Volume 1, page 31. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Sir William Sidney and Sr. William Sydney
Description:
Title from note below image, in ink over pencil. Sitter's name with alternative spelling is written in pencil in upper right corner: Sr. William Sydney., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 31 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.
Volume 1, page 69. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written in pencil in upper left corner., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 69 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.
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).
Volume 1, page 67. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Rochester Bridge with dimensions
Description:
Title inscribed within banner at top of image., Date supplied by cataloger., Additional measurements of the bridge are given in notes on either side of title., and Mounted on page 67 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.
Volume 1, page 51. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Figure of an ancient pair of buttons
Description:
Title from ink inscription above image., Signed with initials and dated in lower right corner; the artist "K. Mn." or "K Mx." is unidentified., and Mounted on page 51 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.
Volume 1, page 73. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written in ink in upper left corner., Date supplied by cataloger., With four lines of verse in ink to the left of the depicted figure: Time swift doth run, to judgment thou must come; prepare for Death lest hee send theto woe & miserie., Also with nineteen numbered notes in ink below image, describing various aspects of the depicted figure's dress., and Mounted on page 73 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.
A collection of 10 portrait paintings in oil and three drawings of designs for frames around the portraits in preparation for the engravings that were made for Thomas Birch's The heads of the most illustrious persons of Great Britain published by John and Paul Knapton between 1727 and 1752
Alternative Title:
Illustrious persons of England
Description:
Title from paper wrappers., Plates engraved by Houbraken and Vertue with the titles and the dates engraved on the plates., Many with original wrappers, autographed by G. Vertue., Multiple impressions, in various stages of proof., With 10 of the original drawings on which the engravings were based, and 3 of the original border decorations by Gravelot. Portraits in oil: John Russel, Ann of Cleves, Sir Thomas More, John Milton, John Campbell, Samuel Clarke, Sir John Smith, Henry Howard, Sir Philip Sidney, and William Wainfleet., and For further information, consult library staff.
Volume 1, page 41. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Monument for Sir Robert de Hungerford
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Date supplied by cataloger., Inscription below title, in a different hand: This monumental inscription is cutt in brass, and sett in black marble, fixt into the south wall of a small chapple joyning to the church of Hungerford. Comm. Berks., Inscription at bottom of sheet: There formerly lay under it, the figure of a man in armour cross legg'd, but that is remov'd into another part of the church and is much defaced., and Mounted on page 41 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 (Name):
Hungerford, Robert Hungerford, Baron, approximately 1429-1464. and Salisbury Cathedral.
"View of the west front of the church, a graveyard to the right; in sky a scroll with a dedication to Browne Willis Esq; a flag flying from the top of the tower."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker identified in the British Museum online catalogue., Written on the back of the print is an autographed letter signed by George Vertue to the Hon. Thomas Symonds, at his seat at Pengethly, near Ross in Herefordshire, and dated 15 September 1744., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Church : Westminster, London, England),
