"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.
"Libyan Sibyl; facing front, seated, with a turban on head, holding a book open with her left hand, resting her right elbow on a closed book on a table, the book lettered with "Sibilla Libia"; after Guercino."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger. and Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration number: S,5.55.
Title from captions in Latin and English below image., Text below Latin title: E tabula Guidonis Reni, 9 pedes et 6 digitos alta 7 pedes lata in aedibus regiis Kensingtonii conservata., Text below English title: From the painting of Guido Reni, 9 feet 6 inches high by 7 feet wide, in the Royal Palace of Kensington., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Cupid, Graces, The, in art, Venus, Gods, and Mythology
Chatelain, Jean Baptiste Claude, 1710?-1771?, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1755]
Call Number:
Drawer 755.00.00.25
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration number: U,8.50., Printmakers from later state in the British Museum with the engravers' names and a publication line added., Text following subtitle: Described in Felibien, vol. 2d, p. 440., Quotation at bottom of plate: Servatur exemplar in aedibus praenobilis Viri Gulielmi Morris, Equitis Aurati., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"Nine actresses and four child actors dressed as classical deities preparing for a performance; among props and costumes are kittens playing with an orb and lyre, a monkey urinating in a helmet and a baby being fed by a child dressed as an eagle."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Leaf 38 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
Plate 38. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Nine actresses and four child actors dressed as classical deities preparing for a performance; among props and costumes are kittens playing with an orb and lyre, a monkey urinating in a helmet and a baby being fed by a child dressed as an eagle."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 45.1 x 56.8 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 38 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.