published according to act of Parliament, [approximately 1736]
Call Number:
736.11.08.01.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
An ass with panniers, driven by Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury who carries a whip in one hand and a book in the other. The ass has the face of Dr. Lynch, Dean of Canterbury, son-in-law of Wake who bestowed manu preferments on the Dean. A poorly fed and clothed clergyman kneels on one knee before the ass and salutes the beast, who turns his face away. In the pannier, which is marked "Sinecure of Bray", lie many labels or packages inscribed with the names of Dr. Llynch's preferments
Alternative Title:
Ass loaded wth church preferments and Ass loaded with church preferments
Description:
Title from item., Publication date inferred from dated impression of this print in the Pierpont Morgan Library., Publication date in British Museum catalogue: ca. 1735., The word 'church' in title is represented by an image of a church building., Bowditch's ms. annotations on the mounting sheet., and Mounted to 34 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Wake, William, 1657-1737 and Lynche, John, 1697 or 1698-1760
Title from text above image., Questionable date of publication from annotation in pencil below plate mark., Four columns of verse below image: Know, all the distant din the world can keep rolls o'er my grotto, and but sooths my sleep ... A. Pope., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left edge., and No. 9, "Pope's Villa," on Edith McKeon Abbott's map: Horace Walpole's Twickenham 1747-1797, in v. 42 of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980.
Title from text in image., Text at top of image: "Mon dieu et droit.", and Plate from: Vertue, G. The heads of the kings of England. London : Printed for James, John, and Paul Knapton, at the Crown in Ludgate-Street, 1736.
Portrait of George Granville, Baron Lansdowne; half-length to left, with head turned to look to front; wearing cap, open coat and shirt; his left hand inside the breast of his coat
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from that of the volume in which the plate appeared., Frontispiece to: The genuine works in verse and prose, of the Right Honourable George Granville, Lord Lansdowne. In three volumes. London : Printed; and sold by J. Osborn, 1736., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 57 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12.
Title from first line of letterpress verse surrounding the image., Engraved from Hearne's portrait by Tillemans., Four lines of satirical verse printed around the plate: Hearnius, behold! in closet close y-pent, Of sober face, with learned dust besprent, To future ages will his dulness last, Who hath preserv'd the dulness of the past., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Not in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits ... in the British Museum., Subject identified by J. Reed on second mounting sheet, recto and in later unknown hand on first mounting sheet, recto., and Mounted to 22 x 18 cm, window mounted to 30 x 24 cm.
"Portrait of Henry, Lord Darnley, King of Scotland, set into a frame with emblems relating to him; illustration to Paul de Rapin-Thoyras, 'The History of England'. 1736"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Henry Lord Darnley King of Scotland
Description:
Title from text in image., Text in image below sitter: Ao. dat. MDLXIII, aeta XVII., Plate from: Vertue, G. Heads of the kings of England. London : Knapton, 1736., and Original portrait currently attributed to Hans Ewouts. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1979,U.1241.
Portrait of James Gibbs; head in profile to the right, wearing wig; in medallion set in decorative frame, with oak leaves; headpiece to an unidentified publication
Alternative Title:
Jacobus Gibbs architectus
Description:
Title and date engraved around image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On page 143 in volume 2.
"Portrait of Thomas Tanner, half-length to right, looking to front; wearing ecclesiastical robes and bands; in an oval frame, with putto and Acanthus leaves on top, placed behind a marble container with coat of arms in front; books on left, burning lamp on right; impression pasted onto sheet of paper; proof before letters."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Place of publication from printmaker's known place of activity., Date of publication from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text., and In paper frame: 399 x 280 mm.
"Portrait of Sarah Duchess of Somerset, whole length; seated to right in front of a curtain on an elevated pedestal, looking to front; wearing pearl earrings, and fur-trimmed cape over low-cut dress with lace collar and jewels; pointing downwards with the index finger of her right hand; her left hand resting on a crown on a table, next to a closed book; pillar on right; after Quinckhard."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text in image: "M.S.P. Sara Illustrissima Nuper Ducissa Somersetensis ... MDCXCII.", and After Jan Maurits Quinckhard.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Somerset, Sarah Alston Seymour, Duchess of, 1631-169,
"Portrait, three-quarter length, directed to right, right hand on a cannon, left hand on his sword-hilt, hat under left arm, wearing a long wig, coat and long jacket, the cravat tucked underneath, with the end pulled through below the top two buttons, facing and looking to front, on a sea-shore, with ships firing in the background to right; after Gibson; before retouching and price added"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Honourable Nicholas Haddock Esquire
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publisher from Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.1497., and Mounted on sheet 49.0 x 32.0 cm.
Publisher:
Sold by J. Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square
