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1. [Apollo calling up the fine arts and sciences] [graphic].

Creator:: Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1789]
Call Number:: Drawer 789.00.00.77
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "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.
Publisher:: B. West
Subject (Name):: Apollo (Deity),
Subject (Topic):: Mythology
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Apollo calling up the fine arts and sciences] [graphic].

2. [Apollo] [graphic]

Creator:: Bisschop, Jan de, 1628-1671, printmaker
Published / Created:: [approximately 1670]
Call Number:: Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "The Apollo Belvedere facing left seen from the front."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title devised by curator., First three letters of the name "P.P. Doncker" in artist's signature form a monogram., Signed with the monogram of printmaker Jan de Bisschop. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1901,1022.2531.5., Place and date of publication from the volume in which the print was published., Plate from: Signorvm vetervm icones. [Amsterdam], [167-?]., Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner., and Mounted on page 140 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Apollo (Deity),
Subject (Topic):: Sculpture
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Apollo] [graphic]

3. Bless thee, Bottom, bless thee, thou art translated. Shakespere [sic] [graphic].

Creator:: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 January 1794]
Call Number:: 794.01.01.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Bottom sits in an arm-chair directed to the left, wearing spectacles on his ass's forehead. In his right hand is a piece of charcoal in a holder, in his left is a paper, which he is studying. Above his head is etched 'Apollo'. On the left stands a man looking over Bottom's shoulder, his fists clenched. Behind (right) two students (seated) draw from the antique, a nude male statue on a pedestal just above the level of their heads."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from caption below image, a line from a speech by the character Quince, from Shakespeare's A midsummer night's dream, iii.1.121., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Six lines of verse below title: "W_hen Phidias or Raph'el shall chuse to repair, I_ncog to our fine modern Artists' fam'd School, L_ost in wonder to see stuck in Genius's Chair T_he Block which now fills it) a formal old Fool. O_ ff again with this sneering Remark they will go, N_o marvel your Pupils old Friend are so so". JP.", and Initial letters of each line form word 'Wilton.'
Publisher:: Pubd. Jany 1, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: Wilton, Joseph, 1722-1803, Richards, John Inigo, 1731-1810, Phidias, approximately 500 B.C.-approximately 430 B.C., Raphael, 1483-1520., Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain), and Apollo (Deity)
Subject (Topic):: Artists' materials, Artists' models, and Sculptors
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Bless thee, Bottom, bless thee, thou art translated. Shakespere [sic] [graphic].

4. Apollo in danger environed with an host of foes, Dryden / [graphic]

Creator:: De Wilde, Samuel, 1751-1832, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1811]
Call Number:: 811.06.00.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A satire on a recent performance of Timor the Tartar depicts a horde of Tartar horsemen, wearing turbans with aigrettes and holding scimitars, as they attack a classic Apollo figure who looks back with horror as he flees, his broken bow in his left hand and his helmet and quiver at his feet. They are lead in the attack by a lady on horseback and wearing medieval-style costume. Apollo appears to be punched in the head by a man in the background, wearing boxing gloves. On the right Kemble is about to thrust a piece labelled "Cocktail ginger" into the horse's rear as he lifts its tail. In the center foreground a man shoots a blunderbuss, which is supported by a pile of books with titles: American, New Musical Pieces, Shipwreck, etc. From the muzzle issue words and papers: Plan of new tragedy, Poetry for an oratorio, Remarks on light & shade, etc
Description:: Title from item., Plate from: The Satirist, viii, p. 453., Attributed to De Wilde in the British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint.
Publisher:: Published for the Satirist
Subject (Name):: Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854, Lewis, M. G. 1775-1818. (Matthew Gregory),, and Apollo (Deity)
Subject (Topic):: Tatars and Campaigns & battles
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Apollo in danger environed with an host of foes, Dryden / [graphic]

5. Apollo and the Muses inflicting penance on Dr. Pomposo round Parnassus [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [29 July 1783]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A half-undressed Dr. Johnson in a dunce's cap and with a rope around his neck walks from left to right, driven by Apollo, who holds the other end of the rope, and the Muses with uplifted scourges and birch rods. On his cap are the names of the poets Johnson criticized. He carries a placard describing his guilt as an unjust critic. In the background, on the summit of Parnassus, can be seen a temple highlighted by the sun behind it, with Pegasus flying nearby
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text following title: * Vide, the last sermon at St. Dunstans., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 26.8 x 33.2 cm, on sheet 27.7 x 34.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 24 of volume 7 of 12.
Publisher:: Pubd. July 29th, 1783, by Holland, No. 66 Drury Lane
Subject (Name):: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 and Apollo (Deity)
Subject (Topic):: Muses (Greek deities), Poetry, History and criticism, and Whips
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Apollo and the Muses inflicting penance on Dr. Pomposo round Parnassus [graphic].

