Portrait of Ortense Mancini, Duchess of Mazarin; head and shoulders, full face, turned slightly to right; in an oval
Description:
Title engraved below image., Place of publication inferred from printmaker's known country of activity. According to the British Museum online catalogue, Verkolje "in 1672 settled in Delft, joining the artists' guild in 1673 [and was] several times dean of the guild during 1678-1688. ... He seems never to have come to England, but some of his prints dated 1680-4 are lettered in English and were intended for the London market.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted in wash-line mount to 31 x 24 cm., and Bound in before page 205 in volume 3 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of: A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Mazarin, Hortense Mancini, duchesse de, 1646-1699,
"Portrait of Catherine Clive; three-quarter length seated directed to left, a book of music held open in her lap, right elbow resting on velvet cushion on a table beside her, wearing a gown with a bow at the breast, hair up with a coil over left shoulder; after Joseph van Haecken; state after title and publication line altered."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Of all the arts that sooth the human breast, music (blest power) the sweetest is confest ... and Fair songster
Description:
Title from text engraved on either side of verses below image., Fifth and final state, with the former title "The fair songster" replaced and the publication line altered; see Russell., Publication date inferred from the date of partnership formed by Henry Carington Bowles and Carver after Carington Bowles's death in 1792. See: Plomer, H.R. Dictionaries of the printers and booksellers, page 31., Original date "1735" following printmaker's signature has been removed from plate; see description of the first state in: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., After a painting by Jeremiah Davison that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Round Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Verses below image continue: ... heightens our joys, suspends our fiercest pains, this each one proves who hears they heavnly strains., Plate numbered "319" in lower left corner., Window mounted to 45 x 31 cm., and Bound in after page 208 in volume 3 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of: A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69, St Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Name):
Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Horace Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, bust-length in profile to right, wearing wig, open coat, waistcoat, neckerchief and frill; in round frame in form of a miniature, with ribbon through ring at the top, and tablet below; after Falconet; state before publication line altered."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched in open letters on tablet below image., Pariset worked for Ryland and later Falconet on a series of portraits of members of the Royal Academy. See the advertisement in the 'Mercure de France' of October 1783 (page 142)., Price following imprint: Pr. 2s., Mounted opposite first half-title page in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 22, copy 3., 1 print : stipple engraving on laid paper ; sheet 21.1 x 14.1 cm, inlaid to 27 x 21 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Sold by P. Falconet, Broad Street, Carnaby Market, & Ryland, Bryer, & Co., Cornhill
"Portrait of Horace Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, bust-length in profile to right, wearing wig, open coat, waistcoat, neckerchief and frill; in round frame in form of a miniature, with ribbon through ring at the top, and tablet below; after Falconet; state before publication line altered."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched in open letters on tablet below image., Pariset worked for Ryland and later Falconet on a series of portraits of members of the Royal Academy. See the advertisement in the 'Mercure de France' of October 1783 (page 142)., Price following imprint: Pr. 2s., Formerly laid inside front cover 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.
Publisher:
Sold by P. Falconet, Broad Street, Carnaby Market, & Ryland, Bryer, & Co., Cornhill
Title below image., Initials "S.W." unidentified., Plate engraved for: A catalogue of the extensive and most valuable collection of engraved portraits ... as originally collected by Horace Walpole. [London] : Smith and Robins, printers, [1842]., and With embossed ownership stamp of Thomas Mackinlay.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Margaret Lemon, half length to right, holding flowers."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Marguerite Lemon angloise
Description:
Title etched below image., Place of publication inferred from publisher's known city of residence in 1646. Hendrick van der Borcht the Younger accompanied the collections of Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel, to Antwerp when they were moved there in 1642-4, and continued working for Lady Arundel until her death in 1654; see British Museum online catalogue., Below title are eight lines of verse in two columns, signed "R.G. Sr. D.L.": Flore, Thisbe! Lucresse & Porcie & Cypris ..., Engraved below verses: Omnia vincit amor & nos Cedamus amori. Virgil., 1 print : etching with stipple ; sheet 25.6 x 17.8 cm., Printed on laid paper with watermark., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 31 x 24 cm., and Bound in opposite page 211 in volume 3 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of: A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
"Portrait of Margaret Lemon, half length to right, holding flowers."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Marguerite Lemon angloise
Description:
Title etched below image., Place of publication inferred from publisher's known city of residence in 1646. Hendrick van der Borcht the Younger accompanied the collections of Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel, to Antwerp when they were moved there in 1642-4, and continued working for Lady Arundel until her death in 1654; see British Museum online catalogue., Below title are eight lines of verse in two columns, signed "R.G. Sr. D.L.": Flore, Thisbe! Lucresse & Porcie & Cypris ..., Engraved below verses: Omnia vincit amor & nos Cedamus amori. Virgil., Watermark upper center of sheet., and Written in ink along right plate line, top: 155. Lower left corner of plate mark: 74. On verso, lower left: 141[?]
"Portrait of Catherine Sedley, half length in an oval, hair in curls, wearing loose, low dress. Modern; published in Boydell's 'Illustrious Heads', 1811."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Madam Sedley
Description:
Title engraved within circular tablet on pediment beneath portrait., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Reissue by Boydell of a plate originally published between 1680 and 1705; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1864,0813.201., Plate from: Boydell's heads of illustrious and celebrated persons. London : Printed by W. Bulmer and Co.; and published by Messrs. Boydell and Co., 1811., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Window mounted to 31 x 24 cm., and Bound in after page 214 in volume 3 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of: A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Title below image., Plate engraved for: A catalogue of the extensive and most valuable collection of engraved portraits ... as originally collected by Horace Walpole. [London] : Smith and Robins, printers, [1842]., With embossed ownership stamp of Thomas Mackinlay., and Printed 1843?
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1762]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1808); half-length in profile to left, wearing star and sash with short wig."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a proof state
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Engraved after the painting kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 108 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:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Waldegrave, James Waldegrave, Earl, 1715-1763, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
