Trade card for Ellis Gamble whose shop sign was an angel; with advertisement below. With text in English on the left and French on the right
Alternative Title:
Ellis Gamble orfeure a l'enseigne de l'ange d'or
Description:
Title etched in image below angel., State and date from Paulson., Ms. note in pencil above: See Nichol's Book 3, Edit. P. 240. Ms. note to the right: Sold for £7.0.0., and On page 5 in volume 1.
A representation of Charles XII's battle plan when he fought the Russians and the Turks. The medals decorating the bottom of the plate depict his opponents, Peter the Great of Russian and the Turkish Achmet's vizier
Description:
State, publisher, and date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "XXVI. B."--Upper left corner., "T. II."--Upper left corner., and One of fifteen plates engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa.
A representation of Charles XII's battle plan when he fought the Russians and the Turks. The medals decorating the bottom of the plate depict his opponents, Peter the Great of Russian and the Turkish Achmet's vizier
Description:
State, publisher, and date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "XXVI. B."--Upper left corner., "T. II."--Upper left corner., One of fifteen plates engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., and On page 16 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 25.5 x 17.7 cm.
The Kendal arms; coat of arms of Countess Ehrengard Melusine von der Schulenberg, in ornamental architectural cartouche, surmounted by coronet and with wild men, clothed in ivy, holdings clubs for supporters and two decorative cupids beneath the lozenge
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of William Hogarth (London, 1794-1799), v. i, p. 15, Pencilled ms. note below image: From Mr. S. Ireland's Hogarth Illustrated, p. 25., and On page 4 in volume 1.
Smith, J. (John), 1652-1743, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[1723]
Call Number:
Folio 75 P839 800 v. 4 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait, three-quarter length, sitting, low dress fastened by brooches, robe lined fur, and holding a coronet in her lap; table and curtain on left, landscape with trees in distance on right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Mounted on leaf numbered 1 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
"Facade of the house, on Threadneedle Street, with grand arched entrance leading through to courtyard; a carriage leaving on the right, elegantly dressed figures in foreground"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state of the same composition
Description:
Title from text etched within banner at top of image., Date of publication based on printseller's street address. See British Museum online catalogue., Variant (earlier?) state of a print published with the imprint "London: Printed and Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill." See British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 36 x 51 cm.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by John Bowles at Mercers Hall in Cheapside
A map of iron forges and mines near Arboga, still in Sweden
Alternative Title:
Fodina ferrea Danmorensis
Description:
Title, publisher, state, and imprint from Paulson., Engraved title etched in image, upper left., "T. II."--Middle left, between two images., "XXXV."--Middle right, between two images., One of fifteen plates engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., and On page 18 in volume 1.
A Turkish bath; a white woman, nude apart from a cloth around her legs, seats on low steps in a bath-house with a high ceiling perforated by numerous round holes; a black woman servant standing behind her and assisting her. On the wall to the right is a fountain with a shell-shaped basin
Description:
Title, printmaker, publisher, state, and date from Paulson., One of fifteen plates engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., "T. 1"--Upper left corner., "X"--Upper right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On page 15 in volume 1.
Publisher:
A. de La Mottraye
Subject (Name):
La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743.
Subject (Topic):
Public baths, Therapeutic baths, Servants, and Women
Scene in the Hippodrome in Constantinople with figures numbered; key provided in the text (see v. 1, p. 196-97, 249-50). In the foreground a procession for a Turkish bride who is carried by Janizaries; the group includes musicians who blow horns and beat drums. In the background are horsemen, 'Serpetine', and the ancient obelisks
Description:
Title, publisher, state, and date from Paulson., One of fifteen plates from: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., "T. 1."--Upper left corner., "XV."--Upper right corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 14 in volume 1.
Publisher:
A. de La Mottraye
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey. and Turkish.
Subject (Name):
La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743. and Hippodrome of Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey)
A view of the first three levels of a silver mine in Sala. Images A and B show the elevator; 4 and 5 show the openings of the mine. 6 is a cross section of one level of the mine where miners are working
Alternative Title:
Fodina argentea sahlensis
Description:
Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., "T. II."--Upper left corner., "XXXII."--Upper right corner., One of fifteen plates engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 18 in volume 1.
