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2.
- Creator:
- Walker, James, approximately 1748-approximately 1822, printmaker, publisher
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1792]
- Call Number:
- 792.01.01.01++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Holy Family resting during the Flight into Egypt; St Joseph standing beside the donkey, drawing his cloak around him, the Virgin laying the infant Jesus on a rock, holding the edge of His garment in right hand, gesturing with the other, two cherubs standing together and watching to left."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Arise, and take the young child, and his mother, and flee into Egypt
- Description:
- Titles engraved below image, in Russian and English., Bible citation "St. Math. Chap. 2, Vir. 13" follows title in English; translation of the same follows title in Russian., Dedications to Catherine II engraved beneath each title, in Russian and English. Dedication in English: Dedicated to her Imperial Majesty Catherine the Second, Empress and Autocratrix of all the Russias, by her most devoted and very humble servant, James Walker., From a series of prints published by Walker in 1792: A collection of prints, from the most celebrated pictures in the gallery of her Imperial Majesty Catherine the Second., "From the original picture in the Imp. Gallery.", and In Russian and English.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Jany. 1, 1792, as the act directs by Jas. Walker and W. Hodges, Queen Street, May Fair and R. Blamire, Strand, London
- Subject (Name):
- Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796 and Jesus Christ
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections, Family, Biblical events, Donkeys, and Putti
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Vostavʺ poimi otrocha i materʹ ego, i bi︠e︡zhi vo Egipetʺ Arise, and take the young child, and his mother, and flee into Egypt / [graphic] =, Воставъ поими отроча и матерь его, и бѣжи во Египетъ Arise, and take the young child, and his mother, and flee into Egypt / [graphic] =
3.
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1741]
- Call Number:
- 49 2359
- Image Count:
- 26
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A group of drawings by George Vertue of items in the Earl of Oxford's collection, many presumably sold in the sale of 1741-2. Among the items depicted are urns, busts and statues, various fragments with Greek inscriptions, a medal, an ossuary, and a sarcophagus. The group of drawings ends with a copy the portrait by Van Dyck of Sir Kenelm Digby and his family, and it begins with Vertue's original drawing for the engraved frontispiece to: A catalogue of Greek, Roman and English coins, medallions and medals, of the Right Honourable Edward Earl of Oxford, deceased
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Bound by George Vertue in a volume with Harleian catalogues and plates., and Original mottled calf, rebacked. Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis's notes on back endpaper.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, London., and England.
- Subject (Name):
- Oxford, Edward Harley, Earl of, 1689-1741, Digby, Kenelm, 1603-1665,, and Digby, Venetia Stanley, Lady, 1600-1633,
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections, Art, Private collections, Sculpture, Portraits, Urns, Medals, and Sarcophagi
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [George Vertue's drawings of items in the collection of Edward Harley, Earl of Oxford] [art original].
4.
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1731 and 1756]
- Call Number:
- 49 2378
- Image Count:
- 6
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawings showing the floor plan and views of the walls on which were hung paintings and against which statues and other artwork were placed. The second drawing is titled "Plan of rooms that contains [sic] the statues & the pictures" in ink above, and the fourth drawing is titled "View of one end of the great room design'd by Inigo Jones" in ink below. The first drawing depicts a large painting by Van Dyck on the wall at a different end the great room, described in the printed text as "a landskip [sic] with dogs, and in the clouds are three angels ...".
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., One of the four drawings with horizontal orientation., Bound by Horace Walpole in his copy of: Gambarini, C. Description of the Earl of Pembroke's pictures. Westminster : A. Campbell, 1731., and Bound in old mottled calf. With slipcase.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Wiltshire., and England.
- Subject (Name):
- Pembroke, Thomas Herbert, Earl of, 1656-1733 and Wilton House (England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections, Art, Private collections, Sculpture, and Interiors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [George Vertue's plans and drawings of the rooms at Wilton House containing the pictures and statues in the collection of the Earl of Pembroke] [art original].
5.
