"Jason leaning forward across a rock from the right, pouring the magic sleeping potion given to him by Medea over the back of the dragon, which curls its head backwards to right, in a forested, rocky landscape; after Salvator Rosa."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Coat of arms engraved below image, with text etched on either side., Dedication below title: From the original picture ... in the collection of The Right Honourable the Earl of Besborough, to whom this plate is ... dedicated by His Lordship's most obliged and most humble servant, J. Boydell., Text below dedication in lower left: Size of the picture, 2 f. 6 i. in height, 2, 1 1/4 wide., Plate from: A collection of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in England. London: [J. Boydell, 1769], v. 1., and Plate numbered in lower left corner: No. 24.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, by J. Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
Title from caption below image., Text below title, in lower left: Size of the picture, 2 f. 1 1/2 i. by 2 f. 8 3/4 i. in height., Etched coat of arms below image bearing the motto: Fari quae sentiat., Plate VII 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. 1., After the painting "Mona Vanna," formerly attributed to da Vinci and now generally given to his workshop or specialically to Andrea Salai., and On same sheet: The prodigal son.
Publisher:
Published Mar. 25th, 1775, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
"Portrait of the poet John Oldham; half length, to the right, looking at viewer; wearing plain black doublet with small white collar, and shoulder length hair."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date precedes publisher's statement in imprint., and Plate from: Cornwall, B. Effigies poeticae, or, The portraits of the British poets. London : J. Carpenter and Son, 1824.
Publisher:
Published by W. Walker, 8 Grays Inn Square
Subject (Name):
Oldham, John, 1653-1683, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Joseph Harris in character as Cardinal Wolsey; half-length standing holding a scroll, looking away to right with a frown, wearing a gown, cloak, plain collar and peaked soft hat; a building with arched windows and tall pillars seen through an arched window behind to right."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title etched below image., After a portrait by John Greenhill. See description of later state in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Plate later published in: Waldron, F.G. The Shakspearean miscellany ... London : Printed by Knight and Compton, 1802., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 452., Mounted on page 257 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:
Pub. Augt. 29, 1793, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Harris, Joseph, approximately 1650-approximately 1715,
Charles II returning to England after exile, on the beach being greeted by General Monk, the Dukes of Gloucester and York, the Earl of Clarendon and Sir John Grenvill and others, with Dover Castle in the background after Benjamin West (Staley 84).
Alternative Title:
King Charles the Second landing on the beach at Dover
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below title: From the original picture in the possession of the Right Honourable the Earl Grosvenor., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, April 5th 1789, by B. West, E. Woollett & J. Hall
Subject (Geographic):
Dover (England), and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685,, Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674,, Bath, John Grenville, Earl of, 1628-1701,, Henry, Prince, Duke of Gloucester, 1640-1660,, and Albermarle, George Monck, Duke of, 1608-1670,
"Reclining figure of St Mary Magdalene, reading a book."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1837,0408.144., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 192 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., Note in pencil in lower right corner: In the cabinet., and For further information, consult library staff.
"Triple three-quarter length portrait of the three Waldegrave sisters, seated beside one another at a small work-table; Lady Anna Horatia at right embroidering, with Lady Charlotte Maria at left, her head turned towards front, winding silk from skein which Lady Elizabeth Laura, centre, is holding; a curtain, pillars and trees behind them; after Reynolds (Mannings 1810)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ladies Waldegrave
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Engraved after the painting, now in the National Gallery of Scotland (NG 2171), that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Great Parlour (Refectory) at Strawberry Hill., Tipped in at page 38 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:
Publish'd Decr. 1st, 1781, by V. Green, No. 29, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London
Subject (Name):
Waldegrave, Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave, Countess, 1760-1816,, Euston, Charlotte Maria Waldegrave, Lady, 1761-1808,, and Seymour, Anne Horatia Waldegrave, Lady, 1762-1801,
Title etched below image., Engraved after a painting by Watteau, with attribution etched in both Latin and French below title: Scalptus juxtà exemplar à Watteavo pictum ... ; Gravé d'apres le tableau original peint par Watteau ..., Date of publication based on publisher's death date., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 81 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:
Chez F. Chereau graveur du Roy ruë St. Jacques aux deux pilliers d'Or
