Two images, the bottom of which is a saracen's head in profile above a banner with the Walpole motto "Fari quae sentiat". Above, an armorial shield surmounted by the head of a black man with a kerchief around his head and decorated with flags and a cannon protrude from its sides; branches extend outward from the pile of dirt at the base of the shield, on which cannon balls and a drum sit
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; attribution to Thomas Kirgate from note in pencil on mounting page: "Evidently drawn by his printer Jos.[?] Kirgate.", Date of production based on artist's death date., and Mounted on page 'g' in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Fugitive pieces in verse and prose. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758.
Title devised by cataloger. and Verso of t.p. from John Speed's The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine, The second booke : contayning the principalitie of VVales.
Publisher:
Printed by Thomas Snodham, for John Sudburie and George Humble
A sketch of the coat of arms of Humphry Earl of Stafford, later first Duke of Buckingham, with a brief biographical note in Horace Walpole's hand below the image
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist unknown. Formerly attributed to George Vertue., From a group of images thought to have been originally drawn by John Rous and traced by an unidentified artist for Horace Walpole; later engraved for his Historic doubts on the life and reign of Richard III. See London edition, 1768 and Strawberry Hill edition 1770., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763, but recorded in the Description of Strawberry Hill, 1774, among the rare books of prints and drawings in the library.
Subject (Name):
Buckingham, Humphrey Stafford, Duke of, 1402-1460.
A sketch of the coat of arms of Richard Earl of Arundell identified by a caption in Horace Walpole's hand below the image
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist unknown. Formerly attributed to George Vertue., From a group of images thought to have been originally drawn by John Rous and traced by an unidentified artist for Horace Walpole; later engraved for his Historic doubts on the life and reign of Richard III. See London edition, 1768 and Strawberry Hill edition 1770., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763, but recorded in the Description of Strawberry Hill, 1774, among the rare books of prints and drawings in the library.
Subject (Name):
Arundel and Surrey, Richard Fitzalan, Earl of, 1306-1376.
A sketch of the coat of arms of Richard the 13th Earl of Warwick with a brief biographical note in Horace Walpole's hand below the image
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist unknown. Formerly attributed to George Vertue., From a group of images thought to have been originally drawn by John Rous and traced by an unidentified artist for Horace Walpole; later engraved for his Historic doubts on the life and reign of Richard III. See London edition, 1768 and Strawberry Hill edition 1770., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763, but recorded in the Description of Strawberry Hill, 1774, among the rare books of prints and drawings in the library.
Subject (Name):
Beauchamp, Richard de, Earl of Warwick, 1382-1439.
A sketch of the coat of arms of "Richard Nevil Erle of Warwick", with a brief biographical note in Horace Walpole's hand below the image. Numbered "p. 11" in upper left corner
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist unknown. Formerly attributed to George Vertue., From a group of images thought to have been originally drawn by John Rous and traced by an unidentified artist for Horace Walpole; later engraved for his Historic doubts on the life and reign of Richard III. See London edition, 1768 and Strawberry Hill edition 1770., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763, but recorded in the Description of SH, 1774, among the rare books of prints and drawings in the library.
A sketch of the coat of arms of Sir Edward Woodville with a brief biographical note in Horace Walpole's hand below the image. Numbered "p. 70" in upper left corner. On the verso, a smaller and much less detailed sketch of the coat of arms of his brother Richard Earl of Rivers also with a brief biographical note
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist unknown. Formerly attributed to George Vertue., From a group of images thought to have been originally drawn by John Rous and traced by an unidentified artist for Horace Walpole; later engraved for his Historic doubts on the life and reign of Richard III. See London edition, 1768 and Strawberry Hill edition 1770., On verso: drawing of the Coat of arms of Richard Earl of Rivers., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763, but recorded in the Description of Strawberry Hill, 1774, among the rare books of prints and drawings in the library.
Subject (Name):
Woodville, Edward, Sir, -1488. and Rivers, Richard Woodville, Earl, 1405-1469.
A sketch of the coat of arms of Sir John Fastolf with a brief biographical note in Horace Walpole's hand below the image. Numbered "p. 50" in upper left corner
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist unknown. Formerly attributed to George Vertue., From a group of images thought to have been originally drawn by John Rous and traced by an unidentified artist for Horace Walpole; later engraved for his Historic doubts on the life and reign of Richard III. See London edition, 1768 and Strawberry Hill edition 1770., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763, but recorded in the Description of Strawberry Hill, 1774, among the rare books of prints and drawings in the library.
A sketch of the coat of arms of Sir Walter Mauny (Manny) with a brief biographical note in Horace Walpole's hand below the image
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist unknown. Formerly attributed to George Vertue., From a group of images thought to have been originally drawn by John Rous and traced by an unidentified artist for Horace Walpole; later engraved for his Historic doubts on the life and reign of Richard III. See London edition, 1768 and Strawberry Hill edition 1770., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763, but recorded in the Description of Strawberry Hill, 1774, among the rare books of prints and drawings in the library.
A sketch of the coat of arms of Thomas Earl of Warwick with a brief biographical note in Horace Walpole's hand below the image. Numbered "p. 30" in upper left corner
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist unknown. Formerly attributed to George Vertue., From a group of images thought to have been originally drawn by John Rous and traced by an unidentified artist for Horace Walpole; later engraved for his Historic doubts on the life and reign of Richard III. See London edition, 1768 and Strawberry Hill edition 1770., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763, but recorded in the Description of SH, 1774, among the rare books of prints and drawings in the library.
Subject (Name):
Warwick, Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of, approximately 1339-1401.
