Corporal Trim stands with his back to the viewer as he reads a sermon upon Conscience. Dr. Slop sleeps in an armchair on the left beside the fireplace, his chin resting on his large belly. In the background Uncle Toby and Walter Shandy sit smoking. Behind them in the corner against the wall is a grandfather's clock and on the wall Toby's map of the fortifications of Namur. A three-cornered hat is shown on the floor in the foreground
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece to vol. 1
Description:
Title, artist, printmaker, date and state from Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below print: Given me by Mr. Robert Dodsley. Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above this print and another version listed below: Tristram Shandy. Ms. note in pencil on page near grouping: For these plates to Tristram Shandy, see Mr. Nichols's book 3rd edition, p. 372 & 374, 375., and On page 186 in volume 2.
"Portrait of George Morland; half length, to the left, holding drawing of woman, head turned to look at viewer; after Muller; illustration to Cunningham's 'Lives of the Painters' (London: 1830)."--British Museum online catalogue, description of published state
Description:
Title from published state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on published state: Robt. Muller ; W.C. Edwards., Proof before letters. For the published state with the imprint "London, Published by John Murray, Albemarle St., 1830," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1927,1126.1.30.58., Proof state of a plate from: Cunningham, A. The lives of the most eminent British painters, sculptors, and architects. London : J. Murray, 1830-39 (v. 2, opposite page 222)., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted before page 687 (leaf numbered '130' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
"Portrait standing three-quarter length with his right hand inside his coat, holding papers in his left hand, head turned in three-quarter profile to left; wearing dark suit, white cravat and his hair short, with long sideburns; pillar behind at left."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Right Honble. G. Canning, M.P. and Right Honourable George Canning, M.P.
Description:
Title devised by cataloger; alternative title from lettered state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: Painted by T. Stewardson Esqr., portrait painter to H.R.H. the Princess of Wales ; engrav'd by William Ward, engraver to their R.H. the Prince Regent & Duke of York., Proof before letters. For the lettered state with the title "The Right Honble. G. Canning, M.P.", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.6204., Publication information inferred from imprint on lettered state: Publishd. Novr. 1, 1813, by Wm. Ward, 24 Buckingham Place, Fitzroy Square., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides., Bound in opposite page 550 (leaf numbered '138' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and Manuscript title "George Canning" in ink below image.
Title devised by curator., Printmaker from signature on lettered state: J.S. Müller sc., Variant state, probably a proof before letters, of a plate from: Designs by Mr. R. Bentley for six poems by Mr. T. Gray. London : Printed for R. Dodsley, 1753., Publication information from book in which the lettered state of this plate was published., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., and Mounted on page 86 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.
Oval portrait of Henry Fielding; half length, profile to left. Finished state used as the frontispiece to Murphy's edition of 'The Works of Henry Fielding'.
Description:
Title, state, artist, date, and printmaker from Paulson., Sheet trimmed., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand beneath image: Proof given by Basire to Hogarth., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's above print: See Nichols's book 3d. edit. p. 385., and On page 194 in volume 2.
Half-length portrait, seated, hair up with a strand of pearls; embracing a boy in the lower right who grasps at her waist
Description:
Title from lettered state., Printmaker and artist from text beneath title on lettered state: Engraved by H. Meyer, from a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds in the possession of the Earl of Egremont., Proof before letters. For a lettered state with the imprint "London, Published by Henry Colburn, Jany. 1826", see Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Print Room) accession number: EP V 266.2., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 152 (leaf numbered '198' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Title etched below image., Proof state before title and imprint added?: Hogarth's cottage : from the original design in the possession of Saml. Ireland / Hogarth del. ; S.I. fecit. Publish'd March 1st, 1786, by W. Dickenson, No. 158, New Bond St., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 266., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: ibid. 441., and On page 187 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: .
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1762]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1808); half-length in profile to left, wearing star and sash with short wig; proof before letters."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from later state; see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on later state: J. Reynolds pinxt. ; J. McArdell fecit., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Proof before letters., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Engraved after the painting kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 140 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:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Waldegrave, James Waldegrave, Earl, 1715-1763, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait seen almost half-length to right, eyes to front, wearing plain dark coat, white cravat and frill and badge on ribbon around neck, his hair short; landscape seen beyond, behind raised curtain; proof before letters."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
James King Esqr. : Master of the Ceremonies at Bath & Cheltenham
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger; alternative title from lettered state., Artist and printmaker from statement of responsibility on lettered state: Painted & engraved by I [sic] I.R. Smith., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Publication information inferred from imprint on lettered state: London, Pub. Feb. 1, 1805, by I.R. Smith, 31, King Street, Covt. Garden, & R. Ackerman, 101, Strand., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 178 (leaf numbered '216' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
"Portrait; three-quarter length, standing in the open in naval uniform with sword, a rock and sea behind."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
John Willett Payne Esqr., Rear Admiral of the Red, Vice Admiral of the Coasts of Devonshire & Cornwall ...
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Artist from statement of responsibility on lettered state: John Hoppner Esqr. R.A. pinxt., Proof before letters. For a lettered state, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1856,0308.14., Publication information inferred from imprint on lettered state: London, Pub'd Novr. 12, 1813, by Colnaghi & Co., 23, Cockspur Street., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 402 (leaf numbered '14' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
