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1. Dominus Gulielmus Temple Eques Baronettus [graphic]

Creator:: Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1720]
Call Number:: Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Portrait of Sir William Temple, half-length to right, with head turned to front, looking towards left; wearing a wig, loose gown, and lace cravat; in an oval frame decorated on top with Acanthus leaves and ribbon lettered with motto "Servare modum [...] sequi.", placed on a pedestal, with coat of arms in front."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title engraved below image., Frontipiece to: The works of Sir William Temple. London : Printed for A. Churchill, T. Goodwin, J. Knapton, R. Smith, B. Tooke [and 6 others in London], 1720., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Three lines of Latin text below title: Sermi. et Potmi. Mag. Brittanniae Regis ad Ords. Faedti. Belgÿ̈ Legatus ..., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 76 (leaf numbered '125' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:: A. Churchill, T. Goodwin, J. Knapton, R. Smith, B. Tooke, and 6 others
Subject (Name):: Temple, William, 1628-1699,
Subject (Topic):: Diplomats, British, and Authors
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Dominus Gulielmus Temple Eques Baronettus [graphic]

2. Eliza Haywood [graphic]

Creator:: Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1725]
Call Number:: Portraits H427 no. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Engraving of the portrait of the novelist Eliza Haywood after the painting by Parmentier; oval bust, facing right, in rectangular frame
Description:: Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756), English author and actress., and Mounted on wove paper with watermark: Whatman 1886.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Haywood, Eliza, 1693?-1756,
Subject (Topic):: Authors, British, and Actresses
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Eliza Haywood [graphic]

3. Garrick. Shakespear [graphic]

Creator:: Miller, J., printmaker
Published / Created:: [August 1769]
Call Number:: 769.08.00.06
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: Portrait of David Garrick standing whole-length to front with legs crossed and leaning on bust of Shakespeare that stands on a plinth in a garden; he holds stick in his left hand, looking to right; folly beside river, beyond at right
Description:: Title, artist, and printmaker scratched with production and publication detail below image.
Publisher:: London Magazine
Subject (Name):: Garrick, David, 1717-1779, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616,
Subject (Topic):: Actors, British, and Authors
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Garrick. Shakespear [graphic]

4. Ionathan Swift S.T.D. Dean of the Cathedral Church of St. Patrick's in Dublin / [graphic]

Creator:: Pelham, Peter, 1697-1751, printmaker
Published / Created:: [between 1717 and 1720?]
Call Number:: Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Portrait of Swift seen half length, within oval frame, panelled corners, directed towards left, facing towards and looking towards left, wig, bands, black gown; after face and title altered from Benjamin Pratt, and arms and inscriptions erased."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Jonathan Swift S.T.D.
Description:: Title engraved below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Later state of a plate, engraved by John Simon and published circa 1715 by William Sarson, that originally depicted the clergyman Benjamin Pratt and had the title "The Reverend Mr. Benjamin Pratt A.M." The face was altered to that of Jonathan Swift by the engraver Peter Pelham, and the original inscription was erased and replaced. See: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0413.132., Twelve lines of verse in two columns below title: Four brillant [sic] gems, in this great genius shine, The scholar, poet, statesman and divine ..., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 2 (leaf numbered '30' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:: John Bowles
Subject (Name):: Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745, and Pratt, Benjamin, 1676 or 1677-1715.
Subject (Topic):: Authors and British
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Ionathan Swift S.T.D. Dean of the Cathedral Church of St. Patrick's in Dublin / [graphic]

5. James Boswell Esqr. [graphic]

Creator:: Graves, Robert, 1798-1873, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1824]
Call Number:: Portraits B747 no. 3
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Portrait of James Boswell, half-length, looking left
Description:: Title from caption below image.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Boswell, James, 1740-1795,
Subject (Topic):: Authors and British
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > James Boswell Esqr. [graphic]

6. James Boswell of Auchinleck, Esqr [graphic]

Creator:: Jones, J. (John), approximately 1745-1797, printmaker
Published / Created:: [17 January 1786]
Call Number:: Portraits B747 no. 4+
Image Count:: 2
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Portrait of James Boswell after Reynolds (Mannings 214); half-length, turned to left, eyes to front; wearing plain, unbuttoned coat and waistcoat; curtain and landscape behind; lettered state before title erased."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title engraved below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Unframed in February 2023. Printed label of the Rowley Gallery in Kensington, London, and a second label with a 20th century ink inscription, affixed to backing of former frame., and Watermark: Whatman.
Publisher:: Pubd. as the act directs Janry. 17, 1786, by I. Jones, No. 63 Great Portland Street, Mary-le-bone
Subject (Name):: Boswell, James, 1740-1795,
Subject (Topic):: Authors and British
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > James Boswell of Auchinleck, Esqr [graphic]

