"Portrait of Richard Tompson, half-length in an oval, long hair, wearing neckcloth and robe."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Richard Tompson
Description:
Title from later state., First state of the plate, before sitter's name added below image. See: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: P,6.175., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 152 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., and Sitter's name and occupation written in ink below image, in a contemporary hand: Thompson, printseller.
Title devised by cataloger., Questionable date of publication from pencil annotation in lower right corner of sheet., and Mounted on leaf 86 of volume 11 of 12.
Title devised by cataloger., Probably from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, volume ii., Plate numbered '254' in lower right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Figure identified by ms. annotation in pencil near lower edge of sheet.
Title devised by cataloger., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1842)., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject headings: Order of the Holy Spirit (L'Ordre du Saint-Esprit).
"Portrait after Lawrence (Garlick 836); standing three-quarter length slightly to left, looking to right, his arm leaning on a high table at right with a letter in his hand, desk behind at left"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker, and artist from Catalogue of engraved British portraits. and Date of publication from death date of printmaker, and place of publication surmised from his place of activity.
Watercolor in an oval design depicting the British admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown, 1731-1804. Duncan is portrayed in the standard naval dress uniform of an embroidered blue coat with white facings, gold tassles at the shoulder, and a medal pinned at his breast. Duncan wears a stern expression on his mature wrinkled face framed by curly white hair
Alternative Title:
Admiral Adam Duncan
Description:
Title from grapite pencil inscription below image., General note., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Duncan of Camperdown, Adam Duncan, Viscount, 1731-1804,
Title devised by curator., Signed in white at bottom., Date of production devised by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Geographic):
Indonesia.
Subject (Topic):
Hinduism, Religious dance, and Balinese (Indonesian people)
Title supplied by cataloger., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1842)., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title supplied by cataloger., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i., Numbered in lower right of plate: 127., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title supplied by cataloger., Place and date of publication conjectured from that of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1842)., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Figure identified by ms. annotation in pencil near lower edge of sheet.