Half-length portrait of Esther Jane Sheridan, second wife of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, with her son Charles on her back
Description:
Title etched below image., After painting by John Hoppner, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Accession Number: 65.203)., Probably an early state, before the incorrect artist's name "Sir Joshua Reynolds" was replaced by the correct name "J. Hoppner Esqr. R.A." For the later state with the correction, see impression at the National Library of Wales., Later state was the frontispiece to v.2 of: Watkins, J. Memoirs of the public and private life of the Right Honorable R.B. Sheridan. London : Printed for H. Colburn, 1817., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 557 (leaf numbered '145' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published by Henry Colburn, Conduit Street
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Hester Jane, 1776-1817, and Sheridan, Charles Brinsley, 1796-1843,
Half-length portrait of Rear Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet, facing to the right with head turned toward viewer
Alternative Title:
Sir Hyde Parker
Description:
Title, artist, and printmaker from Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Plate from: The British gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Cadell & Davies, 1817., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text.
Publisher:
Publishers [...] T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Title etched below image., Biographical details etched beneath title: Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales was born Jany. 7, 1796, and married to Leopold Prince of Saxe Coburg May 2, 1816., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Formerly mounted on blue paper. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published Novr. 20th, 1817, by R. Miller, Old Fish Stt
Subject (Name):
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817,
A rose with the head of Princess Charlotte as the center, the stigma
Description:
Title etched below image., "Proof"--Lower left corner., Six lines of verse, signed "J.B.B.", etched beneath title: A rose, of loveliest form and hue, in Britain's royal garden grew ..., and Dedication etched above imprint: Dedicated to His Serene Highness the Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, &c. &c. by his most grateful and very humble servant, P.W. Tomkins.
Publisher:
Published Decr. 16, 1817, by P.W. Tomkins, 53, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817,, Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817, and Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865,
A rose with the head of Princess Charlotte as the center, the stigma
Description:
Title etched below image., "Proof"--Lower left corner., Six lines of verse, signed "J.B.B.", etched beneath title: A rose, of loveliest form and hue, in Britain's royal garden grew ..., Dedication etched above imprint: Dedicated to His Serene Highness the Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, &c. &c. by his most grateful and very humble servant, P.W. Tomkins., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching ; sheet 24.2 x 15.2 cm., On wove paper, hand-colored., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of statements of responsibility, dedication, and imprint statement from bottom edge., and Probably the published version, not a proof state.
Publisher:
Published Decr. 16, 1817, by P.W. Tomkins, 53, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817,, Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817, and Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865,
