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1. "The arch" at Stowe [art original]
- Creator:
- Cronin, David Edward, 1839-1925, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1885]
- Call Number:
- Folio 225 884S Copy 2
- Collection Title:
- Volume 5, page 189. Horace Walpole and his world.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An imagined view, based on Horace Walpole's description, of the arch at Stowe that was erected in honor of Princess Amelia. The trestled arch, covered in ivy or other greenery, rises up at the center of the image, a medallion of the princess at its apex. Through the arch is seen a glade leading down to a river, the trees just beyond the arch framing the view further; a bridge and hills are visible in the distance beyond. Groups of white figures, presumably classical statues in marble, cluster around the two bases of the arch. In the left foreground a woman in a pink dress looks through the arch, her back to the viewer
- Description:
- Title written below image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner of image., Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period., Page reference for quotation written below title: Page 117., and Bound in as page 189 in volume 5 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
- Subject (Topic):
- Estates, Arches, and Monuments & memorials
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "The arch" at Stowe [art original]
2. A peep into a confessional [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1818]
- Call Number:
- 818.00.00.39+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An elegant young woman in a décolletée dress with bare arms, and a fat elderly monk (right) embrace. Their profiles are concealed behind the pillar supporting the double arch through which the confessional is seen."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Attribution to George Cruikshank from the British Museum catalogue., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Monks, Hugging, Confessionals, Columns, and Arches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A peep into a confessional [graphic].
3. Antiqvaries [graphic]
- Creator:
- Landseer, John, 1769-1852, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [25 February 1798]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 812 B68
- Collection Title:
- Plate [184] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; portrait medallions of Selden, Spelman, Cotton and Leland along a tomb, with one of Ashmole leaning at right, before a ruined arch and surrounding buildings, a mountain in the background, a pick and jug spilling gold in the foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Antiquaries
- Description:
- Title from text within image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [184] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published 25 Feby. 1798, by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery
- Subject (Name):
- Selden, John, 1584-1654,, Spelman, Henry, Sir, 1564?-1641,, Cotton, Robert, Sir, 1571-1631,, and Leland, Thomas, 1722-1785,
- Subject (Topic):
- Ashmole, Elias, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Arches, and Ruins
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Antiqvaries [graphic]
4. Arlequin deodat, et pamirge hypochondriaques [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1689]
- Call Number:
- Print20122
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication from item., "Gisling" is a pseudonym of de Hooghe. Geneva may also be part of that pseudonym., Description from British Museum: A broadside satirising the developments in the Palatine War of Succession, the Glorious Revolution, and the Turkish War by likening the European leaders to (hypochondriac) patients being treated by a German doctor and other physicians; with an etching by de Hooghe showing in the centre a doctor holding a urine sample in his R hand, in his L a book, under his belt wearing paper slips with different (German) place names, on the left Louis XIV (no 2) attempting to draw his sword, but being stopped by William III (no.3), on the R the English Queen Mary in bed (no 8), attended by Father Petre (no 9), in the R foreground two women with the infant Prince James (no 10), on the left a priest with bells and a sword (James II?) on a chamber-pot assisted by another cleric, in the left background a madman let away by two Turks., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- France and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- William III, King of England, 1650-1702., James II, King of England, 1633-1701., Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715., Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694., and Petre, Edward, 1631-1699.
- Subject (Topic):
- Urine, Analysis, Hypochondria, Politics and government, Physicians, Kings, Queens, Sick persons, Soldiers, Arms & armament, Turbans, and Arches
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Arlequin deodat, et pamirge hypochondriaques [graphic]
5. Making a veto bishop [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1800]
- Call Number:
- 800.00.00.147
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date of publication supplied by cataloger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Clergy -- Architectural details.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Bishops, Interiors, Columns, and Arches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Making a veto bishop [graphic].
6. Royal Jennerian Society. Honorary diploma. W.B. Paxton Esqr. An honorary member of the great royal establishment [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dadley, John, 1767-1817, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1820]
- Call Number:
- Print00624
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Place of publication derived from nationality of printmaker., Date derived from date of diploma (May 17th, 1820)., Description from British Museum: A triumphal arch surmounted by the royal crest with lion and unicorn, with rows of crests interspersed with pillars and a statue of Jenner standing looking to right, gesturing to right as he tramples a serpent, on a pedestal decorated with a woman milking a cow and handing a bowl to children, on the left; with a view of London and St Paul's through the arch, papers listing patrons, presidents, 'Honorary Members MDCCCXVII' and a paper rolling into the foreground lettered with details of the testimonial; after Oben; with artists' names., 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: W C Paxton Esqr. ; J.W. Chairman ; John Fox.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Jenner, Edward, 1749-1823.
