Wharton In the drawing room at Houghton. / [graphic]

2. George, fourth Earl of Waldegrave Master of the Horse to Queen Charlotte, and Colonel of the 14th Regiment of Foot / [graphic]

Creator:: Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, printmaker
Published / Created:: [between 1781 and 1822]
Call Number:: Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Three-quarter length, standing, directed, facing and looking to the left, left hand resting on a paper on the table beside him, wearing robes."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1874,1010.19., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 146 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., Probably given to Richard Bull by Horace Walpole, as suggested by a note in Walpole's hand mounted below: Lord Orford is extremely obliged to Mr. Bull for the two prints. He has not the plate of Lord Waldegrave, but he believes Lady Waldegrave has; & if she has, he will get one for Mr. Bull., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Waldegrave, George Waldegrave, Earl, 1751-1789,
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > George, fourth Earl of Waldegrave Master of the Horse to Queen Charlotte, and Colonel of the 14th Regiment of Foot / [graphic]

3. The exposition of Cyrus in the gallery at Houghton / [graphic]

Creator:: Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 September 1781]
Call Number:: Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Woodland scene with a naked young boy lying on a cloth in the foreground, guarded by dogs; to right, a herdsman and a woman, presumably Mithridates and his wife Cyno, surprised at the sight; to left, a curved stone frieze of soldiers, surmounted by a crown and a naked child holding up a shield; to right, a boy looking on from behind Mithridates' sheep; fields and cattle in the background at centre."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a proof state
Description:: Title etched below image, above and on either side of etched Walpole arms bearing the motto "Fari quae sentiat.", Text below title: Six of the picture 2 f. 4 1/4 i. by 3 f. 6 1/2 i. long., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 151 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:: Publish'd Septr. 1st, 1781, by John Boydell engraver in Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):: Cyrus, the Great, King of Persia, -530 B.C. or 529 B.C.
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The exposition of Cyrus in the gallery at Houghton / [graphic]

4. Lady Elizabeth Laura, Lady Charlotte Maria, & Lady Anne Horatia, daughters to James, late Earl of Waldegrave, Knight of the Garter [graphic]

Creator:: Green, Valentine, 1739-1813, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:: [1 December 1781]
Call Number:: Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Triple three-quarter length portrait of the three Waldegrave sisters, seated beside one another at a small work-table; Lady Anna Horatia at right embroidering, with Lady Charlotte Maria at left, her head turned towards front, winding silk from skein which Lady Elizabeth Laura, centre, is holding; a curtain, pillars and trees behind them; after Reynolds (Mannings 1810)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Ladies Waldegrave
Description:: Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Engraved after the painting, now in the National Gallery of Scotland (NG 2171), that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Great Parlour (Refectory) at Strawberry Hill., Tipped in at page 38 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., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: Publish'd Decr. 1st, 1781, by V. Green, No. 29, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London
Subject (Name):: Waldegrave, Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave, Countess, 1760-1816,, Euston, Charlotte Maria Waldegrave, Lady, 1761-1808,, and Seymour, Anne Horatia Waldegrave, Lady, 1762-1801,
Subject (Topic):: Needlework and Sisters
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Lady Elizabeth Laura, Lady Charlotte Maria, & Lady Anne Horatia, daughters to James, late Earl of Waldegrave, Knight of the Garter [graphic]

5. [Lady Elizabeth Laura, Lady Charlotte Maria & Lady Anne Horatia, daughters to James late Earl of Waldegrave Knight of the Garter] [graphic]

