Portrait of Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, after Reynolds; standing three-quarter length to left and leaning his right elbow on table with books, quill and print showing his Roman eagle, his right hand to his cheek, eyes to front, wearing plain coat and waistcoat, lace collar and cuffs; in an oval, with Walpole's villa at Strawberry Hill below and Walpole coat of arms
Description:
Title, printmaker, and artist from later state in the British Museum. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1985,1109.129. and Approximate date from imprint on a later proof state with lettering: Published June [...]th, 1796, by J. Barlow, No. 5 St. George's Place, Black-friars Road, Surry. See Lewis Walpole Library: Portraits W218 no. 6.
Publisher:
I. Barlow
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England), and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797,
Proof with Gibbs's head before shading and lettering; a half-length portrait of the architect James Gibbs, looking to the right, in an oval, decorated frame
Description:
Title, artist, printmaker, state and date from later states and Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 143 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed within plate mark to: 26.6 x 18.5 cm.
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1762]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1808); half-length in profile to left, wearing star and sash with short wig; proof before letters."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from later state; see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on later state: J. Reynolds pinxt. ; J. McArdell fecit., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Proof before letters., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Engraved after the painting kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 140 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Waldegrave, James Waldegrave, Earl, 1715-1763, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait seen almost half-length to right, eyes to front, wearing plain dark coat, white cravat and frill and badge on ribbon around neck, his hair short; landscape seen beyond, behind raised curtain; proof before letters."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
James King Esqr. : Master of the Ceremonies at Bath & Cheltenham
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger; alternative title from lettered state., Artist and printmaker from statement of responsibility on lettered state: Painted & engraved by I [sic] I.R. Smith., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Publication information inferred from imprint on lettered state: London, Pub. Feb. 1, 1805, by I.R. Smith, 31, King Street, Covt. Garden, & R. Ackerman, 101, Strand., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 178 (leaf numbered '216' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 15 May 1773]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 113. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the dog-dealer James Moss; whole length, walking to left on a road beside a wooden fence, carrying two puppies inside his coat, holding hat in his right hand, the left in his pocket; he appears to be blind or very short-sighted; the towers of Westminster Abbey in the background."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on later state: HWBunbury del. ; J. Bretherton f., Early (proof?) state, before lettering and before drypoint shading added to image. For a later state, published 15 May 1773 by J. Bretherton and bearing the dedication "To all encouragers of arts & sciences this portrait of the inimitable Mr. James Moss ..." below image, see no. 4721 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, page 287., and Mounted on page 113 of: Bunbury album.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 15 May 1773]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 113. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the dog-dealer James Moss; whole length, walking to left on a road beside a wooden fence, carrying two puppies inside his coat, holding hat in his right hand, the left in his pocket; he appears to be blind or very short-sighted; the towers of Westminster Abbey in the background."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on later state: HWBunbury del. ; J. Bretherton f., Early (proof?) state, before lettering but after drypoint shading added to image. For a later state, published 15 May 1773 by J. Bretherton and bearing the dedication "To all encouragers of arts & sciences this portrait of the inimitable Mr. James Moss ..." below image, see no. 4721 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, page 287., and Mounted on page 113 of: Bunbury album.
Portrait of James Northcote, painter; pupil and biographer of Sir Joshua Reynolds
Description:
Title, state and artist's name from manuscript notes in pencil and impressions at British Museum and National Portrait Gallery, London., Imprint and printmaker from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0612.1529., Illegible text in bottom left of plate: "Dfin"?, and Text written in pencil at bottom left of sheet: "Only 5 taken off in this state."
"Double portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1376); the father seated three-quarter length to right, facing the front, with both hands resting on plans laid on a table covered with carpet, which his son, standing beside him, is looking at; shelf behind at left, curtain and pillar at right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, artist, and imprint from published state: "Reynolds pinxt.", "Watson fecit", "Sold by Ryland & Bryer at the Kings Arms in Cornhill." See British Museum registration no.: 1833,0716.45., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on sheet 50.0 x 39.2 cm.
Publisher:
Ryland & Bryer
Subject (Name):
Paine, James, 1717?-1789, and Paine, James, 1745-1829,
Title supplied by cataloger., Printmaker and artist from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Place of publication from printmaker's known place of activity., and Document with the words "steam engine" is part of image.