Title from annotation in ink on separate oval strip of paper mounted around portrait., Date of publication based on death date of Richard Bull, who included an impression of this print in an extra-illustrated volume he assembled., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 168 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.
"Libyan Sibyl; facing front, seated, with a turban on head, holding a book open with her left hand, resting her right elbow on a closed book on a table, the book lettered with "Sibilla Libia"; after Guercino."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger. and Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration number: S,5.55.
"The Prince stands in back view, his head turned to the left. His heels are together. His powdered hair or wig has a cockatoo-like crest, worn with a very small queue, round which his coat is thickly frosted with powder, cf. BMSat 8190. His neck, as indicated by his coat-collar, is grotesquely thick, his coat has the bulky sleeves associated with Jean de Bry, see BMSat 9425, with pointed coat-tails. Under his left arm is a cocked hat. The word 'Honi . . .' appears on his garter."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Prince of Wales from behind
Description:
Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Mounted to 37 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 10th, 1802, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Title, place and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate from broadside: The Queen's ass: a new humorous allegorical song by H. Howard, Imperfect: etching only, text lacking., and Mounted to 33 x 44 cm.
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Date based on year of Walpole's death., Probably an illustration from a book., and Matted to 14.8 x 18.4 cm. For further information, consult library staff.
Ward, William James, approximately 1800-1840, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[approximately 1833]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, half-length to left, in front of a curtain; wearing a dark double-breasted coat over light buttoned waistcoat with standing collar, white shirt, and neckerchief."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Right Honourable Charles Earl Grey
Description:
Title from later state., Artist from statement of responsibility on later state: Engraved by Wm. Ward, from the original picture by the late John Jackson, Esqr. R.A., Proof state; the only lettering is the printmaker's signature, which is lightly scratched and centered below image., Publication information inferred from imprint "London. Published Jany 1, 1833, by Wm. Ward, 12 Mornington Place, Hampstead Road" on later state; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.1633. See also: Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 387, no. 3., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 650 (leaf numbered '98' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
"Portrait of William Pitt three-quarter length seated, his head slightly turned to left, his right hand resting on documents on a table; curtain and pillar in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1851,0901.1338., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Matted.
Title from the print of which this plate is a copy. See Stephens., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., Reduced copy, without title and verse, of No. 3817 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Temporary local subject terms: London: Cheapside -- Vehicles: chariot -- Slang: "bruisers," i.e., prizefighters, and Mounted to 32 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Talbot, William Talbot, Earl, 1710-1782, and Beckford, William, 1709-1770
An etching that appeared at the head of a broadside with the title 'Rhe Scotch yoke, or, English resentment' and nine verses in letterpress below; a satire on Lord Bute, his Excise scheme and the Treaty of Paris (1762). The image shows Lord Bute, dressed in tartan, seated on top of a pole on a pyre, holding two documents one labeled "Peace" and the other "Excise upon Cyder"; surrounded by a group a cheering people; with engraved speech bubbles
Alternative Title:
English resentment
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue. and With Bowditch's annotaions on mount: 33.2 x 45.2 cm.
