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1.
Mrs. Pritchard in the character of Hermione in the Winter's Tale / [graphic]

Creator:
Aliamet, François Germain, 1734-1788, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1765]
Call Number:
Portraits P961 no. 1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The actress in character standing in an archway, wearing a shawl over her head and a crucifix attached to a string of pearls around her neck, her right hand raised and a large urn beside her."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below title: Shakespear [sic] Act 5th Scene 3rd., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to Act of Parlt., 1765, by R.E. Pine in St. Martin's Lane, London
Subject (Name):
Pritchard, Hannah, 1711-1768,
Subject (Topic):
Actresses and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Pritchard in the character of Hermione in the Winter's Tale / [graphic]

2.
Cibber [graphic]

Creator:
Bannerman, Alexander, approximately 1730- printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1765]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Caius Gabriel Cibber, half-length, in an oval, slightly turned to the right, holding a pair of compasses in his hand, dressed in a black doublet with a wide collar and plain cuffs and with his hair scrolling to his shoulders, the title on the plinth below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., After a watercolor drawing by Christian Richter that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Green Closet at Strawberry Hill., Publication information from that of the volume for which the print was engraved., Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England. [Twickenham] : Printed by Thomas Kirgate at Strawberry-Hill, 1765-1771 [i.e. 1780]., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Vol. III, p. 80"--Above image in upper right., and Mounted on page 56 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:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Caius Gabriel, 1630-1700, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Cibber [graphic]

3.
Cibber [graphic]

Creator:
Bannerman, Alexander, approximately 1730- printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1765]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Caius Gabriel Cibber, half-length, in an oval, slightly turned to the right, holding a pair of compasses in his hand, dressed in a black doublet with a wide collar and plain cuffs and with his hair scrolling to his shoulders, the title on the plinth below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., After a watercolor drawing by Christian Richter that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Green Closet at Strawberry Hill., Publication information from that of the volume for which the print was engraved., Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England. [Twickenham] : Printed by Thomas Kirgate at Strawberry-Hill, 1765-1771 [i.e. 1780]., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Vol. III, p. 80"--Above image in upper right., Mounted on page 59 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11., 1 print : engraving and etching on wove paper ; sheet 16.8 x 12.7 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of statement of responsibility from bottom edge and volume and page numbering from top edge.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Caius Gabriel, 1630-1700, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Cibber [graphic]

4.
[Felice Giardini] [graphic]

Creator:
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1765?]
Call Number:
Portraits G435 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Plate possibly from: XII sonate a violino e basso. London: Welcker, [1765]., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Giardini, Felice, 1716-1796,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Felice Giardini] [graphic]

5.
A new deceptio visûs [graphic]

Creator:
Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1760]
Call Number:
765.00.00.73 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A medley of images with a portrait of John Gay; half length, to the right, wearing a cap and plain jacket; in oval; in a medley of prints, set on background of a letter; the prints titled 'The Spell', 'The Judgement', and 'Bumkinet's Advice'; two further panels, one with a coin of George II, the other lettered 'A new Deceptio Visus. Engrav'd and sold by Geo. Bickham, in London' [part of address erased].
Alternative Title:
New deceptio visus, or, A guinea for a shilling
Description:
Title from print in upper right., Date based on publisher's years of activity at 53 Fleet Street., Later state of a print, a composite of images and verses to form a greeting card, folded for mailing as advertisement for Bickham's engravings. With docket title: A new Deceptio Visus, or A guinea for a shilling : being a curious medley, by way of letter / engrav'd and sold by Geo. Bickham, at his drawing school, at Hatten Garden near Holburn, London. See impression in the Library of Congress, PC 3 - 1729 - Near deceptio visus., See also working proof (?) at the British Museum online catalogue, no. 1980,U.861., Description based on imperfect impression; impression lacks plate with docket title., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Strasburg bend.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Greece.
Subject (Name):
Dennis, John, 1657-1734., Congreve, William, 1670-1729., Curll, Edmund, 1675-1747, George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Gay, John, 1685-1732, Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744., Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721., Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745., and Harte, Walter, 1709-1774.
Subject (Topic):
Pegasus, Coins, Columns, Musical instruments, Puzzles, Ruins, and Wells
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A new deceptio visûs [graphic]

