A portrait of Thomas Kirgate, half-length, looking to the right
Description:
Title written in black ink below plate line, in an unidentified hand. and Statements of responsibility written in black ink below title, in an unidentified hand: Painted & etched by E. Edwards, 1784; finished by J. Hall.
A portrait of Thomas Kirgate, half-length, looking to the right
Description:
Title written in black ink below plate line, in an unidentified hand., Statements of responsibility written in black ink below title, in an unidentified hand: Painted & etched by E. Edwards, 1784; finished by J. Hall., and Mounted on page 18 in Horace Walpole's Journal of the printing-office at Strawberry Hill near Twickenham in Middlesex.
A portrait of Thomas Kirgate, half-length, looking to the right
Description:
Title written in black ink below plate line, in an unidentified hand., Statements of responsibility written in black ink below title, in an unidentified hand: Painted & etched by E. Edwards, 1784; finished by J. Hall., Mounted on page 240 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 12.5 x 8.2 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Note in ink below image on mounting sheet: Mr. Walpoe's printer., Print was probably given to Richard Bull by Edward Edwards. See letter from Edwards to Bull that is tipped into volume beside this portrait., and For further information, consult library staff.
Two watercolor drawings, one depicting three bees and the other depicting a small wasp(?), a rhinoceros(?) beetle, and an unidentified insect
Alternative Title:
Beetle and two flies
Description:
Titles from local catalog card., Each drawing signed in pencil in lower left corner with the artist's initials., Place of production based on artist's countries of residence in Europe; date of production based on artist's death date., Formerly page 21 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Two watercolor drawings: the drawing on top, three moths and a cockroach(?), and the drawing below depicting two butterflies, a moth, and a fly (?).
Alternative Title:
Three butterflies, one bee
Description:
Titles from local catalog card., Each drawing signed in pencil in lower left corner with the artist's initials., Place of production based on artist's countries of residence in Europe; date of production based on artist's death date., Formerly page 11 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Drawing of a mounted Turkish warrior racing to the left and looking back over his shoulder to the right, all four of his horse's outstretched legs off the ground; wearing striped pants, a red fur-collared coat, and a green turban; holding a curved saber in his right hand and grasping the reins with his left hand; a spear with a red flag near the tip rises from his back; tents and pyramids in the background
Description:
Title from local catalog card., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Place and date of production based on the country of residence and death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found., On verso are the ink inscriptions "My dear" and "(Edith Swinburne).", Formerly laid in at page 167 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Drawing of a mounted Turkish warrior racing to the left and looking back over his shoulder to the right, all four of his horse's outstretched legs off the ground; wearing striped pants, a red fur-collared coat, and a green turban; holding a curved saber in his right hand and grasping the reins with his left hand; a spear with a red flag near the tip rises from his back; tents and pyramids in the background
Description:
Title from local catalog card., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Place and date of production based on the country of residence and death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found., On verso are the ink inscriptions "My dear" and "(Edith Swinburne).", Formerly laid in at page 167 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Drawing of a Turkish sultan, possibly Selim I, Selim II, or Selim III; wearing an ornate kaftan and large turban; sitting on a horse that is facing left, the horse adorned with a decorated saddle, gold bridle, and other ornamentation
Alternative Title:
Sultan Selim
Description:
Title from local catalog card; alternative title inscribed in ink above image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Place and date of production based on the country of residence and death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found., At top of sheet is a trimmed manuscript inscription in French, written in a different hand than the other inscription: [...?] tresiesmo empereur des Turcts[?]., Sheet numbered "7" in ink in lower left corner., Formerly laid in at page 162 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Two watercolor drawings: above, a white moth on a leaf and a beetle; below, a single beetle
Alternative Title:
Beetle
Description:
Titles from local catalog card., Each drawing signed in pencil in lower left corner with the artist's initials; bottom drawing is mounted upside down, causing the initials to appear inverted in upper right., Place of production based on artist's countries of residence in Europe; date of production based on artist's death date., Formerly page 17 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Watercolor drawing depicting a gray caterpillar at top, a pupa in the middle, and a yellowish-brown and white moth at bottom
Description:
Title from local catalog card., Artist's name written in ink in an unidentified hand in lower right corner., Place and date of production based on the artist's country of residence and death date., Trimmed manuscript annotation in the artist's hand on verso. For other drawings by Marshal of moths and caterpillars, some with similar annotations on verso, see: Collection 941. Alexander Marshal Insect Watercolors. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia., Formerly laid in with three other drawings at page 51 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted together with three other drawings to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.