Copy of the bookplate design for George Lambert. The arms and crest are those of Lambert of Banstead (Surrey): gules three narcissus flowers argent; a mount vert wtih a centaur passant, regardant, girt with laurel wreath and holding bow and arrow gules. Supporters are: Music and Painting
Alternative Title:
Bookplate for George Lambert
Description:
Title from text in image., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 115., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (2nd ed.), no. 47., and Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 118.
Copy of the bookplate design for George Lambert. The arms and crest are those of Lambert of Banstead (Surrey): gules three narcissus flowers argent; a mount vert wtih a centaur passant, regardant, girt with laurel wreath and holding bow and arrow gules. Supporters are: Music and Painting
Alternative Title:
Bookplate for George Lambert
Description:
Title from text in image., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 115., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (2nd ed.), no. 47., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 118., Printmaker's name erased from this impression: A.M.I. fe: erased., and On page 3 in volume 1. Plate mark 100 x 970 mm.
"Portrait seen seated half-length within rectangular frame, almost in profile to left drawing, eyes to front; wearing plain coat and necktie."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English mezzotint portraits and their states., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of all inscriptions. Description based on impression of the third state in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1950,0520.142.
Publisher:
Pub. Jan. 1, 1805, by J. Harris, Gerrard Street, Soho
Chambars, Thomas, approximately 1724-1789, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1763?]
Call Number:
Portraits V568 no. 1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Bust of George Vertue with cap, in oval, looking left, after oil painting by Richardson
Description:
Title from text below image., Plate originally issued preceding "The life of George Vertue" in: Walpole, H. Catalogue of engravers. Strawberry-Hill : 1763., and Mounted to 49 x 36 cm.
Portrait of Gerrit van Honthorst (1592-1656), Dutch painter and draftsman, active in Italy
Alternative Title:
Gerrit van Honthorst pictor
Description:
Title from inscription in brown ink, in 18th century hand, below image: Ger. Honthorst pictor., Drawing that was later used for an engraving published in : Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. [Strawberry-Hill] : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v. 2, opp. p. 110., Signed in graphite, lower right corner: G.V. d., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Cecchi, Giovanni Battista, 1748 or 1749-approximately 1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1770 and 1790?]
Call Number:
770.00.00.191
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Self-portrait of the artist, perhaps in his studio, sitting in front of a desk. A miniature hangs on a small easel beside him; sculpted heads and hands, as well as a painting, hang on the walls behind him. Another sculpted head lies on the floor in the foreground
Alternative Title:
Giuseppe Macpherson Pitt
Description:
Title engraved on a separate sheet mounted below image., Printmaker Giovanni Battista Cecchi and intermediate draftsman Carlo Bozzolini identified in the Hamburger Kunsthalle online catalogue., This print was apparently part of the "Serie di ritratti de' pittori che se stessi di dipinsero esistenti nella R. Galleria di Toscana," which has been dated 1770-1790. See Hamburger Kunsthalle online catalogue., Engraved border is also printed on a separate sheet and mounted around the sheets with the image and title; for another impression with the exact same arrangement of sheets, see: Hamburger Kunsthalle, Kupferstichkabinett, Inv. Nr. 57533. For an impression lacking these additional sheets, see: National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG D10968., and Sheets trimmed within plate marks.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Macpherson, Giuseppe or Joseph or James, 1720-1792,
Subject (Topic):
Artists, Artists' studios, Sculpture, and Miniatures (Paintings)
Title from text below image., First published ca. 1675-1700; this is a late 18th-century reissue., After Francis Place (1647-1728). See National Portrait Gallery, London, pen and ink sketch., and Publication date from National Portrait Gallery, London.
Publisher:
Published by W. Richardson, Castle Street, Leicester Fields