6. Apollo and the Muses inflicting penance on Dr. Pomposo round Parnassus [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [29 July 1783]
Call Number:: 783.07.29.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A half-undressed Dr. Johnson in a dunce's cap and with a rope around his neck walks from left to right, driven by Apollo, who holds the other end of the rope, and the Muses with uplifted scourges and birch rods. On his cap are the names of the poets Johnson criticized. He carries a placard describing his guilt as an unjust critic. In the background, on the summit of Parnassus, can be seen a temple highlighted by the sun behind it, with Pegasus flying nearby
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text following title: * Vide, the last sermon at St. Dunstans., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:: Pubd. July 29th, 1783, by Holland, No. 66 Drury Lane
Subject (Name):: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 and Apollo (Deity)
Subject (Topic):: Muses (Greek deities), Poetry, History and criticism, and Whips
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Apollo and the Muses inflicting penance on Dr. Pomposo round Parnassus [graphic].

7. La belle assemblêe [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [12 May 1787]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Five elderly women of fashion attend an altar of Love in a temple whose walls are wreathed with roses. The fat Mrs. Hobart, in profile to the right, pours incense on the flames of the altar; in her right hand is an open book, 'Ninon'. Behind her (left) Lady Archer, with the nose of a bird of prey, leads a lamb garlanded with roses; she guides the animal with a riding-whip. Miss Jefferies walks beside Lady Archer holding a basket of flowers. On the extreme left Lady Mount-Edgcumb, aged and bent, holds a dove in each hand. On the right of the altar Lady Cecilia Johnstone plays a lyre. The altar is decorated with rams' heads, a heart, arrows, and roses. A sculptured group of the three Graces stands in an alcove in the wall above the altar. In the background (left) is a mountain peak, Parnassus, on which sits a tiny figure of Apollo, playing a fiddle, the sun irradiating his head."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Three lines of quoted text following title: "Here, Love his golden shafts employs; here lights "his constant lamp; and waves his purple wings; "reigns here and revels." Milton., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Music -- Literary quotation: Milton -- Mythology: Parnassus -- Three graces -- Elizabeth Jeffries., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.8 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 31.3 x 42.6 cm., Figures identified in pencil below plate mark at bottom of sheet., and Mounted on leaf 39 of volume 7 of 12.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 12th, 1787, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801, Mount Edgcumbe, Emma Gilbert, Lady, 1729-1807, and Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817
Subject (Topic):: Graces, The, Apollo, Altars, Interiors, Temples, Books, Roses, and Lyres
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > La belle assemblêe [graphic].

8. La belle assemblêe [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [12 May 1787]
Call Number:: 787.05.12.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Five elderly women of fashion attend an altar of Love in a temple whose walls are wreathed with roses. The fat Mrs. Hobart, in profile to the right, pours incense on the flames of the altar; in her right hand is an open book, 'Ninon'. Behind her (left) Lady Archer, with the nose of a bird of prey, leads a lamb garlanded with roses; she guides the animal with a riding-whip. Miss Jefferies walks beside Lady Archer holding a basket of flowers. On the extreme left Lady Mount-Edgcumb, aged and bent, holds a dove in each hand. On the right of the altar Lady Cecilia Johnstone plays a lyre. The altar is decorated with rams' heads, a heart, arrows, and roses. A sculptured group of the three Graces stands in an alcove in the wall above the altar. In the background (left) is a mountain peak, Parnassus, on which sits a tiny figure of Apollo, playing a fiddle, the sun irradiating his head."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Three lines of quoted text following title: "Here, Love his golden shafts employs; here lights "his constant lamp; and waves his purple wings; "reigns here and revels." Milton., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Music -- Literary quotation: Milton -- Mythology: Parnassus -- Three graces -- Elizabeth Jeffries., Watermark: J. Whatman., and The ladies are identified in ink on the back of the print: Ldy. Cecilia Johnson, Mrs. Hobart, Ldy. Archer, Ldy. Edgcumbe.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 12th, 1787, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801, Mount Edgcumbe, Emma Gilbert, Lady, 1729-1807, and Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817
Subject (Topic):: Graces, The, Apollo, Altars, Interiors, Temples, Books, Roses, and Lyres
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > La belle assemblêe [graphic].

9. Musick introduc'd to Apollo by Minerva 1727 [graphic]

Creator:: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1727]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: "Minerva and Apollo seated on a bank of clouds, Minerva reaching down to guide by the wrist a female personification of Music, who approaches at left, holding an open book of sheet music, towards Apollo, who holds out his hand; in foreground right, a shield with trophies, including a drum, axe, turban and helmet."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Musick introduced to Apollo by Minerva and Music introduced to Apollo by Minerva
Description:: Title etched within image., Title from Paulson: Music introduced to Apollo by Minerva., Artist signature moved to above the line, lower right., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 48 in volume 1.
Publisher:: Sold by J. Clark engraver & printseller in Greys Inn
Subject (Topic):: Apollo, Minerva (Roman deity), and Music
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Musick introduc'd to Apollo by Minerva 1727 [graphic]