A copy of William Hogarth's portrait of Lord Lovat with oval portraits in the four corners of: Lord Balmerino aged 58, Lord Cormartie pardon'd, Charles Ratclif aged 53, and Lord Kilmarnook aged 42.
Description:
Title etched at top of image on a banner with the heads of Townley and Fletcher on pikes on either side., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2801., and On page 123 in volume 2.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667 or 1668-1747 and Balmerino, Arthur Elphinstone, Lord, 1688-1746,
A medley of images with a portrait of John Gay; half length, to the right, wearing a cap and plain jacket; in oval; in a medley of prints, set on background of a letter; the prints titled 'The Spell', 'The Judgement', and 'Bumkinet's Advice'; two further panels, one with a coin of George II, the other lettered 'A new Deceptio Visus. Engrav'd and sold by Geo. Bickham, in London' [part of address erased].
Description:
Title from print in upper right., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of docket title and associated text. Perimeter of the design has been heavily inked in black, obscuring all but the images of the prints. The gold coin has been decorated with gold lead and the background of this print is also heavily inked in black., A composite of images and verses to form a greeting card, folded for mailing as advertisement for Bickham's engravings. With docket title: With docket title: A new Deceptio Visus, or A guinea for a shilling : being a curious medley, by way of letter / engrav'd and sold by Geo. Bickham, at his drawing school, at Hatten Garden near Holburn, London. See impression in the Library of Congress, PC 3 - 1729 - Near deceptio., See also working proof (?) at the British Museum online catalogue, no. 1980,U.861., and Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Geo. Bickham
Subject (Geographic):
Greece.
Subject (Name):
Dennis, John, 1657-1734., Congreve, William, 1670-1729., Curll, Edmund, 1675-1747, George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Gay, John, 1685-1732, Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744., Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721., Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745., and Harte, Walter, 1709-1774.
Subject (Topic):
Pegasus, Coins, Columns, Musical instruments, Puzzles, Ruins, and Wells
A medley of images with a portrait of John Gay; half length, to the right, wearing a cap and plain jacket; in oval; in a medley of prints, set on background of a letter; the prints titled 'The Spell', 'The Judgement', and 'Bumkinet's Advice'; two further panels, one with a coin of George II, the other lettered 'A new Deceptio Visus. Engrav'd and sold by Geo. Bickham, in London' [part of address erased].
Alternative Title:
New deceptio visus, or, A guinea for a shilling
Description:
Title from print in upper right., Date based on publisher's years of activity at 53 Fleet Street., Later state of a print, a composite of images and verses to form a greeting card, folded for mailing as advertisement for Bickham's engravings. With docket title: A new Deceptio Visus, or A guinea for a shilling : being a curious medley, by way of letter / engrav'd and sold by Geo. Bickham, at his drawing school, at Hatten Garden near Holburn, London. See impression in the Library of Congress, PC 3 - 1729 - Near deceptio visus., See also working proof (?) at the British Museum online catalogue, no. 1980,U.861., Description based on imperfect impression; impression lacks plate with docket title., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Strasburg bend.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Greece.
Subject (Name):
Dennis, John, 1657-1734., Congreve, William, 1670-1729., Curll, Edmund, 1675-1747, George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Gay, John, 1685-1732, Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744., Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721., Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745., and Harte, Walter, 1709-1774.
Subject (Topic):
Pegasus, Coins, Columns, Musical instruments, Puzzles, Ruins, and Wells
BEIN 2016 Folio 86: Imperfect: some plates wanting. Numerous plates with second copies. Plates and text loose in binding with spine title "Bowyer's History of England plates.", Lettered on spine Illustrative of Hume's History of England., Engraved dedications signed: Robert Bowyer; Tomkins scr., Plates dated 1793-1806., Also known as his Historic Gallery., and Bound by Hammond in half red morocco with marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine, six raised bands, gilt edges.
Publisher:
Printed for the proprietor, R. Bowyer, 80, Pall Mall; by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Coins, English, illu, Nobility, Poets, English, and Kings and rulers
Mosley, Charles, approximately 1720-approximately 1770, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1745]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize) Box 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Dr. Herring Lord Archbishop of Canterbury and Archbishop Herring
Description:
Title etched around image., C. Mosley after a painting by William Hogarth. See Catalogue of Engraved British portraits., Date from Catalogue of engraved British portraits., A portrait of the Archbishop at the head of an engraved speech., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.)., and Formerly on page 122 in volume 2. Remove in 2012 by LWL conservator.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland
Subject (Name):
James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766. and Herring, Thomas, 1693-1757
"Bill Richmond, the black pugilist, stands directed to the right, left leg advanced, fists raised. He is stripped to the waist, wearing a spotted handkerchief for belt, with neat breeches, stockings, and tied shoes."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom., Although born into slavery in New York, he lived most his life in England., Leaf 17 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Watermark, trimmed: [E]dmeads 1808.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):
Richmond, Bill, 1763-1829, and Richmond, Bill, 1763-1829.
Subject (Topic):
African American boxers, Boxers (Sports), and British
Picart, Charles, approximately 1780-approximately 1837, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 March 1809]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, nearly half-length, standing slightly to left against background of cloudy sky, looking to left; wearing wig, naval uniform, neckerchief and frill."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist tentatively identified as Lemuel Francis Abbott in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: A,2.4., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 466 (leaf numbered '72' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published March 1, 1809, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Subject (Geographic):
United States and United States.
Subject (Name):
Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816,, Great Britain. Royal Navy, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816., and Great Britain. Royal Navy.
BEIN BrSides 2019 323: On sheet 36.7 x 26.4 cm. Forms part of the Benjamin Franklin Collection., BEIN BrSides 2019 324: On sheet 35.4 x 24.8 cm. Forms part of the Benjamin Franklin Collection., Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at bottom., Companion prints : An emblem of England and An emblem of Wales, both published by Haines & Son in 1800., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Matted to 46 x 36 cm.
Publisher:
Published 4th Septr. 1798, by John Fairburn, 146 Minories, London
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1807 and 1812?]
Call Number:
SH Contents H263 no. 4 Box 105
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written below image in artist's hand. and Original cited in the 1784 Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole: "Miss Temple, maid of honor to Anne Hyde duchess of York, and second wife of Sir Charles Lyttelton; by Spencer, after the unfinished picture by Cooper, in the possession of Lord Lyttelton." See the description of the contents of the Blue breakfast room, p. 20."
Subject (Name):
Lyttelton, Anne Temple, Lady, -1718, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait seated almost whole-length slightly to left and reading at table, head turned to face right; wearing dark suit, frill and ruffles and his hair powdered and curled."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a print of similar composition
Description:
Title from facsimile signature below image. and Printmaker, artist, imprint, and publication date from Catalogue of engraved British portraits.