7. Joseph Richardson Esqr. barrister, and member for Newport in Cornwall / [graphic]

Creator:: Newton, William John, Sir, 1785-1869, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1807]
Call Number:: Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Portrait of Joseph Richardson, half-length, directed to the left, looking towards the viewer, in double-breasted jacket; after Sir Martin Archer Shee; finished state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from text below image, Frontispiece to: Literary relics of the late Joseph Richardson, Esq. ... London : Printed for J. Ridgway, 1807., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 438 (leaf numbered '52 in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:: J. Ridgway
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Richardson, Joseph, 1755-1803, and Richardson, Joseph, 1755-1803.
Subject (Topic):: Authors, British, and Politicians
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Joseph Richardson Esqr. barrister, and member for Newport in Cornwall / [graphic]

8. Mr. Alexander Pope [graphic].

Published / Created:: [between 1766 and 1774]
Call Number:: 49 3349
Collection Title:: Opposite page 11. Bibliographical and literary anecdotes by William Bowyer, printer, F. S. A., and
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Medley print with a portrait of and verses by Alexander Pope. In the centre, a portrait of Pope in informal dress, presented as if lying above other prints, anti-clockwise from right: a coin of Quenn Anne; an extract from "The Rape of the Lock" with an illustration of "The Fop"; an extract from "Windsor Forest" with a view of formal gardens; decorative scroll work, lettered, "[G A] Delin. Sculp. 1731"; two columns of verse headed "An Encomium on Mr Pope and his Poems by his Grace ye late Duke of Buckingham"; country people dancing around a may-pole. Beneath lie a sheet of music, a sheet printed in gothic letter; two sheets of engraved lettering only partly visible."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Encomium on Mr. Pope and his poems / by his Grace [the] late Duke of Buckingham
Description:: Title from engraved text beneath portrait at center of design., Later state of a print published in 1731 by Henry Overton. Cf. No. 1880 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 2., "Sayer acquired the stock of Henry Overton II c.1764. This print must have been published after 1766 when Sayer's address changed to No.53 Fleet Street, but before 1774 when he went into partnership with John Bennett."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2000,0930.45., Mounted to 29 x 22 cm., and Bound in opposite page 11 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Nichols, J. Bibliographical and literary anecdotes by William Bowyer ...
Publisher:: Printed for Robt. Sayer, at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):: England.
Subject (Name):: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744,, Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714,, and Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Subject (Topic):: Authors, British, Poets, Coins, Gardens, May poles, and Dance
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Alexander Pope [graphic].

9. The restive Pegasus, or, The dramatic author foiled in his attempt to ascend Parnassus [graphic]

Creator:: Grinagain, Giles, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:: [25 July 1802]
Call Number:: 802.07.25.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A man in ragged but quasi-fashionable dress rides (right to left) an ass through a river which flows past a steep mountain. The animal jibs, with ears set back; the rider raises a whip in each hand. He wears, and uses, three pairs of spurs, and attached to his shoulders and to the ass is a monstrous pile of bladders inscribed respectively 'Repartee', 'Nonsensical Verses', 'Catastrophe', 'Sentiment', 'Blasphemies', 'Puns', 'Duels', 'Double Entendres', 'Metaphors', 'Ghosts', 'Melting Speeches', 'Squibs', 'Dialogue', 'Daggers Poisons'."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state.*
Alternative Title:: Dramatic author foiled in his attempt to ascend Parnassus
Description:: Title etched below image., Giles Grinagain is possibly a pseudonym of Samuel Howitt. See British Museum online catalogue., Plate reissued by S.W. Fores in 1804. Cf. No. 10334 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:: Pub. July 25, 1802, by S. Howitt, Panton Street
Subject (Topic):: Authors, British, Donkeys, Literature, and Spurs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The restive Pegasus, or, The dramatic author foiled in his attempt to ascend Parnassus [graphic]