- Published / Created:
- [180-?]
- Call Number:
- 791.00.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On the left the ghost of Samuel Johnson, in a great swirl of billowing clouds, appears before a startled James Boswell, right hand raised in alarm, who is seated at a table strewn with papers and remnants. In his hand he holds a cushion labeled "Hebrides." Behind him on the wall are two shelves of books, many of which are identified by author and title, or numbered, perhaps a reference to his journals that were the basis of his Life of Samuel Johnson. Below the shelves is a framed portrait of Boswell. A quotation from William Congreve's The Way of the World, Act iv, Scene 9 is engraved below the image
- Description:
- Title and imprint from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Three lines of verse from "Congreve's Way of the world, Act IV, Scene 9", below title, beginning: Thou art a retailer of phrases ..., and A later copy of No. 8281 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Boswell, James, 1740-1795., Boswell, James, 1740-1795, and Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors and Ghosts
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Boswell and the ghost of Johnson] [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Worlidge, T. (Thomas), 1700-1766, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1766]
- Call Number:
- Portraits L563 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Ninon de L'Enclos, half-length, three-quarter to right, looking towards the viewer, with pearl necklace, low-necked gown with bejewelled brooches, strap over her right shoulder; in oval frame with ribbons, curtain, flowers, unlettered cartouche below; working proof"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title and artist from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1838,1215.58., Lettering on published state: Ninon de Lenclos from an original picture given by herself to the Countess of Sandwich and by the present Earl of Sandwich to Mr. Walpole 1757., Place of publication based on location of printmaker., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and In paper frame: 35.5 x 25.0 cm. Annotation in ms. in various hands on verso of etching. Dealer's catalogue description affixed to front.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- France.
- Subject (Name):
- Lenclos, Ninon de, 1620-1705,
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors, French, Courtesans, and Philosophers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Ninon de Lenclos] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Vanloo, Jean-Baptiste, 1684-1745, artist
- Published / Created:
- [18th century?]
- Call Number:
- LWL Ptg. 122 Framed, on view in New Library
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The famous author Alexander Pope is depicted in three-quarter length. He is seated at a desk in a leather armchair. He turns his glance to his proper left. His right arm supports his wigged head. His elbow rests on a volume with an eligible title on the spine. In his left hand holds some leaves of manuscript. He wears a brown coat with ruffled shirt sleeves and cravat. On the desk is a silver ink well with quill and some scattered papers
- Description:
- Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal. and Inscription in upper left of image: Alexr. Pope.
- Subject (Name):
- Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744,
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of Alexander Pope] [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].
- Creator:
- Claussin, Ignace Joseph de, 1795-1844, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1813]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Samuel Johnson, half length, to the right, reading a book, holding it close to his face; after Northcote."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from later state., Artist from statement of responsiblity on later state., Proof with scratched engraver's name only. For a later state with title "Samuel Johnson L.L.D." and statements of responsibility "J. Northcote R.A. pin." and "J.J. De Claussin sculp." added, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: K,61.51., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., Mounted opposite page 110 (leaf numbered '162' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., With contemporary pencil annotations; printmaker's name "Claussins" written beneath lower right corner of image, and "Proof 32 A.W. 1813" written on verso., and Later annotations in ink, written below print on mounting page, identify the sitter as "Samuel Johnson" and give the production details "Published by Baldwyn, Catherine Street".
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784,
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors, British, and Reading
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Samuel Johnson L.L.D.] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Robinson, John Henry, 1796-1871, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Octr. 1st, 1833.
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait after Lawrence (Garlick 707); seated almost three-quarter length slightly to left, looking to right, his left arm resting on a round inlaid table beside at right with papers and hankerchief, holding his pen in his left hand and with his walking stick resting against his arm; published state with revised publication line."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from later published state., Second published state, with imprint statement revised to include month and day of publication. For an earlier state lacking the month and day in imprint, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1839,1012.85. For a later state with added title and re-etched statements of responsibility and imprint, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1838,0725.1., and Bound in opposite page 134 (leaf numbered '182' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Publisher:
- Published by Moon, Boys & Graves
- Subject (Name):
- Scott, Walter, 1771-1832,
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Sir Walter Scott, Bart.] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [March 1724]
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 73K(a) Box 110
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Frontispiece to Charles Gildon's The new metamorphosis (London : Sam. Briscoe, 1724) shows Apuleius on the left and Lucian on the right each with an ass with the modern adaptor in the middle. Below the figures of Apuleius and Lucien are two satyrs; between them is a scene in front of church with couples embracing and kissing; a man and a woman stand on either side of a boy chastising him (?).On the base is etched "Credo pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam in terris", an allusion to the satire on women
- Alternative Title:
- Credo pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam in terris
- Description:
- Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., "Vol. 1. p.1"--Lower left corner, below image., One of seven illustrations engraved for a modernized edition of Apuleius's The Golden ass: Gildon, C. New metamorphosis. London : Printed for Sam. Briscoe at the Bell-Savage on Ludgate-Hill, 1724., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Sam. Briscoe
- Subject (Name):
- Apuleius.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illustrations, Satyrs (Greek mythology), Authors, Children, and Couples
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The new metamorphosis. Frontispiece] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [March 1724]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Frontispiece to Charles Gildon's The new metamorphosis (London : Sam. Briscoe, 1724) shows Apuleius on the left and Lucian on the right each with an ass with the modern adaptor in the middle. Below the figures of Apuleius and Lucien are two satyrs; between them is a scene in front of church with couples embracing and kissing; a man and a woman stand on either side of a boy chastising him (?).On the base is etched "Credo pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam in terris", an allusion to the satire on women
- Alternative Title:
- Credo pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam in terris
- Description:
- Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., "Vol. 1. p.1"--Lower left corner, below image., One of seven illustrations engraved for a modernized edition of Apuleius's The Golden ass: Gildon, C. New metamorphosis. London : Printed for Sam. Briscoe at the Bell-Savage on Ludgate-Hill, 1724., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 21 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 14.1 x 7.7 cm.
- Publisher:
- Sam. Briscoe
- Subject (Name):
- Apuleius.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illustrations, Satyrs (Greek mythology), Authors, Children, and Couples
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The new metamorphosis. Frontispiece] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Jacobé, Johann, 1733-1797, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1779]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of William Hayley; half-length leaning against a book; state after 'London 1779' added."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title supplied by cataloger., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted before page 219 (leaf numbered '41' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Hayley, William, 1745-1820,
- Subject (Topic):
- Poets, Authors, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [William Hayley] [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.00.00.06.2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man in a coat with military facings, identified as Woodford Rice, stands in the middle of a room holding in his left hand a book open to the title page, "The Rutland Volunteers," and with a frontispiece that is a copy of this print. In the background, a military hat and a sword lie on a chair, togetehr with table with writing materials on it. Above the table hangs a plan depicting General Burgoyne's position against the French and Spanish armies at Villa Vellia Ford in 1762 where Captain Rice distiguished himself in the battle
- Description:
- Title and publication date from no. 6316, of which this print appears to be a variant. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Rice, Woodford, -1784.
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors, Furniture, Inkstands, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Woodford Rice Esq.] [graphic].