Creator:: Green, Valentine, 1739-1813, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:: [1 December 1781]
Call Number:: Folio 49 3582 (Oversize) Box 2
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Triple three-quarter length portrait of the three Waldegrave sisters, seated beside one another at a small work-table; Lady Anna Horatia at right embroidering, with Lady Charlotte Maria at left, her head turned towards front, winding silk from skein which Lady Elizabeth Laura, centre, is holding; a curtain, pillars and trees behind them; after Reynolds (Mannings 1810); proof before letters, but with scratched production and publication detail."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Ladies Waldegrave
Description:: Title from later state; see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Engraved after the painting, now in the National Gallery of Scotland (NG 2171), that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Great Parlour (Refectory) at Strawberry Hill., Formerly laid in 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., and A note in pencil on verso, possibly in Frank T. Sabin's hand, mentions "Fritz Reiss Sale, 2900 guineas at Christies", in reference to the sale of another impression of the print in 1923. A second note below, in the same hand but likely written at a different time, asserts that this is the "finest impression of the 1st state known, specially selected by Horace Walpole, for whom the original picture was painted, & inserted by him in his own enlarged & illustrated catalogue of the pictures at Strawberry Hill".
Publisher:: Published Decr. 1st, 1781, by V. Green, No. 29, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London
Subject (Name):: Waldegrave, Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave, Countess, 1760-1816,, Euston, Charlotte Maria Waldegrave, Lady, 1761-1808,, Seymour, Anne Horatia Waldegrave, Lady, 1762-1801,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Needlework and Sisters
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Lady Elizabeth Laura, Lady Charlotte Maria & Lady Anne Horatia, daughters to James late Earl of Waldegrave Knight of the Garter] [graphic]

6. [Lady Elizabeth Laura, Lady Charlotte Maria & Lady Anne Horatia, daughters to James late Earl of Waldegrave Knight of the Garter] [graphic]

Creator:: Green, Valentine, 1739-1813, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:: [1 December 1781]
Call Number:: Folio 49 3636 no. 8++ (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Triple three-quarter length portrait of the three Waldegrave sisters, seated beside one another at a small work-table; Lady Anna Horatia at right embroidering, with Lady Charlotte Maria at left, her head turned towards front, winding silk from skein which Lady Elizabeth Laura, centre, is holding; a curtain, pillars and trees behind them; after Reynolds (Mannings 1810); proof before letters, but with scratched production and publication detail."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Ladies Waldegrave
Description:: Title from later state; see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Engraved after the painting, now in the National Gallery of Scotland (NG 2171), that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Great Parlour (Refectory) at Strawberry Hill., With Horace Walpole's manuscript annotations in brown ink in lower margin identifying the sitters and their relationships and a note: "The original picture at Strawberry Hill.", and Sheet trimmed within plate mark: sheet 50.5 x 58.4 cm.
Publisher:: Published Decr. 1st, 1781, by V. Green, No. 29, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London
Subject (Name):: Waldegrave, Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave, Countess, 1760-1816,, Euston, Charlotte Maria Waldegrave, Lady, 1761-1808,, Seymour, Anne Horatia Waldegrave, Lady, 1762-1801,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Needlework and Sisters
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Lady Elizabeth Laura, Lady Charlotte Maria & Lady Anne Horatia, daughters to James late Earl of Waldegrave Knight of the Garter] [graphic]

7. Master Bunbury [graphic]

Creator:: Haward, Francis, 1759-1797, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:: [1 November 1781]
Call Number:: Portraits B87a no. 1+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 276); three-quarter length seated under a tree, facing front with hands resting on his thighs; published state before date altered from 1st to 12th November."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title engraved below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., and For the original painting, see Philadelphia Museum of Art accession number: M1928-1-29.
Publisher:: Publish'd Novr. 1st, 1781, by Fras. Haward, Lambeth Marsh near the Turnpike
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britiain.
Subject (Name):: Bunbury, Henry, Sir, 1778-1860,
Subject (Topic):: Boys
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Master Bunbury [graphic]

8. The Honble. Miss Monckton [graphic]

Creator:: Jacobé, Johann, 1733-1797, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 January 1781]
Call Number:: Drawer Portraits C799 no. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: Honourable Miss Monckton
Description:: Title from caption below image. and Printed on gilt-edged paper. "74" in ms on upper right corner.
Publisher:: Published Jany. 1st, 1781 by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside London
Subject (Name):: Corke, Mary Monckton, Countess of, 1746-1840,
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The Honble. Miss Monckton [graphic]

9. Mrs. Robinson [graphic]

Creator:: Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812, printmaker
Published / Created:: [25 August 1781]
Call Number:: Portraits R65 no.1+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Portrait of Mary 'Perdita' Robinson, half-length in an oval, directed to left but looking forward, with high dressed hair with a cap on top, and both hands in a muff."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from item., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Scratched-letter state with inscription space uncleaned., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:: Publishd. August 25th, 1781, by J.R. Smith, No. 83, opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street
Subject (Name):: Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800,
Subject (Topic):: Actresses and British
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Robinson [graphic]