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100. [Cockpit] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament Nov. 5th 1759.
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 759.11.05.01++ Box 305
- Collection Title:
- Plate 82. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Interior of the Cockpit on the south side of St James's Park with two fighting cocks in the pit and forty male spectators ranging from a sow-gelder, a butcher, a black footman, coachmen and a sweep to the blind Lord Albermarle Bertie (in the centre); on the wall to right, a framed picture of a stout woman, lettered "Nan Rawlings", seated with a cock on her lap."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Pit ticket
- Description:
- Title from Paulson., Title engraved below image, on either side of an image of a rooster wtih the words 'Royal' and 'Sport' etched on either side: Pit ticket., 1 print : etching & engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 315 x 385 mm, on sheet 415 x 585 mm., and Matted to 558 x 710 mm.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Bertie, Albemarle, Sir, ca. 1720-1765 and Saint James's Palace (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Cockfighting, Social life and customs, Blacks, Butchers, Chimney sweeps, Dogs, Gambling, Nobility, Sports spectators, and Servants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Cockpit] [graphic]
101. [Edward Earl of Warwick] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1768]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3664.38
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of six figures identified in pencil by former owner
- Description:
- Titles supplied by cataloger., Formerly attributed to George Vertue. See Christie's sale catalog., Originally drawn by John Rous. Horace Walpole had the drawings traced and then 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 (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Nobility and Peerage
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Edward Earl of Warwick] [art original].
102. [Henry Duke of Warwick] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1768]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3664.37
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of six dukes and duchess of Warwick and Clarence
- Description:
- Title from item., Formerly attributed to George Vertue. See Christie's sale catalog., Originally drawn by John Rous. Horace Walpole had the drawings traced and then 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 (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Nobility and Peerage
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Henry Duke of Warwick] [art original].
103. [King Henry the Eighth and Anne Boleyn] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1728 and 1729]
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 71K Box 320
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- King Henry VIII leads Anne Boleyn towards the throne. A melancholy Cardinal Wolsey leans his head in his hand as he glances sideways toward the couple. In the background Katherine of Aragon sitting in another throne, turns away from the couple to converse with Anne's former lover, Lord Percy. A young page carries the train of Anne's dress as she enters the palace
- Alternative Title:
- Here struts old pious Harry, once the great reformer of the English church and state ...
- Description:
- Title from Paulson: King Henry the Eighth and Anne Bullen., Added title from the first two lines from first of the seven couplets in three columns below image., Printmaker, publisher, state, and date from Paulson., Imperfect impresson; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text and image along right side., and The subject alludes to the perceived threat to the political supremacy of Robert Walpole (here represented by Wolsey) at the accession of George II. The composition echoes the traditional iconography of the popular story of Fair Rosamond and Henry II. See O'Connell, S. The popular print in England, 1999, p. 20.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547., Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536., Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745., and Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Cardinals, Castles & palaces, Ceremonial rooms, Children, Couples, Kings, Nobility, Queens, Reception rooms, and Thrones
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [King Henry the Eighth and Anne Boleyn] [graphic].
104. [King Henry the Eighth and Anne Boleyn] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1728 and 1729]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- King Henry VIII leads Anne Boleyn towards the throne. A melancholy Cardinal Wolsey leans his head in his hand as he glances sideways toward the couple. In the background Katherine of Aragon sitting in another throne, turns away from the couple to converse with Anne's former lover, Lord Percy. A young page carries the train of Anne's dress as she enters the palace
- Alternative Title:
- Here struts old pious Harry, once the great reformer of the English church and state ...
- Description:
- Title from Paulson: King Henry the Eighth and Anne Bullen., Added title from the first two lines from first of the seven couplets in three columns below image., Printmaker, publisher, state, and date from Paulson., Imperfect impresson; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text and image along right side., The subject alludes to the perceived threat to the political supremacy of Robert Walpole (here represented by Wolsey) at the accession of George II. The composition echoes the traditional iconography of the popular story of Fair Rosamond and Henry II. See O'Connell, S. The popular print in England, 1999, p. 20., Ms. note in Steevens's hand below print: See Nichols's book, 3d edit p. 167., and On page 50 in volume 1. Sheet trimmed to: 49.3 x 37.3 cm.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547., Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536., Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745., and Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Cardinals, Castles & palaces, Ceremonial rooms, Children, Couples, Kings, Nobility, Queens, Reception rooms, and Thrones
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [King Henry the Eighth and Anne Boleyn] [graphic].
105. [Portrait of Lady Louisa Stuart] [art original].
- Creator:
- Hayter, George, Sir, 1792-1871, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1871]
- Call Number:
- LWL Ptg. 106 Framed, shelved in UFS Rack 3C
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The writer Lady Louisa Stuart (1757-1851) was the daughter of George III’s prime minister Lord Bute. She is shown in a cluttered interior seated in an upholstered armchair at small table desk. She leans in to closely to read an open book that she holds in her hands. Lady Louisa Stuart’s manuscript notes on John Heneage Jesse's George Selwyn and his Contemporaries,” 1843-1844 sparked W.S. Lewis’s interest in the eighteenth century
- Alternative Title:
- Portrait of Lady Louisa Stuart, in an interior, reading book
- Description:
- Title devised by curator. and Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal: Portrait of Lady Louisa Stuart (1757-1851), in an interior, reading book
- Subject (Geographic):
- British. and Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Stuart, Louisa, 1757-1851,
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors and Nobility
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of Lady Louisa Stuart] [art original].
106. [Portrait of Maria Walpole] [art original].
- Creator:
- Hoare, William, 1707-1792, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1742]
- Call Number:
- LWL Ptg. 152 Framed, shelved in Object Room Rack 2.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Maria Walpole (1725?-1801) illegitimate daugher of Sir Robert Walpole, prime minister and his mistress Maria Skerrett; the daughter later became the wife of Colonel Charles Churchill. She is wearing ermine, an indication of noble status that she did not have until her father obtained for her a patent of precedence as the daughter of an earl in 1742. This portrait may have been made to mark this event., Title, date, and artist assigned by curator., Framed in antique carved wood., Formerly (and purchased as) a portrait of the Duchess of Gloucester, Edward Walpole's daughter Maria (1735-1807), who married the 2nd Earl Waldegrave before marrying the Duke of Gloucester. Mis-identified as such in the print version of Neil Jaffares's Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800. In 2008, re-attributed in the online edition: http://www.pastellists.com/Articles/Hoare.pdf., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- Churchill, Mary Walpole, Lady, 1725?-1801,
- Subject (Topic):
- Nobility and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of Maria Walpole] [art original].
