Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, bust length, facing slightly left; wearing a hat and clerical clothing. Probably after the drawing by Müntz that was copied from an original by Holbein, from the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 112 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Subject (Name):
Fisher, John, Saint, 1469-1535, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Titles from letterpress text below each image., Date of publication from that of the issue of the periodical in which the prints appeared., Page 308 from: Pictorial times. [London] : [publisher not identified], [18 May 1844], Three wood engravings, each individually titled below, printed on the same sheet as an article in letterpress entitiled: Death of the author of "Vathek" - Fonthill Abbey., Name of the periodical, "Pictorial times," printed within printer's ornament at top of sheet; sheet numbered "308" in letterpress at bottom., Publication date of the periodical issue, "May 18th, 1844," is written in ink next to the title of the letterpress article., and Stamp in red ink in lower left corner of sheet; page 307 of the same issue of Pictorial times printed on verso.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1760-1844, Fonthill Abbey., and Lansdown Tower (Bath, England)
Portrait drawing of Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan; bust length, in profile to the right; wearing a red hat
Description:
Title inscribed below image, in pencil in a contemporary hand., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Place and date of production based on the country of residence and death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found., Formerly mounted with three other drawings on page 83 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted together with three other drawings to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Title from text in image., Publication date etched in the upper margin., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg, 1620-1688
"An emblematic scene with an oval portrait of Samuel Butler mounted on a pedestal on which is carved a relief showing a satyr whipping figures of Rebellion, Hypocrisy and Ignorance dressed as puritans, while he drives a chariot drawn by Hudibras and Ralpho; in the foreground, on the left, a satyr holds up a volume of Butler's poem as a guide for the carver (a boy dressed only in an apron), and on the right a young satyr holds up a mirror to a figure of Britannia."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Hudibras frontispiece
Description:
Title engraved below image., Additonal title, state, and date from Paulson., Verse below image: The basso releivo, on the pedestal, represents the general design, of Mr. Butler, in his incomparable poem, of Hudibras. Viz. Butlers genious in a car. Lashing around Mount Parnasus, in the persons of Hudibras, & Ralpho, Rebellion, Hypocrisy, and Ignorance, the reigning vices of his time., Lettered in image, the banner around the portrait of Butler: Mr. Samuel Butler, author of Hudibras, born 1612, died 1680., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark, some loss of text on the left lower edge.
Publisher:
Printed & sold by P. Overton near St. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet & I. Cooper in James Street Convent Garden
Subject (Geographic):
England., Great Britain, and Parnassus, Mount (Greece)
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680 and Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Religion, Satyrs (Greek mythology), Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Vice
"An emblematic scene with an oval portrait of Samuel Butler mounted on a pedestal on which is carved a relief showing a satyr whipping figures of Rebellion, Hypocrisy and Ignorance dressed as puritans, while he drives a chariot drawn by Hudibras and Ralpho; in the foreground, on the left, a satyr holds up a volume of Butler's poem as a guide for the carver (a boy dressed only in an apron), and on the right a young satyr holds up a mirror to a figure of Britannia."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Hudibras frontispiece
Description:
Title engraved below image., Additonal title, state, and date from Paulson., Verse below image: The basso releivo, on the pedestal, represents the general design, of Mr. Butler, in his incomparable poem, of Hudibras. Viz. Butlers genious in a car. Lashing around Mount Parnasus, in the persons of Hudibras, & Ralpho, Rebellion, Hypocrisy, and Ignorance, the reigning vices of his time., Lettered in image, the banner around the portrait of Butler: Mr. Samuel Butler, author of Hudibras, born 1612, died 1680., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark, some loss of text on the left lower edge., On page 28 in volume 1. Sheet trimmed to: XX x XX cm., and Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: See Nichols's book, 3d edit., p. 143. First impression.
Publisher:
Printed & sold by P. Overton near St. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet & I. Cooper in James Street Convent Garden
Subject (Geographic):
England., Great Britain, and Parnassus, Mount (Greece)
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680 and Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Religion, Satyrs (Greek mythology), Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Vice
Bust-length portrait in profile to right of Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer in field uniform. Facsimile signature below image. Image based on a photographic portrait of Custer in half-length, seated pose
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc10 865ga copy 1: On sheet 30.3 x 24.0 cm., BEIN BrSides Zc10 865ga copy 2: On sheet 30.1 x 24.3 cm., BEIN BrSides Zc10 865ga copy 3: On sheet 30.5 x 23.9 cm., and Engraving based on Matthew Brady studio photograph.
