Volume 1, opposite page 180. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole lengths, standing in a library, King on left, his hands clasped, before him a fallen screen, behind which, her back to a window, stands Mrs. Abington, elegantly dressed, holding fan before her face, Palmer points towards her with right hand whilst addressing Smith, who is just entering at door to right"--Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., "Price 1s. 6d."--Following imprint., Window mounted to 36 x 51 cm., and Mounted opposite page 180 (leaf numbered '218' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 12th May 1778, by John Harris, map & printseller, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., King, Thomas, 1730-1805,, Abington, Mrs. 1737-1815, (Frances Barton),, Palmer, John, 1742?-1798,, and Smith, William, 1730-1819,
Portraits of Miss Mary Berry and Mrs. Anne Damer seated across a table from each other in the Library at Strawberry Hill. Each holds a book in her hand; the table on which they lean is also piled with books
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Damer and Miss Berry by Cosway
Description:
Title in pencil below image added later in a different hand from the note on the verso., Note on verso in black ink in a contemporary hand: Mrs. Seymour Damer & Miss Berry in the Library at Strawberry Hill, a sketch by Cosway., No longer thought to be in the hand of Cosway., and Date based on other drawings in the collection which have been identified as circa 1816 and not before 1818.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828,, Berry, Mary, 1763-1852,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
On the far left, a full-length portrait of Mrs. Anne Damer walking outdoors with a basket over her right arm. A dog stands on his hind legs at her feet; she looks to her left at another dog on the landing as he runs towards her. In the center are the doorway to the house and a landing; on the far right a lightly sketched view of the interior of the library
Description:
Title from contemporary ms. inscription on verso, in ink., Formerly attributed to Richard Cosway., On laid paper with horizontal chainlines and watermark in the center of the sheet., and Date based on the year that Damer bought York House.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828, and York House (Twickenham, England)
Portrait showing Susanna Oakes, who ran the circulating library at Ashbourne from about 1795 until 1801, seated in a ladder-back chair with a backdrop of shelved books. She is seated beside an occasional table, her quill pen within reach, in an attitude of contemplative thought. Her left arm is clearly seen to have a muscle wasting disease, and a cane resting against the chair confirms some form of disability
Description:
Title from item., Publication information based on that of the book for which this is a frontispiece., and Frontispiece from: Oakes, Susanna. The rules of the forest in three volumes ... Derby : Printed by J. Drewry, [1802].
Publisher:
J. Drewry
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Libraries, Librarians, Libraries (Rooms & spaces), and People with disabilities
A drawing of the library at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham. Shelves with Gothic arches line three walls and are filled with books; on the back wall is a large arched window and two small rose windows filled with painted glass. On the far left is the chimney-piece imitated from the tomb of John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall in Westminster Abbey, over which the painting of The Marriage of Henry VI hangs. In front of the fireplace is a desk on which Mrs. Damer's terra-cotta eagle sits in its glass case. Half of the ceiling painted by Clermont from Walpole's designs is visible at top; oval and rectangular paintings line the walls above the bookshelves
Description:
Title from note in artist's hand below image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner., and Mounted on page 74 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.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Dwellings, Libraries (Rooms & spaces), and Interiors
An allegorical print with two tableaux illustrating on the right, the end of a righteous life and on the left the end of the life of a man who made wealth his object of faith. The religious man in bed surrounded by books and against the background of an attractive library, is greeted by the winged figure of Time clutching a scythe and an hourglass. In contrast, the greedy man, his gouty leg wrapped in bandages and resting on a stool, recoils against the figure of a spear-wielding skeleton, upsetting his table
Description:
Titles etched below images., Two images on one plate, each with an identical publication line etched at the base of the oval design., Date of publication based on publisher's street address; C. Sheppard was only located at Lambeth Hill through 1791. See British Museum online catalogue., With quotations from the Bible's Book of Psalms etched below each title., and Copies after prints with the same titles by Thomas A.E. Chambars based on Francis Hayman.
Publisher:
Sold by C. Sheppard, No. 19 Lambeth Hill, Doctors Commons, London
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification), Concepts, Deathbeds, Libraries (Rooms & spaces), Scythes, Hourglasses, and Skeletons
A man sits at a table in his library leaning his head on his hand as he contemplates the sheets of paper before him. An owl sits on the table with a ink well suspended from his mouth and a quill resting in the well. A demon behind the reader holds in his left hand a staff with a jester's head (personification of folly?) and in his right a very large feather. On the scholar's feet a strewn books with words on their spines: Borrow; Boyle; Newton; Radclife; Friend; Mead, etc. Temporary local subject terms: The pictures on the wall are portraits labelled 'Cromwell' and 'Mortimer' but depict Olver Cromwell and Mortimer, Earl of March
Description:
Title and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Two lines of verse above image: Here folly, ignorance and pride combine, to prove him of the true Duncean line., Six lines of quotation below image: Studious he sate, with all his books around, sinking from thought to thought a vast profound ..., Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 8., and Mounted to 32 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Mortimer, Cromwell, -1752 and Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Subject (Topic):
Libraries (Rooms & spaces), Owls, Quacks, and Demons
John Thorley sits in his library at a cloth-draped table writing with a quill pen; the shelves behind him are lined with books. He makes notes on paper as he fingers bodies of bees (labeled 'B') on the table beside him. Through open French doors are seen six beehives (labeled 'A') with bees flying around them on a shelf in the garden
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Publication date from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Image originally appeared in: Thorley, J. Melisselogia, or, The female monarchy. London : printed for the author; and sold by N. Thorley; and J. Davidson, 1744., Not in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum., and Mounted to 23 x 14 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Thorley, John, 1671-1759,
Subject (Topic):
Bee culture, Beehives, Entomologists, Libraries (Rooms & spaces), and Bookcases
A drawing of the library at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham. Shelves with Gothic arches line three walls and are filled with books; on the back wall is a large arched window and two small rose windows filled with painted glass. On the far left is the chimney-piece imitated from the tomb of John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall in Westminster Abbey, over which the painting of The Marriage of Henry VI hangs. In front of the fireplace is a desk on which Mrs. Damer's terra-cotta eagle sits in its glass case. Half of the ceiling painted by Clermont from Walpole's designs is visible at top; oval and rectangular paintings line the walls above the bookshelves
Description:
Title devised by curator., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 102 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., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Dwellings, Libraries (Rooms & spaces), and Interiors
