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2.
- Published / Created:
- [19th century?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 793 P37 Copy 2
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, opposite page 20. Some account of London.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Archbishop Chichele, 1437
- Description:
- Title written in pencil beneath drawing, on mounting sheet., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted opposite page 20 in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Pennant, T. Some account of London. London : Printed for R. Faulder, 1793.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Chichele, Henry, 1362?-1443,
- Subject (Topic):
- Bishops
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Archbishop Chicheley, 1437 [art original].
3.
- Creator:
- De Wilde, Samuel, 1751-1832, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1806]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, opposite page 198. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- John Bannister (as Whiskerandos in 'The critic')
- Description:
- Title written in pencil in lower right corner. Alternative title from note in ink on mounting sheet: John Bannister (as Whiskerandos in 'The Critic')., Signed and dated by the artist in pencil., Possibly the original design for an engraving by R. Smith that was published by John Cawthorn in 1806; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1933,1014.421. See also: Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 1, page 116. For a brief mention of De Wilde's portrait of Bannister as Whiskerandos, and the engraving after it by Smith, see: A biographical dictionary of actors, actresses, musicians, dancers, managers & other stage personnel in London, 1600-1800, v.1, pages 272-3., and Mounted opposite page 198 (leaf numbered '9' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of Thomas Moore's Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Subject (Name):
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. and Bannister, John, 1760-1836,
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Bannister as Whiskerandos in The critic [art original]
4.
- Creator:
- Nixon, John, -1818, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1783]
- Call Number:
- Drawings N736 no. 11 Box D141
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Benjamin Holbrook, shown full-length in profile, walking to the left, holding with a long white staff in his right hand, clutching two memorandum books in his left hand, heading towards Fleet Market, with the west front of St. Paul’s Cathedral visible in the background. His eyes being closed and the presence of the staff indicate his blindness, and the patched elbow of his three-quarter-length coat his poverty
- Description:
- Title from ink inscription in lower left portion of image., Signed with the artist's initials and dated in lower right corner., Numbered "25" in top center., For the related print, entitled "Ben Holbrook, the walking stationer" and published 16 July 1783 by William Wells, see Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 542, no. 1., and Mounted with narrow paper mount.
- Subject (Name):
- Holbrook, Benjamin, active 1783, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Peddlers, Blind persons, Staffs (Sticks), and Stationery
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Ben Holbrook, a walking stationer [art original]
5.
- Creator:
- Contencin, P., artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1820]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 98 Box D166
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of Queen Caroline seated on a red armchair wearing a black dress with frilled collar and a black feather hat
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., 'P. Contencin’ is possibly Peter Contencin, 1760-1829, born in Islington and married to Elizabeth Leekey, 1760-1805., and Paper watermarked 'Weatherley & Lane 1818'.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britian.
- Subject (Name):
- Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821,
- Subject (Topic):
- Queens
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Caroline, Queen of England [graphic]
6.
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1800]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 485 842 C76 IV Copy 3
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 144d. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Titled and signed by the artist below image., Date supplied by cataloger., and Bound in as page 144d in volume 2 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
- Subject (Name):
- Olonne, Catherine-Henriette d’Angennes de la Trémoille-Royan, comtesse d’, 1634-1714, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Comtesse D'Olonne drawn from an enamel by Petitot, in the collection at Strawberry-Hill / [art original]
7.
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 5. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title written in ink at top of image., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 5 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Edgar, King of England, 943 or 944-975,
- Subject (Topic):
- Kings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Edgar [art original].
8.
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 5. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title written in ink at top of image., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 5 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Edward, King of England, 962?-978,
- Subject (Topic):
- Kings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Edward [art original].
9.
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 17. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Elizabeth Gray, Queen of Edward IV and Elizabeth Grey, Queen of Edward IV
- Description:
- Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, in a contemporary hand., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 17 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492,
- Subject (Topic):
- Queens
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Elizabeth Gray, Queen of Edward the 4th from an old painting on board in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford / [art original]
10.
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1853]
- Call Number:
- Folio 64 B39 813
- Collection Title:
- Page 152d. Magna Britannia.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title inscribed in gold paint within a piece of the bottom border that has been trimmed from sheet and mounted below portrait; remainder of title written beneath border, on that same detached piece of the sheet., Signed by the artist in gold paint in lower left; first initial of signature was lost when most of the border was trimmed away., Date of production based on artist's death date., and Mounted on page 152d in an extra-illustrated copy of: Lysons, D. Magna Britannia. London : T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813.
- Subject (Name):
- Russell of Thornhaugh, Elizabeth Russell, Baroness, 1562-1611, and Woburn Abbey.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Elizabeth Russell, Baroness of Thornhaugh drawn from the original in the collection at Woburn Abbey / [art original]