An impoverished-looking man, with a sword, out-at-elbows, and a hole in the bag of his wig, is walking away from the viewer looking backwards at him. He holds a 'Map of Peru' in his right hand and a book, his tricorne and an umbrella under his left arm. A rolled up sheet of paper protrudes from the right pocket of his coat
Description:
Title etched below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, May 28, 1772, by Picot, St. Martins Lane
Title from caption below image., Text at top of image: "pindarici fontis qui non expalluit haustus" and "ob. 1667, aet. 49.", Date and place of publication surmised from data on similar print from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: K,59.4., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text.
"Portrait of Ben Jonson, bust seen in profile to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a draped coat; in an ornamental oval decorated with roses and laurel; below a young satyr holding a sceptre with a fool's head; books and a theatrical mask in lower right; state with publisher's address."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ben Jonson
Description:
Title from text in image., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., "In the collection of Dr. Mead"--Below image. The note refers to the miniature by Oliver from which this engraving was made., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 28 (leaf numbered '86' 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:
Impensis I. & P. Knapton Londini
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637,, Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637., and Mead, Richard, 1673-1754
"Portrait of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer, half-length directed to right, wearing a capuchon and a pen case hanging from a ribbon around his neck; in ornamental oval frame on a bracket; a lyre and scrolls below; before publisher's address"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Text below image: "In the collection of Sir Hans Sloane Bart.", and Printmaker from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits.
Head-and-shoulders portrait of English poet Lord Byron, in left profile and "Portrait of George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, bust-length, directed very slightly to left, with head nearly in profile, looking down; wearing coat over waistcoat, fastened with two buttons, and high collar."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., and Bound in opposite page 684 (leaf numbered '125' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 30, 1816, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824, and Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824.
"Portrait seen almost half-length to right, head in three-quarter profile to right, wearing wig and partially open coat; after Reynolds (Mannings 73); lettered state after quotation re-arranged on two lines."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.2113., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Two lines of verse below title: The suffrage of the wise, the praise that's worth ambition, is attain'd by sense alone, & dignity of mind., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., Mounted opposite page 37 (leaf numbered '65' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and With small ink ownership stamp ("T.L" within a double-lined oval) in lower left beneath painter's name. Also with ink annotations on verso, in a contemporary or slightly later hand: "N16693" and "private plate" written in lower left, and "5 s." written in lower right.
"Portrait of John Dryden, bust in profile to right but looking at the viewer; in an ornamental oval; theatrical attributes below; state with publisher's address."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., and Text below image: From the collection of the late Earl of Oxford.
Oval portrait of John Milton as a young man, bust in frontal view, wearing a ruff and buttoned jacket
Description:
Title devised by curator, based on published print after this drawing., Artist unknown., After a painting owned by Arthur Onslow at the time of creation., and One of ten portraits in oil and other drawings included in George Vertue's set of engravings: The heads of the most illustrious persons of Great Britain (London : John and Paul Knapton). See all catalog records by searching call number: LWL Folio 724 743 H432 (Oversize).
Copy of a detail from Hogarth's Distressed poet, showing Theobald at his writing desk in his attic room, scratching his head under his wig
Description:
Title engraved below image., Below the title are engraved four lines from Pope's Dunciad, Book 1, line 3., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 145, p. 176., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark to 175 x 116 mm.
Copy of a detail from Hogarth's Distressed poet, showing Theobald at his writing desk in his attic room, scratching his head under his wig
Description:
Title engraved below image., Below the title are engraved four lines from Pope's Dunciad, Book 1, line 3., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 145, p. 176.
