Title written in pencil beneath drawing, on mounting sheet., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date supplied by cataloger, based on the 1843 date of the depicted fire at Luton Hoo., and Mounted on page 108b in an extra-illustrated copy of: Lysons, D. Magna Britannia. London : T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813.
Subject (Geographic):
Bedfordshire (England)
Subject (Name):
Luton Hoo (England),
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, Estates, and Fires
A well-dressed man admires his teeth in a hand mirror. In front of him is an open package marked "National Health".
Description:
In ink at upper right margin, "Meet yourself at the Doctor.", "Ronald Searle 77 Bedford Gardens London W8" in ink on verso., Date of production based on artist's death date., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Topic):
National health insurance, Dentures, and Packaging
Title derived from caption., Signed and dated, lower left: Sue Coe 06., Place of production derived from artist's place of residence., Caption below image: Mary Ann "I went crazy when they told me I was HIV positive" husband could have been on the down low -- infected from husband, not a drug user., Part of "Through Her Own Eyes," a series focusing on the plight of HIV positive female prisoners., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Topic):
AIDS (Disease), HIV infections, Women prisoners, Prison guards, Women, Birds, Cells (Rooms & spaces), and Crying
Title written in ink below image., Unsigned and undated., Date of production based on style of artwork., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and In ink (over pencil) "273".
A watercolor sketch of two rotund monks in front of a entrance to monastery in a lane within gate and wall surround. One attends closely to a young lady with two baskets on her arms; the other reads, lounging on a bench with his one foot raised
Description:
Title from note in ink in lower right corner., Unsigned; attributed to Rowlandson by Andrew Clayton-Payne, author of a catalog of Rowlandson. Similar in theme (and in architecture) to signed watercolors at the Yale Center for British Art., and With dealer's notes in pencil on verso.
Subject (Topic):
Courtyards, Lust, Monasteries, Monks, Obesity, and Reading
An unfinished sketch for the engraving which appeared in the November 1845 issue of "George Cruikshank's Table-book," illustrating a brief article on railroad speculation by the periodical's editor, Gilbert Abbott a Beckett. John Bull is beset by lilliputian tormentors who are removing all his cash, clothing, and possessions, beneath clouds of steam and a clanging bell
Alternative Title:
Anticipated effects of the railway calls
Description:
Title from pencil annotation below image, in the artist's hand., Text above image: George Cruikshank's "Table Book"., and With additional pencil drawings and artist’s notes in the margins.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Auctions, Fictitious characters, Money, and Railroads
A collection of 74 from a total of 139 drawings of plants with insects by Thomas Robins, all described in a 19-page catalogue in the artist's hand. The drawings are numbered in pencil [by a later owner?] on the verso, and in a few instances on the recto. For the catalogue Robins created five columns on each page in which he entered for each drawing the Linnaean name, the English name, the class, and the order as well as a list of the insects that appear in the image
Alternative Title:
Paintings of exotic plants and insects
Description:
Title from accompanying catalogue in artist's hand., Artist identified and suggested dates for the collection from Andrew Edmunds of London. See: The flower paintings of Thomas Robins the Younger / edited by John Anthony Robins. Poole Dorset : Published by John Robins, [1999], p. 86., Accompanied by a catalogue in the hand of the artist, listing 39 drawings numbered and identified on 19 unnumbered pages followed by 13 blank leaves. The catalogue with marble wrappers is titled on cover: A catalogue of paintings of exotic plants & insects., The Lewis Walpole Library holds 64 of the 139 drawings; the library lacks nos. 5, 7-9, 11, 13-14, 17, 19, 25-27, 29-30, 33-36, 38-40, 42-45, 47, 49-50, 55-56, 58-61, 64-65, 67, 69-70, 72, 74-75, 78-80, 82, 84, 86, 88-92, 95, 97-98, 110, 115, 118-120, 124, 126, 128, and 134., and Housed in seven solander boxes. The catalogue is housed in Box 1.
Title in pencil upper left. and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Page 1. List of pieces printed at Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written in pencil below image, on mounting page., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date supplied by cataloger, based on that of the manuscript volume in which this drawing is found., Sheet trimmed to the edges of the vignette drawing., and Mounted on page 1 in a volume with the manuscript title: List of pieces printed at Strawberry Hill, taken from Baker's list.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
