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1.
Anne of Cleves [art original].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1741]
Call Number:
Folio 724 743 H432 Box 2 Folder 11 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Oval portrait of Anne of Cleves, bust in frontal view, wearing a jewelled dress
Description:
Title from inscription in ink on verso of drawing., Artist unknown., After Hans Holbein the Younger, and One of ten watercolor portraits and other drawings included in George Vertue's set of engravings: The heads of the most illustrious persons of Great Britain (London : John and Paul Knapton). See all catalog records by searching call number: LWL Folio 724 743 H432 (Oversize).
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Anne, of Cleves, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1515-1557,
Subject (Topic):
Queens
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Anne of Cleves [art original].

2.
Bishop Wainfleet [art original].

Published / Created:
[1742]
Call Number:
Folio 724 743 H432 Box 6 Folder 23 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length, oval portrait of William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester and first Headmaster of Eton, looking slightly left and wearing the mitre and robes of his office; within a decorative border and frame ending with a coat of arms. The two drawings were created in preparation for the engraved portrait print engraved by Jacobus Houbraken and published by John & Paul Knapton in 1742
Alternative Title:
William Waynfleet Bishop of Winchester
Description:
Title from inscription on verso of drawing., Title from inscription on mount under the drawing, in the same hand: Wm. Wainfleet Bishop of Winchester., Also written on the mount under the drawing in block lettering and scored through: The Old Bishop., Portrait is unsigned, but the mount is decorated with a border in ink and wash and signed: H. Gravelot inv. et delin., Counter watermark in center of sheet used as the mount: IV., Local card catalog gives unverified attribution: after Holbein?, and One of ten watercolor portraits and other drawings included in George Vertue's set of engravings: The heads of the most illustrious persons of Great Britain (London : John and Paul Knapton). See all catalog records by searching call number: LWL Folio 724 743 H432 (Oversize).
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Waynflete, William, 1395?-1486,
Subject (Topic):
Bishops
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bishop Wainfleet [art original].

3.
D. Argyle [art original].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1735]
Call Number:
Folio 724 743 H432 Box 4 Folder 10 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length, oval portrait of John Cambell, 2nd Duke of Argyle, Field Marshal and statesman. Created in preparation for the engraved portrait print engraved by Jacobus Houbraken and published by John & Paul Knapton in 1735
Alternative Title:
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and Greenwich
Description:
Title from lettering on image., Also written in pencil on verso: John Duke of Argyle & Greenwich from [illegible]., Portrait is unsigned., and One of ten watercolor portraits and other drawings included in George Vertue's set of engravings: The heads of the most illustrious persons of Great Britain (London : John and Paul Knapton). See all catalog records by searching call number: LWL Folio 724 743 H432 (Oversize).
Subject (Name):
Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743,
Subject (Topic):
Statesmen and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > D. Argyle [art original].

4.
Dr. Sam. Clarke [art original].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1740]
Call Number:
Folio 724 743 H432 Box 4 Folder 14 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length, oval portrait of Samuel Clarke, influential British metaphysician and Anglican clergyman, looking slightly leftt and wearing a clerical collar. Created in preparation for the engraved portrait print engraved by Jacobus Houbraken and published by John & Paul Knapton in 1740
Alternative Title:
Dr. Samuel Clarke and Samuel Clarke
Description:
Title from inscription on verso of drawing., Portrait is unsigned., After a portrait by Thomas Gibson., and One of ten watercolor portraits and other drawings included in George Vertue's set of engravings: The heads of the most illustrious persons of Great Britain (London : John and Paul Knapton). See all catalog records by searching call number: LWL Folio 724 743 H432 (Oversize).
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Samuel, 1675-1729,
Subject (Topic):
Clergy and Philosophers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Dr. Sam. Clarke [art original].

5.
John Milton [art original].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1740]
Call Number:
Folio 724 743 H432 Box 3 Folder 19 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Oval portrait of John Milton as a young man, bust in frontal view, wearing a ruff and buttoned jacket
Description:
Title devised by curator, based on published print after this drawing., Artist unknown., After a painting owned by Arthur Onslow at the time of creation., and One of ten portraits in oil and other drawings included in George Vertue's set of engravings: The heads of the most illustrious persons of Great Britain (London : John and Paul Knapton). See all catalog records by searching call number: LWL Folio 724 743 H432 (Oversize).
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Milton, John, 1608-1674,
Subject (Topic):
Poets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > John Milton [art original].

