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1. Apollon Pityen [graphic]
- Creator:
- Thomassin, S. (Simon), 1652?-1732, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1695]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Depiction of the copy at the Palace of Versailles of the statue known as the Apollo Belvedere or the Pythian Apollo. The nude male figure stands on a pedestal, folded drapery hanging from his outstretched left arm; his right hand rests on the tree trunk at his side around which coils the python
- Description:
- Title etched within pedestal at bottom of image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appeared., Plate from: Thomassin, S. Recueil des figures, groupes, thermes, fontaines, vases, statues, et autres ornemens de Versailles. Amsterdam : P. Mortier, 1695., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered "34" in upper right corner., Mounted on page 159 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.
- Publisher:
- P. Mortier
- Subject (Name):
- Apollo (Deity),
- Subject (Topic):
- Sculpture
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Apollon Pityen [graphic]
2. Medical Society of London. This ticket admits the bearer to the Anniversary Meeting at the Society's House, Bolt Court, Fleet Strt., the [blank] day of March 18[blank] at [blank] oclock. The oration by [blank]. N [blank].
- Published / Created:
- [18--?]
- Call Number:
- 646 802 M243 v.3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Abstract:
- Ticket to the Anniversary Meeting of the Medical Society of London, to occur at the Society's House on Bolt Court, Fleet Street
- Alternative Title:
- This ticket admits the bearer to the Anniversary Meeting at the Society's House, Bolt Court, Fleet Strt
- Description:
- Title from item., Entirely engraved; illustrated at top with an image of Apollo with bow and arrow seated over a slain serpent, signed "W. Grainger inv. sc." in lower right., Monogrammatic initials "MSL" within circle in lower left., Completed in manuscript with details of the meeting, including the date of 8 March 1821 and time of 3 o'clock. "Mr. Callaway" is noted as giving the oration, and the ticket is numbered "No. 144" in lower right., Mounted to 27.1 x 20.9 cm., and Mounted before page 469 in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Medical Society of London. and Apollo (Deity),
- Subject (Topic):
- Societies (Associations). and Serpents
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Medical Society of London. This ticket admits the bearer to the Anniversary Meeting at the Society's House, Bolt Court, Fleet Strt., the [blank] day of March 18[blank] at [blank] oclock. The oration by [blank]. N [blank].
3. [Apollo calling up the fine arts and sciences] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1789]
- Call Number:
- Drawer 789.00.00.77
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Apollo alighting with a torch in his right hand, wings spread, gesturing with his left hand towards the arts and sciences, allegoriacal figures grouped on the right with Sculpture, leaning on a bas-relief of George III, Painting and Architecture in the foreground and a figure on the right with a globe, compass and other navigational tools; in an oval; after West."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title supplied by cataloger., Artist, printmaker, and publication information from lettered state described in the Calabi and de Vesme catalogue with imprint: London, Publish'd ... Octr. 1, 1789, by B. West ..., State from Calabi and de Vesme catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge.
- Publisher:
- B. West
- Subject (Name):
- Apollo (Deity),
- Subject (Topic):
- Mythology
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Apollo calling up the fine arts and sciences] [graphic].
4. [Apollo] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bisschop, Jan de, 1628-1671, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1670]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Apollo Belvedere facing left seen from the front."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., First three letters of the name "P.P. Doncker" in artist's signature form a monogram., Signed with the monogram of printmaker Jan de Bisschop. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1901,1022.2531.5., Place and date of publication from the volume in which the print was published., Plate from: Signorvm vetervm icones. [Amsterdam], [167-?]., Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner., and Mounted on page 140 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Apollo (Deity),
- Subject (Topic):
- Sculpture
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Apollo] [graphic]
5. [Arms of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [18--?]
- Call Number:
- 646 802 M243 v.2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Depiction of the arms of the Society of Apothecaries, with Apollo on the shield, his head radiant, overcoming pestilence which is represented by a wyvern; the supporters are golden unicorns, the crest is a rhinoceros; motto "Opiferque Per Orbem Dicor" within banner at bottom
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Date supplied by cataloger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Probably meant to be printed at the top of official notices and invitations of the Society., Mounted to 27.1 x 20.8 cm; mounted above is a smaller (sheet 40 x 48 mm) hand-colored etching of the same arms, the details varying slightly., and Mounted before page 359 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London. and Apollo (Deity),
- Subject (Topic):
- Guilds, Coats of arms, Unicorns, and Rhinoceroses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Arms of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London] [graphic].