Drawing of Daniel Mytens (ca. 1590-1674), painter born in Delft in the northern Netherlands. He moved to London in the mid-1610s where his patrons included many members of the royal court and later King James I and Charles I. He returned to The Hague in 1630 where he worked as an art dealer
Alternative Title:
Daniel Mytens pictor magna Britannia Regis
Description:
Title from item., Signed in pencil, lower right: G.V., Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Mytens in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. [Strawberry-Hill] : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v. 2, opp. p. 7. Artist indentified as: Ant. van Dyck pinxt., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Manuscript describes the career of John Francis Rigaud (1742-1810) in detail and includes discussion of his painting techniques. There are frequent mentions of the Royal Academy. Accompanied by seven related pieces concerning the Rigaud and Dutilh families
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Dutilh family., Rigaud family., Rigaud, J. F. 1742-1810. (John Francis),, Rigaud, Stephen Francis Dutilh, 1777-1861., and Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
Title from item., Signed in ink, lower right under image: G. Vertue del., Inscription in ink, in 18th century hand, lower right: from an orig in Poses. Mr. Crawley at Hampsted, Hartforsh. An other orig. drawn in Poses. Mr. Rosse., Inscription in ink, in 18th century hand, lower left: H. Famossmo Pittore Francesco Clein Miracolo dell Secolo. I molto esti mato dell. R. Carlo della grande Britagna. 1646., Drawing that was later used for an engraving published in : Anecdotes of painting in England, with some account of the principal artists / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Farmer, 1762, v. 2, p. 127., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Drawing of Federico Zuccaro (ca. 1540-1609), Italian born painter, draughtsman and writer, brother of Taddeo Zuccaro
Description:
Title from inscription below image., Inscription in ink, lower right: in poses[n] Mr. T. Gibson paint., Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Zucchero in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. [Strawberry-Hill] : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v. 1, opp. p. 140., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
An allegorical representation of France with Liberty as a young woman bound and being dragged from a temple, Libertas, by French soldiers to face a angry mob, two decapitated heads at the base of the stairs. One soldier breaks a staff with a liberty cap at the top. A woman kneels a fire which consumes a spinning wheel and is fed books carried by laborers. A crowd of artists, musicians, carpenters, smiths, weavers and other tradesmen are roughly pushed away from the temple by a soldier. In the background a church which has been turned into a theatre attracts a large crowd to a production of "The massacre at Paris."
Description:
Attributed to John Nixon. See British Museum catalogue, no. 8334., Trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom., One line of text below title: This print is most respectfully dedicated to every true hearted Briton who's a friend to his king and country., Four lines from Churchill's poem, Independence, printed in two columns on each side of title: O thou poor country, weak and overpow'rd, By thine own sons, eat to the bone, devour'd ..., Nine lines of explanatory text below image: Liberty is torn from her temple by a hired band of ruffians ... ., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom with loss of contemporary ms. annotation.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France and France.
Subject (Name):
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
Subject (Topic):
History, Artists, Book burning, Decapitations, Demons, Destruction & pillage, Fools & jesters, Liberty, People associated with manual labor, Trade, Revolutions, and Violence
An engraved advertisement for artist Squire Morley's services, decorated with a border in the Late Baroque style with two putti on either side, one holding a portrait, the other sketching, grand staircases and eagle holding the scroll on which the text is engraved
Alternative Title:
Gentlemen and ladies pictures drawn at their houses in crayons ...
Copy of the bookplate design for George Lambert. The arms and crest are those of Lambert of Banstead (Surrey): gules three narcissus flowers argent; a mount vert wtih a centaur passant, regardant, girt with laurel wreath and holding bow and arrow gules. Supporters are: Music and Painting
Alternative Title:
Bookplate for George Lambert
Description:
Title from text in image., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 115., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (2nd ed.), no. 47., and Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 118.
Copy of the bookplate design for George Lambert. The arms and crest are those of Lambert of Banstead (Surrey): gules three narcissus flowers argent; a mount vert wtih a centaur passant, regardant, girt with laurel wreath and holding bow and arrow gules. Supporters are: Music and Painting
Alternative Title:
Bookplate for George Lambert
Description:
Title from text in image., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 115., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (2nd ed.), no. 47., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 118., Printmaker's name erased from this impression: A.M.I. fe: erased., and On page 3 in volume 1. Plate mark 100 x 970 mm.
"Portrait seen seated half-length within rectangular frame, almost in profile to left drawing, eyes to front; wearing plain coat and necktie."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English mezzotint portraits and their states., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of all inscriptions. Description based on impression of the third state in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1950,0520.142.
Publisher:
Pub. Jan. 1, 1805, by J. Harris, Gerrard Street, Soho