6.
John the first Earl of Bedford [art original].

Published / Created:
[ca. 1739]
Call Number:
Folio 724 743 H432 Box 2 Folder 6 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length, oval portrait of John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, Lord High Admiral. Created in preparation for the engraved portrait print engraved by Jacobus Houbraken and published by John & Paul Knapton in 1739
Description:
Title from inscription on verso of drawing., Portrait is unsigned., and One of ten watercolor portraits and other drawings included in George Vertue's set of engravings: The heads of the most illustrious persons of Great Britain (London : John and Paul Knapton). See all catalog records by searching call number: LWL Folio 724 743 H432 (Oversize).
Subject (Name):
Russell, John, Earl of Bedford, approximately 1485-1555,
Subject (Topic):
Diplomats and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > John the first Earl of Bedford [art original].

7.
Sir Thos. More [art original].

Published / Created:
[1741]
Call Number:
Folio 724 743 H432 Box 3 Folder 3 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length, oval portrait of Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor, classical scholar, philospher, later canonized, looking slightly right and wearing the Collar of Esses, with the Tudor rose badge of Henry VIII; within a decorative border with an elaborately decorated flag, spectre and axe below. The two drawings were created in preparation for the engraved portrait print engraved by Jacobus Houbraken and published by John & Paul Knapton in 1741
Alternative Title:
Sir Thomas More
Description:
Title from inscription on verso of drawing., Portrait is unsigned, but the mount is decorated with a border in ink and wash and signed: H. Gravelot inv. et delin., Counter watermark in center of sheet used as the mount: IV., After Hans Holbein the Younger, and One of ten watercolor portraits and other drawings included in George Vertue's set of engravings: The heads of the most illustrious persons of Great Britain (London : John and Paul Knapton). See all catalog records by searching call number: LWL Folio 724 743 H432 (Oversize).
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535,
Subject (Topic):
Philosophers and Saints
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sir Thos. More [art original].

8.
Sr. John Smith [art original].

Published / Created:
[1744]
Call Number:
Folio 724 743 H432 Box 6 Folder 10 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length, oval portrait of Sir John Smith, scholar, diplomat, and political theorist, looking slightly left and wearing a hat and fur-trimmed coat; within a decorative border and frame ending with a coat of arms. The two drawings were created in preparation for the engraved portrait print engraved by Jacobus Houbraken and published by John & Paul Knapton in 1744
Alternative Title:
Sir John Smith
Description:
Title from inscription in ink on verso of drawing., Also written on the mount under the drawing in block lettering: Smith., Unsigned., The mount is probably by H. Gravelot based on similar signed drawing in the collection., After Hans Holbein the Younger. See published print., Counter watermark in center of sheet used as the mount: IV., and One of ten watercolor portraits and other drawings included in George Vertue's set of engravings: The heads of the most illustrious persons of Great Britain (London : John and Paul Knapton). See all catalog records by searching call number: LWL Folio 724 743 H432 (Oversize).
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Smith, Thomas, 1513-1577,
Subject (Topic):
Bishops
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sr. John Smith [art original].

9.
The Earl of Surrey, ae. 22 [art original].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1750]
Call Number:
Folio 724 743 H432 Box 6 Folder 13 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length, oval portrait of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, an English nobleman, was one of the founders of English Renaissance poetry. Created in preparation for the engraved portrait print engraved by Jacobus Houbraken and published by John & Paul Knapton in 1750
Description:
Title from inscription on verso of drawing., Portrait is unsigned., and One of ten watercolor portraits and other drawings included in George Vertue's set of engravings: The heads of the most illustrious persons of Great Britain (London : John and Paul Knapton). See all catalog records by searching call number: LWL Folio 724 743 H432 (Oversize).
Subject (Name):
Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of, 1517?-1547,
Subject (Topic):
Poets and England
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Earl of Surrey, ae. 22 [art original].

10.
The heads of the most illustrious persons of Great Britain taken from the best original paintings

Published / Created:
[between 1727 and 1752?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 743 H432 (Oversize)
Image Count:
146
Abstract:
A collection of 10 portrait paintings in oil and three drawings of designs for frames around the portraits in preparation for the engravings that were made for Thomas Birch's The heads of the most illustrious persons of Great Britain published by John and Paul Knapton between 1727 and 1752
Alternative Title:
Illustrious persons of England
Description:
Title from paper wrappers., Plates engraved by Houbraken and Vertue with the titles and the dates engraved on the plates., Many with original wrappers, autographed by G. Vertue., Multiple impressions, in various stages of proof., With 10 of the original drawings on which the engravings were based, and 3 of the original border decorations by Gravelot. Portraits in oil: John Russel, Ann of Cleves, Sir Thomas More, John Milton, John Campbell, Samuel Clarke, Sir John Smith, Henry Howard, Sir Philip Sidney, and William Wainfleet., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for John and Paul Knapton
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The heads of the most illustrious persons of Great Britain taken from the best original paintings in the royal palaces, and the collections of noblemen and gentlemen, with proper ornaments to each plate, designed, and engraven by the best masters : number I[-XIX]. [graphic]