Title from caption below image., Text below title: E tabula Guidonis Reni, in Pinacotheca Domini De Montriblou armigeri conservata., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Egypt.
Subject (Name):
Cleopatra, Queen, consort of Juba II, King of Mauretania, 40 B.C.-
Opposite page 28. Historic doubts, on the life and reign of King Richard the Third.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait drawing of Elizabeth Woodville, Queen consort of Edward IV, probably taken from the stained glass window at Canterbury Cathedral. She is shown half-length, nearly in profile to the left, head bowed and hands together in prayer
Alternative Title:
Elizabeth Queen of Edward IV
Description:
Title written in ink below image, on mounting page., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on publication date of the extra-illustrated volume into which this drawing was inserted., and Inlaid opposite page 28 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Historic doubts, on the life and reign of King Richard the Third. London : W. and S. Wybrow [etc.], 1822.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797. and Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492
Volume 1, page 17. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Elizabeth Gray, Queen of Edward IV and Elizabeth Grey, Queen of Edward IV
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, in a contemporary hand., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 17 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492,
787.07.01.03 Boxed separately; shelved in Object Room C:A
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The engraving has been mounted on wood and cut into 42 puzzle pieces. The frame is comprised of 10 pieces; the remaining 32 pieces each with a portrait of a king or queen of England, starting with William I and ending with George II, and one piece depicting Oliver Cromwell, contain extensive details about their lives and reigns. Below the title in the frame at the top are directions for the puzzle: "Directions. 1. Learn to put the heads in succession. 2. Get the dates of inner ovals & the houses of the respective kings. 3. Learn the names of the principal personages of each reign separately. 4. Get by heart the historical & chronological facts of the respective reigns with the dates of battles, treaties, &c." In the bottom portion of the framing pieces is a key to the contractions used in the text: "Contractions. K. king. Pr. prince. D. duke. E. earl. Abp. Archbishop. ... N.B. Capitals over the heads are the initials of the different houses. N. Norman. Pl. Plantagenet. L. Lancaster. Y. York. T. Tudor. S. Stuart. O. Orange. B. Brunswick. In the dates the year only of the current century is sometimes expressed as the rest is evident from the reign."
Description:
Title engraved in frame above the images. and With the original box with dove-tailed sliding lid and original label. Solution to the puzzle printed separately and mounted the side, inside the box. Also boxed and shelved separately.
Publisher:
Publish'd 1st July 1787 by Carington Bowles, St. Paul Church Yard ; C. Dilly, Poultry & W. Darton, Birchin Lane, London
Gunst, Pieter Stevens van, 1659?-1724?, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 1788]
Call Number:
Drawer 788.00.00.42
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Later state with different lettering. Earlier state published ca. 1715 as one of a series of ten plates by Gunst after van Dyck; see British Museum online catalogue, registration number: Kk,5.5.4., Publication date based on that of the bound volume in which this print appears., Plate LXVIII from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia. London: J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 2., and Etched coat of arms below image bearing the motto: Fari quae sentiat.
Publisher:
Publish'd by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Henrietta Maria, Queen, consort of Charles I, King of England, 1609-1669,
Portrait of Princess Anne, shown three-quarters length, sitting, directed and facing towards the front, wearing a loose dress and holding a string of pearls. She rests her right elbow against a rock; her left hand is in her lap. In the background on the right is Windsor castle
Description:
Title from text below image., State from Smith, J. C British mezzotinto portraits., Date of publication based Cooper's advertisement in the London Gazette of 19 August 1686 for mezzotints of the Royal family after Wissing; place of publication based on known address of Cooper's place of business: The Three Pigeons in Bedford Street, Covent Garden., Princess Ann, second daughter of James Duke of York (afterwards James II) and Anne Hyde. In 1683 she married George Prince of Denmark. In 1702, she succeeded William III, her elder sister Mary II having died 1694. Queen Anne died in 1 August 1714., Mounted on leaf numbered 3 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
E. Cooper
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714, and Windsor Castle,
Thielcke, Henry Daniel, 1788-1874, printmaker, dedicator
Published / Created:
[1818?]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Queen Charlotte; half length, seated slightly to right; hands clasped in her lap; ornaments on table in background to right; chair and curtain to left."--British Museum online catalogue, decription of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist identified as Henry Edridge in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Later state, with title altered from "Her Most Gracious Majesty". For an earlier state marked "Proof" and bearing the imprint "Published Decembr. 2nd, 1818, for the proprietor by Messrs. Colnaghi & Co., Cockspur Street," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1887,0613.87., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with probable loss of imprint statement from bottom edge., Dedication beneath title: Dedicated by permission to Her Royal Highness Princess Augusta, by Her most obedient grateful servant, H.D. Thielcke., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm. With clipping (33 x 56 mm) of Queen Charlotte's signature mounted beneath print., and Mounted after page 430 (leaf numbered '42' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Messrs. Colnaghi & Co.?
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Augusta Sophia, Princess, daughter of George III, King of Great Britain, 1768-1840,
Queen Caroline walks down a plank balanced between a jolly boat and the shore; she is assisted by her son-in-law Prince Leopald, dressed in black. A cheering crowd stands on the beach, waving their hats in the air, behind an officer who tips his hat at the Queen. Sailors push the boat onto the shingle while a ship called "Prince Leopold" (in reference to her son-in-law) is anchored in the distance
Description:
Title etched below image., Related to George Cruikshank vignette entitled "Queen Caroline landing at Dover" on the title page for: Nightingale, Joseph. Memoirs of Queen Caroline. London: J. Robins & Co. Albion Press, 1820., and Framed to 34 x 44 cm.
Publisher:
W.B. Walker
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Belgium.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821,, and Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865,
Subject (Topic):
Divorce, Arrivals & departures, British, Sailors, Ships, Queens, and Kings
Evans, William, active 1797-1812, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[1 March 1809]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Queen Charlotte, bust directed to right, looking towards the viewer, in white turban, loose gown with frilled 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., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Bound in opposite page 428 (leaf numbered '39' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published March 1, 1809, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Charlotte Queen, consort of George III, 1744-1818,
"Portrait, half-length facing front, looking to left, wearing a robe trimmed in ermine with ropes of pearls tied at the shoulders, strings of pearls around her neck, a cruciform jewel at her throat, hair dressed up with a lace veil and a tiara; lettered state before publisher altered to Boydell."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publication date surmised from listed dates of similar works in Catalogue of engraved British portraits., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818,
