"Portrait of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey, three-quarter length, standing to right on a hill beside a tree, looking towards the viewer, leaning on a stick held in his left hand, holding a tricorn hat in the right; wearing uniform, sash over waistcoat, sword and queue wig; river below."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another print of similar composition
Description:
Title from manuscript note in ink on mounting sheet., Engraved after a painting by Nathanial Dance; see description of another print of similar composition in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1920,1211.410. For a discussion of various versions of the painting produced by the workshop of Nathanial Dance, see description for NPG 39 in the online catalogue of the National Portrait Gallery, London., Proof before letters?, Approximate date of publication supplied by cataloger., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 1, page 451., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 382 (leaf numbered '197' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Clive, Robert Clive, Baron, 1725-1774,
Subject (Topic):
Government officials, British, and Military uniforms
"Portrait of Henry Pelham, bust; directed to the right, head turned and looking towards the viewer, wearing the black and gold brocade gown of Chancellor of the Exchequer, lace bands and long white wig; oval medallion in ornamental design with horse's head on the left, a woman laying below the medallion, a dragons tail on the left, and a dragon's claw on the right below the woman; portrait after Hoare."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title from published state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on published state: Bentley pinxt. ; Thomson sculpt., The portrait was engraved after William Hoare, with Bentley providing the ornamental design; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Proof state of a plate from: Walpole, H. Memoires of the last ten years of the reign of George the Second. London : J. Murray, 1822., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
"Portrait of Comtesse de Genlis, half-length, head turned to the left, with frilly bonnet and ruff, and coat fastened with belt; after Cheradame."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Comtesse de Genlis
Description:
Title from lettered state. See Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Object Number: G2368, Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: Peint par Mme. Chéradame ; gravé par F. Lignon., Proof before letters. For a lettered state with the imprint "Se vend à Paris, chez Bouton, Md. d'Estampes, Boulevard Montmartre, No. 63" and the printer's statement "Imprime par Durand," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1879,0809.597., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., Mounted opposite page 516 (leaf numbered '113' 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 Later ink annotation with the sitter's name "Madame de Genlis" below print, on mounting sheet.
Publisher:
Bouton and [Durand].
Subject (Name):
Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de, 1746-1830,
"Portrait of Sarah Siddons, after Gainsborough; three-quarters length sitting directed and looking to left, wearing a striped gown and large feathered hat, set at an angle, her hands on a fur muff in her lap."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, artist, printmaker, publisher, and date of publication from description of a later state in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1931,0509.124.
"Portrait of G.F. Handel, from a painting by Hogarth, then in the etcher's collection; bust directed to the right, looking towards the viewer, in fur-trimmed cap and coat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Artist, printmaker, and date from statement of responsibility present on later state: Etch'd by D.C. Read from a picture painted by Hogarth in his possession, 1830., First (proof?) state before letters. For a later state with sitter's name "G.F. Handel" etched beneath statement of responsibility in lower margin, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1875,0508.1664., Probably printed by Read himself at his residence in Salisbury, using a press he obtained shortly after beginning to publish his etched plates in 1828. See Oxford Dictionary of national biography, entry for David Charles Read., and Mounted to 42 x 29 cm. At bottom of mounting sheet is a manuscript presentation note by David Charles Read's son, Raphael W. Read: This portrait of the immortal Handel etched by his [i.e. Raphael Read’s] father from the original picture of Handels bosom[?] friend Hogarth, in the possession of C.D. Read, is presented to Charles Morine[?] as a token of friendship by Raphael W. Read.
"Portrait of Sir Thomas Lawrence, after a self-portrait (Garlick 1964, p.232.1), half-length in an oval frame, directed to right and looking to front with long loose hair and wearing a sash; illustration to D E Williams' 'The life and correspondence of Sir Thomas Lawrence, Kt' (London: 1831). 1831."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, artist, printmaker, publisher, and publication information from lettered state in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1859,0709.1158.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 25 June 1777]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 121. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on Cambridge academics: scene at a pottery market where a fat don trips over two fighting dogs and grabs the collar of a thin gentleman as he falls towards a table laden with pots for sale; the stall-holder rushes from the left to save him from damaging her stock and two of the don's colleagues stand behind the table laughing. On the right a fat woman bargains with another stall-holder for a chamber pot and tureen; behind them a young student approaches a well-dressed young woman with a cross hanging around her neck; in the foreground, a baby has fallen into a flower pot and a dog who has had a barber's wig-stand tied to his tail runs to right barking; in the background, King's College Chapel."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title from later state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on later state: Mr. Bunbury del. ; J. Bretherton f., "A proof before all letters"--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1873,0712.809., For a later state with lettering, published 25 June 1777, see no. 4729 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: Pot sellers -- Cambridge: King's College Chapel., and Mounted on page 121 of: Bunbury album.
"Portrait of Sir Robert Shirley, bust directed to the right but looking at the viewer, wearing turban, in oval frame on rectangle."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title from lettered state., Title on lettered misidentifies the sitter, Sir Robert Shirley, as his brother Sir Anthony Shirley; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Artists and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: From a miniature by P. Oliver formerly in the Strawberry Hill collection ... ; G.P. Harding, F.S.A. del. ; Joseph Brown sculp., Proof before letters. For a later proof state before title was added but with imprint statement and artist and printmaker signatures present, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1980,U.635., Publication information based on later state with the imprint "Published August 1st, 1846, by G.P. Harding, Hercules Buildings, Lambeth." Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: SH Contents B877 no. 3., and Proof state of a plate from: Harding, G.P. Ancient historical pictures. [London] : G. Witt, printer, Earl's Court, Soho, [1844]-1849.
Publisher:
G.P. Harding
Subject (Name):
Sherley, Robert, Sir, 1581?-1628, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Matthew Skeggs seated three-quarter length slightly to left, eyes to front, holding and 'playing' broom with bow as if it were a cello, music stand beside pillar and curtain at left; in the character of Signor Bumbasto; proof before letters."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from published state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: Thos. King pinxt. ; Richd. Houston fecit., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Publisher information from later state with the imprint "Sold by the proprietor M. Jackson the corner of Bride Court in Fleet Street, & M. Skeggs at the Hoop and bunch of Grapes in St. Albans Street"; see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date of publication based on activity dates of artist Thomas King and publisher Michael Jackson; see British Museum online catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark at bottom.