6.
Jason [graphic]

Creator:
Boydell, John, 1720-1804, printmaker
Published / Created:
Novr. 2d, 1765.
Call Number:
Drawer 769.00.00.81
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Jason leaning forward across a rock from the right, pouring the magic sleeping potion given to him by Medea over the back of the dragon, which curls its head backwards to right, in a forested, rocky landscape; after Salvator Rosa."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Coat of arms engraved below image, with text etched on either side., Dedication below title: From the original picture ... in the collection of The Right Honourable the Earl of Besborough, to whom this plate is ... dedicated by His Lordship's most obliged and most humble servant, J. Boydell., Text below dedication in lower left: Size of the picture, 2 f. 6 i. in height, 2, 1 1/4 wide., Plate from: A collection of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in England. London: [J. Boydell, 1769], v. 1., and Plate numbered in lower left corner: No. 24.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, by J. Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Jason [graphic]

7.
Miss Crieuse and her sister [graphic]

Creator:
Brookshaw, Richard, 1736- printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1765 and 1773]
Call Number:
Portraits C927 no. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Misses Crewe after Reynolds (Mannings 450); three-quarter length, standing, with Elizabeth on the right, holding a flower basket in one hand and embracing her sister, Emma, on the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Miss Crewes and her sister
Description:
Title from text below image. and Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1840,0808.59.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhil
Subject (Name):
Crewe, Emma, and Hinchliffe, Elizabeth Crewe,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Crieuse and her sister [graphic]

8.
A perspective view of Brighthelmston, and of the sea coast as far as the Isle of Wight Inscribed

Creator:
Canot, Pierre Charles, 1710-1777, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1765]
Call Number:
Drawer 765.00.00.95
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View of Brighton, the town with numerous houses and other buildings, St. Nicholas's Church on the hill above the town to the right, the coast stretching away in the distance, windmills in the fields to the left with haywains drawn by oxen and reapers at their work amongst the crops to the right, elegant ladies and gentlemen strolling through the scene with a man sketching to the left, several boats and ships on the calm sea beyond, gulls amongst the clouds above. The Royal Arms below
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Titled 'A Perspective View of Brighthelmstone, and of the Sea coast as far as the Isle of Wight: by Jas. Lambert, engraved by Canot.' in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, & sold by Jas. Lambert, painter, at Lewes in Sussex, and Robert Sayer, map and printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Brighton (England), England., England, and Brighton.
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Cityscapes, Churches, Coastlines, Meadows, Windmills, and Church buildings
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A perspective view of Brighthelmston, and of the sea coast as far as the Isle of Wight Inscribed (by permission) to His Royal Highness William Henry Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Earl of Connaught of the Kingdom of Ireland, Ranger of Hampton Court Park, and Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter - by His Royal Highnesses most obedt. & devoted servt. James Lambert / [graphic]

9.
Cornelius Polenburg [graphic]

Creator:
Chambars, Thomas, approximately 1724-1789, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1765]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Cornelis van Poelenburch, bust directed to the right, head slightly turned to face the viewer, wearing an embroidered jacket and flat lace collar, with poitny beard and mustache; within oval; after a self-portrait."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the print was engraved., Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England. [Twickenham] : Printed by Thomas Kirgate at Strawberry-Hill, 1765-1771 [i.e. 1780]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Vol. 2, p. 105"--Upper left corner., Engraved after a miniature on copper that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 153 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:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Poelenburch, Cornelis van, approximately 1594-1667, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Cornelius Polenburg [graphic]

10.
Lord Cardross [graphic]

Creator:
Finlayson, John, 1730-1776, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliamant, Novr. 22d, 1765.
Call Number:
Folio 49 3588 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 57. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 585); half-length turned slightly to right, head and eyes to left, in Van Dyck costume; pillar behind; state with publication line, before final alteration of title."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., "Sold at the Golden Lamp in Berwick Street, price 5s."--Lower right corner of plate., Mounted on page 57 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality., and "Earl of Buchan" added in ink below title, in Horace Walpole's hand.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, Earl of, 1742-1829,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Lord Cardross [graphic]

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