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1.
[Portrait of George Saville Carey] [art original].

Published / Created:
[17--?]
Call Number:
Drawings Un58 no. 10 Box D155
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Framed in an oval, the writer George Saville Carey is shown looking to his left while holding a mirror up in his extended right arm and holding a theater mask in his left arm, bent at the elbow
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Carey, George Saville, 1743-1807,
Subject (Topic):
Portrait drawings, Mirrors, and Masks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of George Saville Carey] [art original].

2.
[Portrait of John Watson] [art original].

Published / Created:
[17--?]
Call Number:
Drawings Un58 no. 11 Box D155
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Ink and pencil copy of an eighteenth-century engraved portrait of John Watson, Church of England clergyman and antiquary. Watson is drawn half-length directed to the right, with his head almost in profile, right hand on hip, left holding a scroll in front of him with his elbow propped on an unseen ledge; wearing dark clerical robes with waistband, and white bell-bottomed wig. A numbered .5 cm grid is penciled over the ink drawing
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., A copy of a 1780 engraved portrait by James Basire after Daniel Stringer., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Watson, John, 1725-1783
Subject (Topic):
Portrait drawings
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of John Watson] [art original].

3.
Owen Glendower [art original].

Published / Created:
[17--?]
Call Number:
Drawings Un58 no. 12 Box D155
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Owen Glendower, the fourteenth-century Welsh ruler. Glendower is depicted quarter-length, wearing a helmet and a full suit of plate mail armor emblazoned with a hearaldic symbol of a single lion, rampant and langued
Alternative Title:
Owain Glyndŵr.
Description:
Title from pencil caption below image., Unidentified artist., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Glendower, Owen, approximately 1354-1416,
Subject (Topic):
Portrait drawings, Rulers, and Welsh
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Owen Glendower [art original].

4.
Gen. Burgoyne [art original].

Published / Created:
[17--?]
Call Number:
Drawings Un58 no. 9 Box D155
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Pencil drawing of General John Burgoyne, British army officer, dramatist, and politician. Burgoyne is facing right framed by an oval decorated with a wreath design
Alternative Title:
General Burgoyne
Description:
Title from graphite pencil inscription in plaque design in image. and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792,
Subject (Topic):
Portrait drawings
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Gen. Burgoyne [art original].

5.
[Portrait of George Griffith] [art original].

Published / Created:
[17--?]
Call Number:
Drawings Un58 no. 17 Box D155
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of George Griffith after Robert White, half length in an oval, long hair, wearing bands and gown, holding a book; curtain in the background to left, bookshelf to right, with inscribed motto 'Most gladly would I Learne & gladly Teach'.
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date from unverified data from local record., Copy of 17th century engraving by Robert White. Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits, v. 2, p. 390., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Griffith, George, 1601-1666,
Subject (Topic):
Portrait drawings and Bishops
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of George Griffith] [art original].

6.
[Portrait of an unknown man] [art original].

Published / Created:
[17--?]
Call Number:
Drawings Un58 no. 19 Box D155
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of an unknown man, half-length directed to right, head turned slightly left, coat buttoned partway up to the last three holes, unbuttoned in a non-standard configuration. His shirt's bosom ruffles protrude near the neck. Crossed diagonal lines compose the background within a roughly oval frame
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date from unverified data from local record., Formerly thought to be a self-portrait of James Gillray. Note on verso indicates that Draper Hill determined in 1965 that it is not Gillray., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Portrait drawings
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of an unknown man] [art original].

7.
[Portrait of Mrs. Gunning?].

Published / Created:
[17--?]
Call Number:
Drawings Un58 no. 78 Box D166
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An amateur drawing of a woman with a hat, half length
Description:
Title devised by cataloger based on later ms. note in pencil on verso: "Mrs. Sun[...] Gunning[?]"
Subject (Topic):
Portrait drawings
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of Mrs. Gunning?].

8.
Henry Seymour Conway [art original].

Published / Created:
[between 1780 and 1799?]
Call Number:
Drawings Un58 no. 16 Box D155
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Quarter-length portrait of Henry Seymour Conway after Gainsborough, framed by oval design. Conway is in uniform, turned to the left with head facing and looking to the right
Description:
Title from caption inscribed within image., Date from unverified data from local record., Copy of painting by Thomas Gainsborough., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795,
Subject (Topic):
Portrait drawings, Military uniforms, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Henry Seymour Conway [art original].

9.
[Moses Kean's imitation of Henderson's Hamlet] [art original].

Published / Created:
[1790?]
Call Number:
Drawings Un58 no. 20 Box D155
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Full-length portait depicting Moses Kean imitating actor John Henderson in the grave scene in Hamlet. A picture on the wall behind Moses contains a likeness of the original scene with Henderson in the same character and attitude. Kean is directed right, head facing left wearing a tricorn hat; he has a wooden leg and arms outstrected to right hold a handkerchief
Alternative Title:
Moses Kean as Hamlet
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Printed clipping pasted to mount and dated 'Nov. 4 [18]26' in contemporary ms. hand: The late Moses Kean was a tailor, a stout-built man, with black bushy hair, and a wooden leg ... He was a very extraordinary mimic, particularly in imitation of C.J. Fox, which he gave occassionally at the Little Theatre in the Haymarket. Mr. Edmund Kean, the celebrated actor, owes his education to the above person, wo was his uncle. -Nollekens and his Times., Copy of an 18th century etching titled Mr. Kean's imitation of Henderson's Hamlet., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Kean, Moses, -1792,, Henderson, John, 1747-1785, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Performances, Portrait drawings, Actors, Imitation, Peg legs, and Handkerchiefs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Moses Kean's imitation of Henderson's Hamlet] [art original].

10.
[Sir Ralph Abercromby] [art original].

Published / Created:
[not before 1798]
Call Number:
Drawings Un58 no. 18 Box D155
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Sir Ralph Abercromby after John Hoppner. Abercromby is half-length directed slightly to right, looking away to left, right-gloved hand at his waist; he wears a military uniform with epaulettes, sash, star, and a white stock
Alternative Title:
Sir Ralph Abercrombie
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date based on execution of John Hoppner painting., Copy of oil painting by John Hoppner, ca. 1798., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Abercromby, Ralph, Sir, 1734-1801
Subject (Topic):
Portrait drawings, Military uniforms, and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Sir Ralph Abercromby] [art original].