A view of a church, probably in Glouchestershire, including the churchyard with gravestones, as scene over a wall with a gate. Outside the wall, two pigs and a saddeld horse feed or drink as a dog sits on the wall looking in.
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date of printing based on watermark., With another untitled plate on same sheet: [Baptismal font] / drawn and engrav'd by T. Bonnor. [London] : Publish'd according to act of Parliament January 1st, 1782, By Ralph Bigland, Garter principal King of Arms, [1 January 1794?], and Bound in a volume of prints [English cathedrals and monuments]; leaf numbered '8' in mss. Label on front cover: Prints. For further information consult library staff.
Gulston, Eliza B., 1749 or 1750-1779 or 1780, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd as the act directs 2d March 1772.
Call Number:
Folio 49 3588 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 71. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Caricature: a stout gentleman standing in profile to right, grinning, right hand behind his back, left tucked into his waistcoat, wearing a sword, frock coat and queue wig."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by curator., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Mounted on page 71 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Title supplied by cataloger, based on that of an earlier print after Bunbury from which this design was copied., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., A reduced copy in reverse of no. 4918 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill.
Engraving of the 19-inch square-shaped tray, the center exquisitely chased in medallions, representing George I, on his throne, with the figures of Britannia and Justice, the royal arms, a view of the City of London, and allegorical devices, in a richly chased border and shell edge. The tray was created by Paul Jacques de Lamerie (Dutch goldsmith, 1688-1751) and engraved by William Hogarth (English painter and engraver, 1697-1764).
Description:
Title devised by curator., A counterproof of the engraving of the Walpole salver by A.J. Collins, plate LXI in Paul de Lamerie, citizen and goldsmith of London / by Philip A. S. Phillips. London : B.T. Batsford, 1935., Original silver salver in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London., "Whenever the Great Seal of England became obsolete, the silver matrix was converted by the holder into a grand piece of plate engraved with the design of the seal. The Walpole Salver was made by Paul de Lamerie in 1728/9 from the seal matrix rendered obsolete by the death of George I in the previous year. There is no documentary evidence that Hogarth was responsible for the engraving, but the attribution on stylistic grounds has not been disputed."--British Museum online catalogue., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George I, King of Great Britain, 1660-1727, and Hercules (Roman mythological character),
Subject (Topic):
Coats of arms, Britannia (Symbolic character), and Trays
Whitefield stands in a pulpit, his right arm slightly raised, delivering a sermon to an attentive audience, some of whom are taking notes
Description:
Title and publication date from a manuscript title in later hand below image., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., and Annotated on verso in contemporary hand: Fr Rufford Mad. Coll. Oxon. 1774.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Whitefield, George, 1714-1770,
Subject (Topic):
Audience, Clergy, Churches, Preaching, and Pulpits
"Portrait of William Esdaile, seated to left on a chair, with head turned to look to front; his left hand resting on his knee, and right arm on a table on which lies a book, holding a print or drawing in his hand; wearing a dark double-breasted tailcoat, breeches, stockings, white neckerchief and frill; border of double line surrounding image; after Sharples."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from annotation on verso., Name of printmaker and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1875,0410.319., Place of publication surmised from printmaker's presumed place of activity., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text., and Annotation on verso: William Esdaile Esqr. of Clapham Common engraved by R Grave.
Title supplied by cataloger., Questionable attribution to Bunbury and date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on secondary support, with wax seal [?] between the two sheets of paper.