Interior of a surgery: a surgeon sits on a barrel and operates on the lower left leg of a peasant man who is writhing in pain. An old woman stands behind them with her arm in a sling. Shelves are on the walls in the background; a stuffed animal hangs from the ceiling
Description:
Title devised by curator., Possibly after a painting by Brouwer, first owned by Sir Robert Walpole and subsequently by Horace Walpole, that was kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. See: A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole. [London] : Smith and Robins, [1842], page 132., Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, who included an impression of this print in an extra-illustrated copy of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 156 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.
Volume 2, page 13. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Mounted on page 13 in volume 2 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality., and Pasted beneath print is a strip of paper, likely trimmed from the verso of the same sheet, which bears a note in the printmaker's hand: From a drawing with a pen by Is. Ostade - in possion. of J.T.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Netherlands.
Subject (Topic):
Taverns (Inns), Drinking vessels, Pipes (Smoking), and Dogs
Title from lettered state in the British Museum., Artist, printmaker, and publication information from description of a later state in the British Museum online catalogue, registration number: 1981,U.380., Plate XXI from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia. London: J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 2., and On same sheet: [Portraits of hounds].
From the original drawing in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire
Description:
One of two hundred plates that were later issued in bound volumes entitled: Liber veritatis. Or, A collection of two hundred prints ... / after the original designs of Claude le Lorrain ... executed by Richard Earlom ... London: Published by the proprietor, John Boydell, [1777-1819]., Title from descriptive catalog at beginning of bound volume., Text below image: From the original drawing in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire., and Plate numbered in lower left corner: No. 37.
Publisher:
Published April 25th, 1774, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
Probably one of two hundred plates issued in bound volumes entitled: Liber Veritatis di Claudio Gellee Lorenese. Rome: Francesco Bourlié, 1815., Title supplied by cataloger., Publication information based on that of the bound volumes., Plate numbered "38" in lower right corner., and Watermark: P.M.
"Old woman and a boy with candles; he leans over her shoulder from the left to light his candle; she holds a basket and shields the flame with her hand; after a copy by Schalken after Rubens (Rooses 862)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
From an original painting in the possession of George Rogers Esqr
Description:
Title devised by curator; alternative title from text engraved below image., Approximate date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1901,0611.24., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Engraved after the painting now in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels (inv. 8503). This painting might be the one owned by Horace Walpole and kept in the Great Parlour (Refectory) at Strawberry Hill., and Formerly laid in at page 27 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:
Printed for T. Bowen, opposite the Hay Market, Piccadilly
"Apollo alighting with a torch in his right hand, wings spread, gesturing with his left hand towards the arts and sciences, allegoriacal figures grouped on the right with Sculpture, leaning on a bas-relief of George III, Painting and Architecture in the foreground and a figure on the right with a globe, compass and other navigational tools; in an oval; after West."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Artist, printmaker, and publication information from lettered state described in the Calabi and de Vesme catalogue with imprint: London, Publish'd ... Octr. 1, 1789, by B. West ..., State from Calabi and de Vesme catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge.
Title from lettered state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: Cavr. Luti pinxit ; Picot sculpsit., Proof before letters; for a lettered state with the imprint "Published Mar. 25th, 1780, by Jno. Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London," see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 33 30 Copy 4., Engraved after a painting formerly in the collection of Robert Walpole at Houghton., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 101 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:
John Boydell
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 and Houghton Hall (England)
Interior of a cave, the body of Christ being lowered on a sheet by three men and a woman. St. Mary Magdalene kneels and kisses his feet at left, the Virgin supported by a holy woman at center
Description:
Title devised by curator., After a painting by Raphael., Questionable date supplied by cataloger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Mat: 27" and "Mar: 15" etched below image in lower right., Mounted on page 155 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 P ress (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., and Contemporary manuscript annotation in lower margin: Raphael p.
To Her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales, this plate is humbly inscribed by Her Royal Highness's much obliged and most obedient humble servant, Robt. Strange
Description:
Title assigned by cataloger based on title of original painting., Three lines of Latin verse below image: Ausa & jacentem visere regiam vultu sereno fortis, & asperas tractare serpentes-- Hor., Dedication etched in lower margin: To Her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales this plate is humbly inscribed by ... Robt. Strange., Text below dedication: From the original painting of Guido Rheni in [the] collection of Her Royal Highness the P.D. of Wales., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Sold by the author next door to Parliament Street Coffee-house, Westminster, London, according to Act of Parliamt
Subject (Geographic):
Egypt.
Subject (Name):
Cleopatra, Queen, consort of Juba II, King of Mauretania, 40 B.C.-