- Subject (Topic):
- Royal Jennerian Society, Degrees, Academic, Smallpox vaccine, Arches, Snakes, Coats of arms, Sculpture, and Physicians
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Royal Jennerian Society. Honorary diploma. W.B. Paxton Esqr. An honorary member of the great royal establishment [graphic]
7. Temple Church [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 September 1809]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 646 808 M58 v.3
- Collection Title:
- V. 3 Microcosm of London.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Interior of Temple Church; pointed arches surrounded circular space, with vaults behind connecting to walls of church; iron railings protecting tombs on floor of church, a few figures lean over railings to view tomb."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 84., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 174.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Septr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Temple Church (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Churches, Interiors, Arches, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Temple Church [graphic]
8. The Master of the Inn confers the order of knighthood on Don Quixotte scene, the Temple cloister / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately August 1803]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 82. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Erskine, dressed as an officer of the Inns of Court Volunteers, kneels on one knee to receive spurs from Sir James Mansfield, in legal wig and gown, who stands over him, his sword held vertically. Erskine's knee rests on a bulky brief: 'The King v. Hardy Brief for Def[ence]'; he says: "Henceforth I will be faithful and bear true Allegiance [? and abjure] traiterous . . . (the words obscured by his plumed helmet)". In the foreground two couples of privates or N.C.O.s (left and right) walk off scowling suspiciously over their shoulders at the investiture. The design is framed by two arches of the cloister of the Temple Church. Through one (left) is seen the body of the church: three (sculptured) recumbent Knights Templars raise themselves from their tombs to gaze in horror at the scene. All five volunteers wear plumed helmets and epaulets. The two on the left carry, one a pike, the other a bayoneted musket, both directed towards the new knight. Under the foot of one is a torn paper: 'Mr Sheridan Speech & Vote of thanks to the Volunteer[s]'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text in top part of image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Approximate date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Two columns of verse below image: Templars of old were valiant knights, defenders of their country's rights ..., 1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper ; plate mark 37.8 x 30.4 cm, on sheet 39.5 x 31.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 82 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Mansfield, James, Sir, 1733-1821, Hardy, Thomas, 1752-1832., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., and Temple Church (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Arches, Soldiers, British, and Judges
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Master of the Inn confers the order of knighthood on Don Quixotte scene, the Temple cloister / [graphic]
9. The Master of the Inn confers the order of knighthood on Don Quixotte scene, the Temple cloister / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately August 1803]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 82. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Erskine, dressed as an officer of the Inns of Court Volunteers, kneels on one knee to receive spurs from Sir James Mansfield, in legal wig and gown, who stands over him, his sword held vertically. Erskine's knee rests on a bulky brief: 'The King v. Hardy Brief for Def[ence]'; he says: "Henceforth I will be faithful and bear true Allegiance [? and abjure] traiterous . . . (the words obscured by his plumed helmet)". In the foreground two couples of privates or N.C.O.s (left and right) walk off scowling suspiciously over their shoulders at the investiture. The design is framed by two arches of the cloister of the Temple Church. Through one (left) is seen the body of the church: three (sculptured) recumbent Knights Templars raise themselves from their tombs to gaze in horror at the scene. All five volunteers wear plumed helmets and epaulets. The two on the left carry, one a pike, the other a bayoneted musket, both directed towards the new knight. Under the foot of one is a torn paper: 'Mr Sheridan Speech & Vote of thanks to the Volunteer[s]'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text in top part of image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Approximate date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Two columns of verse below image: Templars of old were valiant knights, defenders of their country's rights ..., and Mounted on page 102.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Mansfield, James, Sir, 1733-1821, Hardy, Thomas, 1752-1832., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., and Temple Church (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Interiors, Arches, Soldiers, British, and Judges
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Master of the Inn confers the order of knighthood on Don Quixotte scene, the Temple cloister / [graphic]
