"Portrait of Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, bust directed to left, wearing long, curly wig, robes and chain of the Order of the Garter, and lace cravat; in ornamental oval frame on table, on which are papers, purse of the Great Seal, portrait bust, plumed hat, cornucopia with money, and other emblems; coat of arms at lower right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, 1744
Description:
Title from text in image., Year "1735" at end of artist's signature later changed to "1744" on plate. For the later state with altered date, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 33 30 Copy 4., Publication information from that of the volume to which this plate is the frontispiece., Frontispiece to: 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 15.9 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Robert Dodsley
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, bust directed to left, wearing long, curly wig, robes and chain of the Order of the Garter, and lace cravat; in ornamental oval frame on table, on which are papers, purse of the Great Seal, portrait bust, plumed hat, cornucopia with money, and other emblems; coat of arms at lower right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, 1744
Description:
Title from text in image., Year "1735" at end of artist's signature later changed to "1744" on plate. For the later state with altered date, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 33 30 Copy 4., Publication information from that of the volume to which this plate is the frontispiece., Frontispiece to: 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 Year "1735" at end of artist's signature has been altered to "1744" in brown ink, in a contemporary hand.
Publisher:
Robert Dodsley
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 1st 1752.
Call Number:
752.06.01.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title engraved above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., 'Price 6d. plain. Colour'd 1s.', Three columns of text below image: It is impossible to trace the origins of the above society, tho we imagine they first took the name of Robin Hood from their shootting [sic] with long bows ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Debating societies: The Robin Hood Society -- Allusion to trades -- Male dress, 1752 -- Writing implements: quill and inkwell -- Hammer -- Food: loaves of bread -- Furniture: table -- Benches -- Lighting: chandeliers -- Candlesticks -- Containers: tankard with lid -- Watches -- Butcher Row -- Trades: shoemakers -- Butchers -- Customs -- Books -- Humpbacks.
"James II and Mary of Modena enthroned in Westminster Abbey during the king's coronation."--British Museum online catalogue and "One of series of four prints, all based on the large plates in Sandford's 'History of the Coronation', first published by Bowles in the series 'London Described' (see Adams 29.8), this state published later. The print in Sandford's book had a shorter title, no text in lower margin, and was inscribed 'W Sherwin sculp'."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Enthronization of Their Majesties
Description:
Title engraved above image., Reissue of a plate first published ca. 1723 by John Bowles., Publisher from imprint statements on the first and fourth plates of the series. Date of publication based on "John Bowles & Son", a partnership that lasted from 1752 to 1764. See British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Key to the illustration engraved below image., and Plate numbered "2" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
T. Bowles and John Bowles & Son
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and England.
Subject (Name):
James II, King of England, 1633-1701, Mary, of Modena, Queen, consort of James II, King of England, 1658-1718,, and Westminster Abbey,
A farmer and his wife stand in a yard; a parson stands on the right. The wife, on the left, holds a sheath of wheat under one arm and a sucking pig under another; next to her and addressing the parson is the farmer with a baby in his arms. The parson leans on a walking stick as he gives a blessing with his right hand but his facial expression suggests greed. In the background is a large house, a dovecote, and a deer; a peacock sits perched on an iron fence. In the far left background is a church
Alternative Title:
Tithe pig
Description:
Title engraved below image., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet within plate mark with loss to image on the left side and part of the printmaker's signature., Eight lines of verse in two columns on either side of title: Ralph's wife and sow as gossips tell ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Mounted to 30 x 26 cm. On the verso, a map: Operations of the siege of the Citadel of Antwerp ... London : M. Colnaghi, Decr. 1832., and Loss of 1.5 cm of image on the left; inked in on the mounting sheet in a later hand. Inking partially obscures printmaker's name below the image.
Toms, W. H. (William Henry), approximately 1700-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, 1752.
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 77+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View in St James's Park; elegantly dressed figures stroll down tree-lined Mall; a guard stands by a small hut in right foreground"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View of the Mall in St. James's Park
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Reissue, with altered publication line, of a print originally published in 1745 by W.H. Toms. See British Museum online catalogue.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
Plate 36. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Pharaoh's daughter (Thermuthis) greets Moses who stands grasping the belt of his birth mother (Jochebed) as a man fills her hand with coins. Behind them in the distance is a sphinx and pseudo-Egyptian buildings. Behind the pharaoh's daugther a black servant whispers into the ear of a female attendant
Alternative Title:
And the child grew, & she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, & he became her son. And she called his name Moses
Description:
After Hogarth's 1746 painting: Moses brought before Pharaoh's daughter. One of a set of four paintings for the Council Room of the Foundling Hospital., Title from Paulson., Fourth state with Warton's lines omitted; second and third 'and' written as ampersands. See Paulson., Printing date from Paulson., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 42.2 x 52.4 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 36 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Moses (Biblical leader) and Thermuthis (Biblical figure)
Subject (Topic):
Biblical events, Blacks, Children, Mothers, and Servants
Plate 36. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Pharaoh's daughter (Thermuthis) greets Moses who stands grasping the belt of his birth mother (Jochebed) as a man fills her hand with coins. Behind them in the distance is a sphinx and pseudo-Egyptian buildings. Behind the pharaoh's daugther a black servant whispers into the ear of a female attendant
Alternative Title:
And the child grew, & she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, & he became her son. And she called his name Moses
Description:
After Hogarth's 1746 painting: Moses brought before Pharaoh's daughter. One of a set of four paintings for the Council Room of the Foundling Hospital., Title from Paulson., Fourth state with Warton's lines omitted; second and third 'and' written as ampersands. See Paulson., Printing date from Paulson., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 42.2 x 52.4 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 36 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Moses (Biblical leader) and Thermuthis (Biblical figure)
Subject (Topic):
Biblical events, Blacks, Children, Mothers, and Servants
Plate 36. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Pharaoh's daughter (Thermuthis) greets Moses who stands grasping the belt of his birth mother (Jochebed) as a man fills her hand with coins. Behind them in the distance is a sphinx and pseudo-Egyptian buildings. Behind the pharaoh's daugther a black servant whispers into the ear of a female attendant
Alternative Title:
And the child grew, & she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, & he became her son. And she called his name Moses
Description:
After Hogarth's 1746 painting: Moses brought before Pharaoh's daughter. One of a set of four paintings for the Council Room of the Foundling Hospital., Title from Paulson., Fourth state with Warton's lines omitted; second and third 'and' written as ampersands. See Paulson., Printing date from Paulson., and Text from Warton's lines mostly burnished out, but barely visible.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Moses (Biblical leader) and Thermuthis (Biblical figure)
Subject (Topic):
Biblical events, Blacks, Children, Mothers, and Servants
