Title etched above image., Engraved after a miniature by Zincke which was done after a painting by Peter Lely., Date supplied by cataloger., and Text etched within border surrounding circular image: Hôc juvenem egregium praestanti munere donat. Virg.
Title etched below image., Mounted on page 54 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., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper ; sheet 20.7 x 16.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of title and complete loss of imprint.
Publisher:
Pubd. Dec. 3, 1800, by S. Harding, 127 Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title etched below image., Mounted on page 67 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 : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper, à la poupée ; sheet 14 x 14.5 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of all text and some loss of image at top and bottom edges., With Richard Bull's manuscript title "Cowley" written in ink below image, on mounting page., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pubd. Dec. 3, 1800, by S. Harding, 127 Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title from caption below image., Text at top of image: "pindarici fontis qui non expalluit haustus" and "ob. 1667, aet. 49.", Date and place of publication surmised from data on similar print from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: K,59.4., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait drawing of Abraham Cowley; bust length, facing left; with long hair and an open shirt collar; in a circle
Description:
Title written in ink in open letters below image., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Probably drawn after the miniature by Zincke, which in turn was painted after Sir Peter Lely's portrait, that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 147 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.
Subject (Name):
Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Plate [135] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; portrait medallions of Milton, Fletcher, Waller, Jonson, Cowley, Butler, Shakespeare, Spencer, Chaucer and Surrey on a mountain with waterfall in foreground and Pegasus flying above."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text within image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [135] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
"Portrait of Abraham Cowley, bust length in an octagonal frame, long hair, wearing gown; frontispiece to his 'Works' (1668)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Artist identified as Mary Beale in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Second state of the first (Plate A) of three similar plates by Faithorne, with cross-hatching added to the crown of the head and a single hair seen on the left of the forehead. See Fagan., Frontispiece to: Cowley, A. The works of Mr. Abraham Cowley. London : Printed by J.M. for Henry Herringman ..., 1668., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 708 (leaf numbered '162' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
