"Portrait, half-length to front, with head turned to left, looking to front; in an oval frame decorated with flowers, placed on a pedestal decorated with garlands, on which lie a vase with flowers, fruits, palm leaves, a palette with brushes, a portrait miniature of a woman, and a sketch of trees; curtain above; shield with Garter star in foreground on left, with ribbon lettered with motto 'FARI QVÆ SENTIAT'; balustrade on right; curtain above."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Publication information from that of the volume in which this plate appeared., Plate from: Walpole, H. Aedes Walpolianae, or, A description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall ... London : [Robert Dodsley], printed in the year MDCCLII [1752]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved after the enamel miniature kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 166 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., 1 print : etching and engraving with stipple on laid paper ; sheet 22.1 x 15.7 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Robert Dodsley
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Catherine, Lady, 1681 or 1682-1737, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait, half-length to front, with head turned to left, looking to front; in an oval frame decorated with flowers, placed on a pedestal decorated with garlands, on which lie a vase with flowers, fruits, palm leaves, a palette with brushes, a portrait miniature of a woman, and a sketch of trees; curtain above; shield with Garter star in foreground on left, with ribbon lettered with motto 'FARI QVÆ SENTIAT'; balustrade on right; curtain above."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Publication information from that of the volume in which this plate appeared., Plate from: Walpole, H. Aedes Walpolianae, or, A description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall ... London : [Robert Dodsley], printed in the year MDCCLII [1752]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved after the enamel miniature kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 130 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., and 1 print : etching and engraving with stipple on laid paper ; sheet 22 x 15.5 cm.
Publisher:
Robert Dodsley
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Catherine, Lady, 1681 or 1682-1737, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Elizabeth Jeffryes and John Swan condemned at Chelmsford-Assizes
Description:
"John Swan and Elizabeth Jeffryes in their cell at Chelmsford prison; he is wearing shackles, standing to front, with head turned to look to left, hands clasped; she is seated to left with her right elbow on a table, on which lie open book, bottle and glass, supporting her face; probably frontispiece to the sitter's Life and Trial"--British Museum online catalogue., Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Two columns of verse below title: Behold two wretches here replete with guilt! Lamenting sorely for the blood they spilt ...
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parlt., 1752, & sold by the printsellers of London & Westminster
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Swan, John, -1752. and Jeffryes, Elizabeth, -1752.
A well-dressed sailor with a tricorne hat upon his head sits grinning at a table, looking directly at the viewer. He holds in his left had a ladle which is emersed in a full bowl. In his right he holds a glass
Description:
Title from the first of twelve lines of verse in three columns, below image: Fill up the mighty sparkling bowl that I a true and loyal soul may drink & sing without controul to support my pleasure ..., Publication date based location of J. Bowles and Son at Black Horse in Cornhill from 1752 to1763., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Printed for T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, J. Bowles and Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill
Subject (Topic):
Bowls (Tableware), Glassware, Sailors, and British
Satire on the dispute between John Hill and Mountfort Brown showing Hill in his bed apparently feigning illness to avoid appearing in court after charging Brown with assault
Alternative Title:
Consultation
Description:
Title etched above image., Month and date of publication transposed, precedes publisher's statement., Printed on a single sheet with: A night scene at Ranelagh on Wednesday 6th of May 1752., "Price 6d."--Following imprint., One line of text below title: Extremâ moriens tamen alloquar horâ., Seven lines of 'Extract from the Covent Garden Journal' below image: Whereas several scandalous paragraphs have been published in a Common Newspaper ..., and First state of no. 3184 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3? Speech balloon of the first doctor on the left, and partial text below title varies.
"Satire on the dispute between John Hill and Mountfort Brown (see British Museum Satires No. 3183) showing Hill apparently feigning illness to avoid appearing in court after charging Brown with assault"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Consultation
Description:
Title etched above image., Clyster Pipe a pseudonym of Henry Carpenter? See British Museum catalogue., "Price 6d."--Following imprint., One line of text below title: Quamquam nihil testibus istis proficiam, Extremâ moriens tamen alloquar horâ., Seven lines of text below image: Whereas several scandalous paragraphs have been published in a Common Newspaper ..., and Plate slippage at bottom.
Carracaturas of the present age and Caricaturas of the present age
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Westminster, Holbein's Gate -- Whitehall Banquetting House -- Sir Samuel Prime., Mounted to 35 x 50 cm., and Three subjects identified below image in an unknown hand. Additional annotation in another hand on mounting sheet, recto.
Publisher:
Sold by B. Dickenson on Ludgate Hill published according to act of Parliament
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 and Hill, John, 1714?-1775
"Portrait of Lady Mary Hervey of Ickworth; bust length in profile to right; wearing cap; in oval within rectangular panel; after CN Cochin; private plate; scratched letter."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mary Lady Hervey
Description:
Title from text in image., Mounted on page 62 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., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 18.5 x 12.5 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
"Portrait of Lady Mary Hervey of Ickworth; bust length in profile to right; wearing cap; in oval within rectangular panel; after CN Cochin; private plate; scratched letter."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mary Lady Hervey
Description:
Title from text in image. and Matted, with gilt edges on inner frame and red border containing the letter V at bottom. Matte: 365 x 264 mm.