Title from accompanying List of plates published by Boydell., Alternative title etched below image., "From the original drawing, in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire.", "No. 115"--Lower left corner., Plate published in: Liber veritatis, or, A collection of two hundred prints / engraved by Richard Earlom from the original drawings owned by the Duke of Devonshire. London: Boydell and Co., 1777., The Lewis Walpole Library: Formerly housed as part of the SH Contents collection., See Object file for copy of the correspondence between E. Manwaring and W.S. Lewis., and Probably one of the set owned by Horace Walpole and later dispersed. See A.T. Hazen, Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library, no 3669.
Publisher:
Published Septr 1st. 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Rome (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682
Subject (Topic):
Views, Colosseum (Rome, Italy), and Triumphal arches
Portrait drawing of Charles Beale, the son of painter Mary Beale; half-length, turned to the left; wearing a thin moustache; a high collar or ruff covering his neck; wavy hair falling to his shoulders
Alternative Title:
Mr. Charles Beal, drawn by his mother
Description:
Title from note in ink in lower left corner of sheet, possibly in Horace Walpole's hand., Alternative title and attribution to Mary Beale from Richard Bull's note below image on mounting sheet: Mr. Charles Beal, drawn by his mother., Date of production based on artist's death date., This drawing was given to Richard Bull by Horace Walpole in 1786, as indicated by Bull's note on mounting page: Presented to Mr. Bull by Mr. Walpole, 1786., Mounted on page 80 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., and For further information, consult library staff.
Portrait drawing of the painter Mary Beale; half-length, turned to the left and looking back at viewer; wearing a low-cut gown and pearl necklace; curls of hair falling on her nape and shoulders
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Beal the paintress, drawn by herself
Description:
Title from note in ink in lower left corner of sheet, possibly in Horace Walpole's hand., Alternative title and attribution to Mary Beale from Richard Bull's note below image on mounting sheet: Mrs. Beal the paintress, drawn by herself., Apparently copied from a portrait by Peter Lely; "aft. Lely" written in ink in lower right corner., Date of production based on artist's death date., This drawing was given to Richard Bull by Horace Walpole in 1786, as indicated by Bull's note on mounting page: Presented to Mr. Bull by Mr. Walpole, 1786., Mounted on page 79 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., and For further information, consult library staff.