A portrait of Thomas Kirgate, half-length, looking to the right
Description:
Title written in black ink below plate line, in an unidentified hand. and Statements of responsibility written in black ink below title, in an unidentified hand: Painted & etched by E. Edwards, 1784; finished by J. Hall.
A portrait of Thomas Kirgate, half-length, looking to the right
Description:
Title written in black ink below plate line, in an unidentified hand., Statements of responsibility written in black ink below title, in an unidentified hand: Painted & etched by E. Edwards, 1784; finished by J. Hall., and Mounted on page 18 in Horace Walpole's Journal of the printing-office at Strawberry Hill near Twickenham in Middlesex.
A portrait of Thomas Kirgate, half-length, looking to the right
Description:
Title written in black ink below plate line, in an unidentified hand., Statements of responsibility written in black ink below title, in an unidentified hand: Painted & etched by E. Edwards, 1784; finished by J. Hall., Mounted on page 240 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 : etching on laid paper ; sheet 12.5 x 8.2 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Note in ink below image on mounting sheet: Mr. Walpoe's printer., Print was probably given to Richard Bull by Edward Edwards. See letter from Edwards to Bull that is tipped into volume beside this portrait., and For further information, consult library staff.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1780]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 15. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"'Three French girls before a castle gate', standing in the line with books under their arms, the girl at left with her hands under her apron, looking at the ground, the central figure with a half-open fan and a posy of flowers tucked into her dress and the third with flowers on her bonnet, at right a figure on horseback enters the gate, a guard beside; circular design after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue, description of lettered state
Alternative Title:
Three girls before Medieval gate
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: Mr. Bunbury del. ; Js. Bretherton fec., State before letters. For a later state with artist and printmaker signatures and the publication line "Publish'd 4th March 1780 by Js. Bretherton, New Bond Street", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2999., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 15 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Various jettons and counters of James I., his Queen; Charles I., his Queen; various on his Marriage, Birth of the Prince, and on his Death. Stored in an 18th-century sharkskin-covered box. Formerly located in the Tribune [Cabinet] of Strawberry Hill
Alternative Title:
Jettons and counters
Description:
Title devised by curator., Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: Various Jettons and Counters of James I., his Queen; Charles I., his Queen; various on his Marriage, Birth of the Prince, and on his Death., With Horace Walpole's 1792 circular book plate (Type 1) pasted to interior of box; later partial sale [?] label on exterior, loose mss 19th c. label “King James the First and his Family Engraved on Nine Silver Plates By Simon van De Paas from Horace Walpole's Collection,, and Also available as a digital reproduction.
Watercolor drawing showing Horace Walpole without a wig, on the left, facing the viewer, with a letter in hand; the caption under this image reads "after breakfast & in his study." In the center, Walpole with his wig and still with a letter in hand, his other arm bent and raised; the caption under this image reads "Before dinner, when drest, in the cabinet." The third image of Walpole, on the right, shows only his back, shoulders hunched and bent forward; the caption under this image reads "After dinner, & in the gallery."
Alternative Title:
Horace at three times a day
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date assigned by previous owner., and John Carter (1748-1817), British draughtsman and antiquary.
Title devised by curator., Publication information from book in which this plate was published., Plate from: Designs by Mr. R. Bentley for six poems by Mr. T. Gray. London : Printed for R. Dodsley, 1753., Mounted on page 81 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 9.4 x 14.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Title devised by curator., Devised title and artist attribution based on Horace Walpole's notes on facing leaf: This book belonged to Mr. Pope, and the drawing is by him. Horace Walpole, 1766. It is a view of Twickenham Church from his own garden., Date of production based on artist's death date., and Drawn on front flyleaf in volume 1 of Alexander Pope's copy of: Homeri opera quae extant omnia. Amstelaedami : Ex officina Wetsteniana, MDCCVII [1707].
Two drawings, matted side-by-side, of female figures wearing classical dress (Doric chitons). The figure on the left faces right and holds up one side of a scale (?) with her left hand; the figure on the right, breasts exposed and right arm extended into the air, faces left
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed with initials by the artist in pencil, in lower right corner of the drawing on the right., Date of production supplied by curator., and Formerly laid in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
