"Portrait of George Graham, seated at a table, his hat on his lap."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1958,1006.2729., and Text below title: Done from the original picture in the possession of the Right Honble. George Earl of Macclesfield, &c.
"Portrait, half-length to left, looking to front; wearing ecclesiastical robes, bands and hat; in an oval frame decorated with Acanthus leaves on top, placed above a pedestal, with crest in front; two books and scroll with ground plan of a building on right; curtain above on left, and bishop's hat above frame on right"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Publisher and date from British Museum online catalogue., and Text below image: "In the Collection of the Honble. Lieutenant General Dormer at Rowsham."
Title etched above image., "Plate 323."--Upper right above image., This print is based on a drawing that was formerly attributed to Hogarth, hence its inclusion in Ireland's 'Hogarth Illustrated'. For the drawing by Goupy see Britism Museum catalogue number 1858,0417.618., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand beneath image: Spurious. The head of Heidegger was impitched from Hist. in vol. 1, p. 43; in ink in Steevens's hand beneath print: Heidegger in a rage. See Mr. John Ireland's Hogarth illustrateed, p. 323., and On page 231 in volume 3.
"Satire on Robert Walpole showing him as a colossal figure at the entrance to St James's Palce bending forward with his naked backside exposed for an ambitious young man to kiss; another man holds a petition and bowls a hoop lettered, "Wealth", "Pride", "Vanity", "Folly", "Luxury", "Want", "Dependance", "Servility", "Venality", "Corruption" and "Prostitution", through Walpole's legs towards an arcade whose arches are labelled, "Saint [James's P]alace", "The Treasury", "The Exchequer" and "The Admiralty"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Way to preferment
Description:
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in minor loss of text., Four lines of text below image: And Henry the King made unto himself a great idol ... Chronicle of the Kings, page 51., Bowditch's ms. annotations at bottom of sheet., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials LVG below.
"Portrait of John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a neckerchief and brocaded jacket with star of the Order of the Garter; in an ornamental oval; an owl and books below."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Duke of Lauderdale
Description:
Title from text in image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "In the collection of the Right Hon. the Earl of Dysart"--Below image., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., and Mounted on page 48 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.
Publisher:
Impensis I. & P. Knapton, Londini
Subject (Name):
Lauderdale, John Maitland, Duke of, 1616-1682 and Dysart, Lionel Tollemache, Earl of, 1708-1770.
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1740 and 1753]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait, half-length directed to left, looking away slightly to right, pointing with right hand held in front of him just above waist-level, wearing shoulder-length white wig, architectural interior behind him, the whole in an oval, resting on a pedestal against a brick ground, after Hogarth."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Artist, printmaker and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.3284., Imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark witih loss of artist and printmaker's names., and On page 143 in volume 2.
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1740 and 1753]
Call Number:
Portraits G442 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text in the image: A plan of the Radcliffe Library., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.3288., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and In paper frame: 39.8 x 29.9 cm.
"Portrait of James Graham, Marquess of Montrose, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing armour and a skull-cap; in an architectural oval on a pedestal; a cartouche below showing a battle scene"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text within image. and Text below image: "In the possession of his Grace the Duke of Montrose."
"Portrait of James Stuart, Duke of Richmond and fourth Duke of Lennox, half length in an oval frame, long hair, wearing broad lace collar, cloak, ribbon and medal."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Iames Stuart Duke of Richmond and Lenox
Description:
Title from text within image. and Text below image: "In the collection of the Rt. Honble. Sr. Paul Methuen."
