Thomas Kirgate's version, probably 1797--the lower part of the half-sheet only., Mounted on page 30 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., Pasted below a colored drawing of the vase in the Little Cloister; with Richard Bull's annotation in ink., and For further information, consult library staff.
"Portrait after a drawing by Lawrence; bust-length to front, head turned in three-quarter profile to look right, wearing a short wig curled at the sides."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Q,2.58.
Description:
Title etched below image., Proof state, with scratch lettering and lacking engraved frame. For later state, see the Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, p. 377., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"Portrait after a drawing by Lawrence; bust-length to front, head turned in three-quarter profile to look right, wearing a short wig curled at the sides."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Q,2.58.
Description:
Title etched below image., Proof state, with scratch lettering and lacking engraved frame. For later state, see the Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, p. 377., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : stipple engraving with roulette on wove paper ; sheet 37.4 x 24.8 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Inscribed in ink at bottom of sheet, in Mary Berry's hand: To Lord Sheffield from M. & A. Berry.
"Portrait after a drawing by Lawrence; bust-length to front, head turned in three-quarter profile to look right, wearing a short wig curled at the sides."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Q,2.58.
Description:
Title etched below image., Proof state, with scratch lettering and lacking engraved frame. For later state, see the Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, p. 377., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : stipple engraving with roulette on wove paper ; sheet 34.2 x 25.7 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Inscribed in ink at bottom of sheet, in Mary Berry's hand: To Mr. Bull from M. & A. Berry., and Pencil annotation in lower left corner, in Richard Bull's hand: Only 60 proofs were taken off.
Double portrait of the physicians Jean Misaubin and Richard Mead, half-length, sitting together at a table
Description:
Title from notes below image in Richard Bull's hand., Artist's name written in lower right, probably also in Richard Bull's hand., Date supplied by curator., Formerly laid 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.
Subject (Name):
Misaubin, Jean, 1673-1734 and Mead, Richard, 1673-1754
Watercolor drawing of Château de Grignan in the Drôme department in southeastern France. The structure, a former medieval castle and Renaissance palace, sits atop a hit in the middle distance. Houses dot the base of the hill and extend to the right and left of it. A church is seen in the foreground on the right; a man on horseback rides in the center foreground, and a carriage pulled by four horses follows behind him on the left. Mountains are visible in the far distance; blue-gray clouds fill the sky above
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image on mounting page, in Richard Bull's hand., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 66 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., and For further information, consult library staff.
Drawing of a stoneware tankard made by Francis Place and owned by Horace Walpole
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist not identified., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 43 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., With Richard Bull's note in ink, below image on mounting page: This cup is of Mr. Place's china, and of the same size as the original., and With wash-line mount. For further information, consult library staff.
Watercolor drawing depicting a large ungulate, probably a wildebeest (gnu). Drawing could have been made from a captive or preserved specimen
Description:
Title from local catalog card; title based on descriptive note in Richard Bull's hand on a separate sheet (7.8 x 18.7 cm) that accompanies the drawing: This animal, very rarely to be met with, was taken in the year 1774 in land in Africa, latitude 25 or 26 degrees. It was about the size of a large bullock., Unsigned; artist not identified., Place of production based on the country of residence of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found., Date of production based on the year mentioned in the descriptive note for the animal's capture or killing., Formerly laid in at page 59 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]., Watermark: J. Whatman., Matted with manuscript note to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Watercolor drawing depicting a large ungulate, probably a wildebeest (gnu). Drawing could have been made from a captive or preserved specimen
Description:
Title from local catalog card; title based on descriptive note in Richard Bull's hand on a separate sheet (7.8 x 18.7 cm) that accompanies the drawing: This animal, very rarely to be met with, was taken in the year 1774 in land in Africa, latitude 25 or 26 degrees. It was about the size of a large bullock., Unsigned; artist not identified., Place of production based on the country of residence of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found., Date of production based on the year mentioned in the descriptive note for the animal's capture or killing., Formerly laid in at page 59 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]., Watermark: J. Whatman., Matted with manuscript note to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Album of ca. 22 watercolors by Maria Sybilla Merian, of insects, reptiles, and fish probably done on the European continent (Germany or Netherlands), along with a collection of other watercolors by several artists, signed and unsigned, including a portrait of Dr. Mead and Dr. Misaubin surgeon, drawn by William Hogarth and a drawing by George Perfect Harding. Also included: Palace of the Rajah of Tassisudon / copied by M. Griffiths Junr. 1798; Back of Gibraltar Hills / W. Booth delin, ALS from Horace Walpole to Richard Bull dated 1784 July 14, thanking him for the loan of some books including this collection of drawings by Maria Merian which he describes as "very fine"., and Also laid in are various verses in Richard Bull's hand including a poem in memory of Catherine Bull and a narrative on Queen Caroline; a poem in French, "Address by the Queen of Holland to Buonaparte" [later published as Les Adieux by S̀̀ègur].
Alternative Title:
Bull's album of drawings
Description:
Title devised by curator., Album contains 402 pages, alternating white and blue sheets. Nothing laid in after p. 211., Ms. notes in Richard Bull's hand., Binding: Red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings.", Disassembled, some items matted and stored in 5 solander boxes. Original binding shelved separately., and When the album was digitized, blank pages were not scanned; original page location, however, is recorded which explains the gaps in the paginatioin in the virtual browse view. For further information, consult library staff.
