Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy available as a pdf., Red morocco by Clarke & Bedford. Bookplate 2 early state, and a copy of the 2d Strawberry Hill fleuron. Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763. Bookplate of Samuel Putnam Avery., and Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy, with copious manuscript additions and corrections, some on added leaves.
"A group of men wearing oriental costumes and turbans kicking a ball lettered with 'Corn Laws', seen rolling at left; the Caliph (fourth from left, Sir Robert Peel) more furious than the rest, kicking hardest (others kicking, from left to right, Richard Cobden, Lord Morpeth, John Bright, Lord Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, Henry Goulburn, Duke of Buckingham, Duke of Richmond); a man, in the character of Mozamhabad (Duke of Wellington) and his companion (Lord Stanley) kneeling in foreground at right, trying to stop the Caliph, without success."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Scene from Vathek (realized)
Description:
Title from text below image., Print signed with the monogram "HB," which was used by John Doyle., Likely a proof state before minor changes were made to the design., Sheet trimmed with nearly complete loss of series statement from upper right margin; series numbering from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.; 1868,0808.12180., Three lines of quoted text below image: "The Caliph more furious than the rest, followed close, & gave as many kicks as he could. ...", and With contemporary pencil annotations, perhaps by the artist, indicating corrections to be made to the design. Additional notes in pencil below image identify the figures and label the print as a "Proof."
Publisher:
Published Decr. 22nd, 1845, by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Printed at 70 St. Martin's Lane
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1760-1844., Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Cobden, Richard, 1804-1865, Carlisle, George William Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1802-1864, Bright, John, 1811-1889, Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of, 1784-1860, Graham, James, Sir, 1792-1861, Goulburn, Henry, 1784-1856, Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of, 1797-1861, Richmond, Charles Gordon-Lennox, Duke of, 1791-1860, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1799-1869
Beckford's Tower and tomb, Walcot Cemetery, near Bath
Description:
Title etched below image., Approximate date of publication based on the return of Beckford's tomb to Walcot, which occurred in 1848., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published (for the proprietors) by H.G. Collins, 22 Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1760-1844 and Lansdown Tower (Bath, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Towers, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Cemeteries
Title etched below image., Plate from: Britton, J. Graphical and literary illustrations of Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire. London : Printed for the author, 1823., Numbered "Pl. VI" in upper right margin., "C. & Co."--Lower right corner., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge.
Titles from letterpress text below each image., Date of publication from that of the issue of the periodical in which the prints appeared., Page 308 from: Pictorial times. [London] : [publisher not identified], [18 May 1844], Three wood engravings, each individually titled below, printed on the same sheet as an article in letterpress entitiled: Death of the author of "Vathek" - Fonthill Abbey., Name of the periodical, "Pictorial times," printed within printer's ornament at top of sheet; sheet numbered "308" in letterpress at bottom., Publication date of the periodical issue, "May 18th, 1844," is written in ink next to the title of the letterpress article., and Stamp in red ink in lower left corner of sheet; page 307 of the same issue of Pictorial times printed on verso.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1760-1844, Fonthill Abbey., and Lansdown Tower (Bath, England)
Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770-1863, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1822]
Call Number:
Babb-Beckford no. 75
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image; title etched a second time in small letters at bottom edge of image, preceding printmaker signature., Date of publication from: Millington, J. Engravings of Fonthill. In: The Beckford journal, v. 7 (Spring 2001), page 47., Plate from: The gazette of fashion, and magazine of the fine arts and belle lettres. London : Published for C.M. Westmacott by Hoffman, and Sams, 1822-, "Engraved expressly for the Gazette of Fashion."--Below title., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 13.8 x 20.4 cm, on sheet 19.0 x 27.0 cm., and Watermark, partially trimmed: J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1822[?].
Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770-1863, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1822]
Call Number:
Babb-Beckford no. 74
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image; title etched a second time in small letters at bottom edge of image, preceding printmaker signature., Date of publication from: Millington, J. Engravings of Fonthill. In: The Beckford journal, v. 7 (Spring 2001), page 47., Plate from: The gazette of fashion, and magazine of the fine arts and belle lettres. London : Published for C.M. Westmacott by Hoffman, and Sams, 1822-, "Engraved expressly for the Gazette of Fashion."--Below title., and Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill.
Title etched below image., Date of publication from: Millington, J. Engravings of Fonthill. In: The Beckford journal, v. 7 (Spring 2001), page 47., and Probably a vignette for the engraved title page from: Rutter, J. A new descriptive guide to Fonthill Abbey and demesne. Shaftesbury : J. Rutter, [1823]
