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 On page 79 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 17.5 x 11.1 cm.
"Portrait of Abraham Cowley, bust length in an octagonal frame, long hair, wearing gown; frontispiece to his 'Works' (1668)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Artist identified as Mary Beale in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Second state of the first (Plate A) of three similar plates by Faithorne, with cross-hatching added to the crown of the head and a single hair seen on the left of the forehead. See Fagan., Frontispiece to: Cowley, A. The works of Mr. Abraham Cowley. London : Printed by J.M. for Henry Herringman ..., 1668., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 708 (leaf numbered '162' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Opposite page 11. Bibliographical and literary anecdotes by William Bowyer, printer, F. S. A., and
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Medley print with a portrait of and verses by Alexander Pope. In the centre, a portrait of Pope in informal dress, presented as if lying above other prints, anti-clockwise from right: a coin of Quenn Anne; an extract from "The Rape of the Lock" with an illustration of "The Fop"; an extract from "Windsor Forest" with a view of formal gardens; decorative scroll work, lettered, "[G A] Delin. Sculp. 1731"; two columns of verse headed "An Encomium on Mr Pope and his Poems by his Grace ye late Duke of Buckingham"; country people dancing around a may-pole. Beneath lie a sheet of music, a sheet printed in gothic letter; two sheets of engraved lettering only partly visible."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Encomium on Mr. Pope and his poems / by his Grace [the] late Duke of Buckingham
Description:
Title from engraved text beneath portrait at center of design., Later state of a print published in 1731 by Henry Overton. Cf. No. 1880 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 2., "Sayer acquired the stock of Henry Overton II c.1764. This print must have been published after 1766 when Sayer's address changed to No.53 Fleet Street, but before 1774 when he went into partnership with John Bennett."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2000,0930.45., Mounted to 29 x 22 cm., and Bound in opposite page 11 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Nichols, J. Bibliographical and literary anecdotes by William Bowyer ...
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744,, Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714,, and Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, British, Poets, Coins, Gardens, May poles, and Dance
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length portrait of Thomas Gray, who holds in his right hand a sheet of paper with writing
Description:
Title written in ink in open letters below image., Unsigned; attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., After a portrait by John Giles Eccardt, commissioned by Horace Walpole, that hung in the Blue Bed Chamber at Strawberry Hill. Cf. National Portrait Gallery, London, no.: NPG 989., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 71 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.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Smith, J. (John), 1652-1743, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[1710]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of William Congreve, standing half length to the right, face turned forward, wearing wig, open collar, and coat; trees in background
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 188 (leaf numbered '230' 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:
J. Smith
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Congreve, William, 1670-1729, and Congreve, William, 1670-1729.
"Portrait of James Woodhouse; a cobbler seated in his shop, on a table, one leg in a brace, the other on a stone, supporting a piece of parchment on which he writes with a quill; shoes on back wall, tools on table to the left; a window on the right; illustration to 'The Universal Museum and Complete Magazine' 1765."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item. and Plate from: The universal museum and complete magazine of knowledge and pleasure. [London, England] : Printed for J. Payne, vol. for 1765.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[1792?]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 17 Box D175
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two fashionably dressed poets sit at a table ladling a drink into small glasses. Twelve lines of verse below design: No more shall we sneak, or fearfully speak, lest coffee house critics should snap off each nose, for all shall be witty, ingenious and pretty, the bays are our own, since we've got some new cloathes!! What tho! we want coin, let us never repine (tis one of a bards hereditary woes) so I'll fill up each glass, then quick let them pass, and a fig for the rest, since we've got some new clothes!
Alternative Title:
New clothed poets!!
Description:
Title from caption inscribed in black ink below image in the artist's hand., Date inscribed in graphite pencil below image: 1792., Attributed to Woodward., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Coffeehouses, Eating & drinking, and Poets
"Portrait of Samuel Rogers after a drawing by Lawrence (Garlick 1964, p.241.1); seated almost three-quarter length to right, looking to front and with his head resting on his right hand, his arm leaning on the chair."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., Mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 682 (leaf numbered '121' 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 Augt. 16, 1822, by T. Cadell, Strand, London
Half-length, oval portrait of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, an English nobleman, was one of the founders of English Renaissance poetry. Created in preparation for the engraved portrait print engraved by Jacobus Houbraken and published by John & Paul Knapton in 1750
Description:
Title from inscription on verso of drawing., Portrait is unsigned., and One of ten watercolor portraits 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).
publish'd according to act of Parlimt. March 17th, 1771.
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait bust in a partial oval frame, turned slightly to the right, lower part of frame only visible, and looking towards the viewer; wearing a dark robe, bands and shoulder-length powdered wig
Description:
Title engraved below image., Attributed to John Dixon in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Dedication engraved beneath title: From an original painting in the possession of Sr. John Parnell, to whom this plate is dedicated by his very humble servant, Thomas Davies., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 129 (leaf numbered '177' 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:
Thomas Davies?
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Parnell, Thomas, 1679-1718, and Parnell, Thomas, 1679-1718.