- Creator:
- Trotter, Thomas, 1756-1803, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1794]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of the couple, half-length behind a table, holding hands; a jester on the right whispering to the Duke's ear, a curtain on the left; three coat-of-arms below the image."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image, below the coats of arms., Four lines of verse in two columns etched below image, above the coats of arms: Cloth of gold do not thou dispys ..., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of title and complete loss of imprint statement from bottom edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., and Mounted on page 129 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:
- Publishd. as the act directs Jan. 1, 1794, by John Simco, Great Queen St.
- Subject (Name):
- Brydges, Egerton, Sir, 1762-1837, Suffolk, Charles Brandon, Duke of, approximately 1484-1545,, and Mary, Queen, consort of Louis XII, King of France, 1496-1533,
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk, & Mary Queen of France from the original in the possession of Saml. Egerton Brydges of Denton in Kent Esqr. / [graphic]
6.
- Creator:
- Simon, John, approximately 1675-1751, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1718]
- Call Number:
- SH Contents K68 no. 1 Box 110
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait seen almost half-length to left within oval frame, eyes to front, wearing robes, collar and long wig; with coat of arms and mace and purse below frame."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Right Honourable Sir Thomas Parker
- Description:
- Title, printmaker, imprint, and artist from Smith., Third state, with image altered to show Parker as Lord Chancellor and plate cut down to remove title. See: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., "This state of the print must date from after 1718 as it shows the sitter with the robes and accoutrements of the Lord Chancellor which he became in that year (information from David Wilson FSA). The plate was originally published with lettering describing Parker as Lord Chief Justice, a post he held from 1710 to 1718"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1930,1013.14., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Trimmed to image; with sitter's name in Horace Walpole's hand on tab mounted at the bottom.
- Publisher:
- J. Simon and E. Cooper?
- Subject (Name):
- Macclesfield, Thomas Parker, Earl of, 1666?-1732, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The Right Honble. Sr. Thomas Parker Kt. Lord Cheif [sic] Justice of England] [graphic].
7.
- Creator:
- Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [2 June 1834]
- Call Number:
- SH Contents Sh534 no. 1 Box 115
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Probably representing one of the "pair of beautiful old carved solid ebony chairs, of the Elizabethan period, pierced backs, richly decorated with birds, flowers and figures, twisted rails, the frames finely carved in scrolls, and cane sear"--1842 Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, day 17, lot 54.
- Description:
- Title engraved below image. and Text above image: "Date the beginning of the 17th century."
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 2, 1834 by Wm. Pickering, Chancery Lane
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections and Chairs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Ebony chair, formerly belonging to Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill now in the possession of Mr. Webb, Old Bond Street / [graphic]
8.
- Creator:
- Ruotte, Louis Charles, 1754-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 September 1787]
- Call Number:
- Drawer 787.09.01.04
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Text below title: Size of the picture, 1 f. 9 1/2 i. by 2 f. 3 1/2 i. in height., Etched coat of arms below image bearing the motto: Fari quae sentiat., Plate LXI from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia. London: J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 2., and On same sheet: Saint John the Evangelist.
- Publisher:
- Published Sepr. 1st, 1787, by John & Josiah Boydell, Cheapside
- Subject (Name):
- Houghton Hall (England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Two saints worshiping the Virgin in the clouds in the Carlo Maratti room at Houghton / [graphic]
9.
- Creator:
- Pye, John, 1745- printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1788]
- Call Number:
- Drawer 788.00.00.41
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Artist and printmaker from list of prints at beginning of volume., Publication date based on that of the bound volume in which this print appears., Two designs on one plate, each with a coat of arms etched below., and Plates XXXIX and XL from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia. London: J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 2.
- Publisher:
- John Boydell
- Subject (Name):
- Houghton Hall (England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Two landscapes with figures, sheep, and cows] [graphic].
10.
- Creator:
- Picot, Victor Marie, 1744-1805, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1784]
- Call Number:
- Drawer 784.01.01.07
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Text below title: Size of the picture, 2 f. 0 1/4 i. by 2 f. 7 i. high., Etched coat of arms below image bearing the motto: Fari quae sentiat., Plate LV from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia. London: J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 2., and On same sheet: Virgin and child.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Jany. 1st, 1784, by John Boydell, engraver, in Cheapside
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Norfolk.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 and Houghton Hall (England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections, Art, and Private collections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Apollo in the gallery at Houghton / [graphic]
