Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse), 1751-1790, printmaker
Published / Created:
[20 April 1779]
Call Number:
Portraits C771 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Captain James Cook wearing a suit, seated, resting one arm on a manuscript laid on a table, his hat and a book are next to the manuscript; after a picture by Dance now at Greenwich."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published April 20th 1779 by J.K. Sherwin No. 234 Strand
Portrait drawing of Ferdinand Magellan; bust length, turned slightly right; with a long dark beard; wearing a black hat and a red shirt with gold buttons
Description:
Title lettered in ink below image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Place and date of production based on the country of residence and death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found., Formerly mounted with one other drawing on page 81 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted together with one other drawing to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Plate [83] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Titlepage for Chapters XXIV, XXV and XXVI; Cabot kneeling to right beside a globe, pointing with dividers to a map on a scroll, held by another man beside him, while the king sits looking with interest on the left, his chin on his hand, three others behind them; a descriptive plaque below."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sebastian Cabot explaining his discoveries to Henry the Seventh
Description:
Title from text above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [83] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Cabot, Sebastian, approximately 1474-1557, and Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509
Volume 1, page 21. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Thomas Cavendish, navigator
Description:
Title from contemporary notes below image., Date supplied by cataloger., With a partly legible pencil annotation in upper right corner: Ao. 1594 [...?]., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 21 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Title written in drawing., Signature in ink at lower right., Date derived from artist's death date., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
