The coffin of Queen Caroline on a cloth-covered platform over which pallbearers hold an elaborate black canopy is carried down the aisle of church, followed by a minister who lifts his right arm as if speaking from the text in his left hand. To the right stand young women who throw flowers from their baskets as the procession passes. On the right, with an organ behind, soldiers stand in attention holding torches
Description:
Title etched below image. and Framed to 30 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd by W.B. Walker, 4 Fox & Knot Court, Cow Lane, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Canopies, Funeral rites & ceremonies, Funeral processions, and Queens
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., Mounted on page 171 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., 1 print : stipple engraving on wove paper ; circular sheet 7.8 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of all text below image., Sitter identified in pencil below image, on mounting sheet: Queen Catherine Parr., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pub. Jan. 20, 1803, by S. Harding, 127 Pall Mall
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Catharine Parr, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1512-1548, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
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
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,
"Portrait of Queen Charlotte; half length, looking to left; wearing belt and dress with riffled collar; in oval, topped by irradiated crown."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched within lower part of decorative border., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 430 (leaf numbered '41' 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 as the act directs, 4 June 1791, & sold by W. Faden, Charing Cross, M. Ryland, Bond Street, & J. Collyer, Dorrington Street, Cold Bath Fields
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818,
"Portrait of Queen Caroline wearing hat; profile, head and shoulders to left; with border of acorns and oak leaves and other tree branch leaves."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., After a portrait by Thomas Charles Wageman. For another engraving after the same portrait, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.1513. See also: Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 1, page 351, no. 23., Approximate date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1997,0928.5., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821,
