Portrait of Antonio Magliabechi, bust-length in profile to the right, wearing a cloak and bands; circular design done after a medal
Alternative Title:
Antonius Magliabechius Florentinus
Description:
Title from item., Probably a copy of the title page vignette from: Spence, J. A parallel; in the manner of Plutarch. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, by W. Robinson ..., 1758., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on leaf 18 x 11 cm., and Mounted opposite page [3] in Richard Bull's interleaved copy of: Spence, J. A parallel; in the manner of Plutarch. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, by W. Robinson ..., 1758.
"Portrait of Richard Bentley, half-length, slightly turned to the left, holding a book in one hand, dressed in an academic gown with bands at his neck and with a periwig on his head, after Hudson"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Date of publication based on active dates of publisher in association with Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowlege.
Publisher:
Published by Charles Knight, Ludgate Street & Pall Mall East
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Title given in Latin, French, Spanish, and German., Below title: Med: Folo. No. 34; C.P.S.C.M., In margin upper right: 130., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
George Balthasar Probst, excud. A.V.
Subject (Name):
Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen.
Subject (Topic):
Academic libraries, Libraries, Books, Ladders, and Scholars
At one end of a long table, a cleric with crossed eyes and mortar board drinks tea. He appears to be suspended in the air (the chair is not drawn) and leans with his elbow on the Morning Herald on the table. At the other end, a yawning academic in an unbuttoned coat under his robe, is doing up his stockings. His loose garter draws the attention of a playful cat while a dog watches him impatiently. Next to him on the table is an open volume of Euclid's Elements. The maid standing behind the table looks at the cleric on the left and pours hot water on the floor missing the teacup. Above the fireplace hang two muskets and three silhouette portraits of women. The bookshelves on the right display works of English authors and philosophers; on the left hangs a painting of a reposing nude and a satyr
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 21st, 1783 by J. Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill, London
A full-length caricature of a fashionably dressed Oxonian in profile walking to the left, with his left foot pointing elegantly as he steps. His gown is looped over his arms and his hair in a looped queue
Description:
Title from text inscribed in black ink above image., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., A copy of an Isaac Cruikshank etching published in Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches ... / by G.M. Woodward, One of a series of 13 drawings by the same artist., and For further information, consult library staff.
A fashionably dressed Oxonian in cap and gown staggers along, full-face, yawning violently; his hair is short and dishevelled
Description:
Title from text inscribed in black ink above image., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., A copy of an Isaac Cruikshank etching published in Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches ... / by G.M. Woodward, One of a series of 13 drawings by the same artist., and For further information, consult library staff.
Portrait of Gilbert Wakefield with a plain background, seated to the left, looking right, arms resting on a table in front of him, right hand resting on papers/a book. Balding, wearing a white stock(?), dark waistcoat and jacket with edged cuff
Description:
Title engraved below image., Frontispiece to v. 1 of: Wakefield, G. Memoirs of the life of Gilbert Wakefield. London : J. Johnson, 1804., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Civis erat qui libera posset verba animi proferre, et vitam impendere vero. Juv. Sat. IV. v. 90"--Beneath title., This image resembles a larger print portrait of Gilbert Wakefield made by Robert Dunkarton, also after William Artaud, and published by Hannah Macklin in 1802 (see e.g. British Museum 1870,1008.2735)., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 589 (leaf numbered '20' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
"Portrait of John Murray; half-length, seated to front, with head turned to look to left; wearing an open coat and cravat; his right elbow resting on three books on a table, holding a book in his hand inside the breast of his coat; bottom corners shaded with horizontal lines and separated from the main image with curved lines indicating an oval frame; after a drawing by Vertue."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Master John Murray of Sacomb and Hoh! Master John Murray of Sacomb
Description:
Title from verses below image., Verses continue: ... till oblivion dreaded his care; regardless of friends intestate he dy'd, so the rooks & the crows were his heir. GN., "Penes R. Rawlinson LLD, R, et AT, SS,S"--Upper margin., and "Nat. Jan. 24, 1670. Ob. 13 Sep. 1748"--Right margin.
A portrait of Ignatius Sancho, in an oval, half-length facing three-quarter to left, with his right hand on stomach inside vest. Born a slave, he was self-educated and became known as a scholar, playwright, poet, and composer
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Copy of a 1781 print made in London by Francesco Bartolozzi, after a painting by Thomas Gainsborough and published by John Nichols., and Mounted to 27 x 19 cm.
