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1. A collection of prints and a drawing collected by Horace Walpole to illustrate his copy of James Boswell's The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
- Creator:
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1787?]
- Call Number:
- 49 3069
- Image Count:
- 8
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A collection of prints and one drawing (tentatively attributed to Samuel Collings), mostly portraits of Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, mounted in Walpole's copy of James Boswell's The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson (London : Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, 1785).
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Also bound in are three prints described in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum; these are cataloged separately., and Original boards with new back but old hand-lettered label, uncut. With Horace Walpole's bookplate (BP2 later state) on half-title page. Large Strawberry Hill fleuron. Press-mark R.10, but apparently moved from the Round Tower to the Library in the Offices. Not in Walpole's Manuscript Catalogue of 1763. Bookplate of the Earl of Orford (1813-94), imitated from Horace Walpole's, and bookplate of John A. Spoor. Also with bookplate "AHA".
- Subject (Name):
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784,, Boswell, James, 1740-1795,, Boufflers, Marie Charlotte Hippolyte, countess of, 1725-1800,, Macpherson, James, 1736-1796,, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A collection of prints and a drawing collected by Horace Walpole to illustrate his copy of James Boswell's The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
2. A representation of the march of the guards towards Scotland, in the year 1745 [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sullivan, Luke, 1705-1771, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [31 December 1750] and [12 June 1761]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Plate 37. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The March to Finchley"; scene at Tottenham Court (after the painting in the Foundling Museum) with soldiers gathering to march north to defend London from the Jacobite rebels; the crowd includes, in the foreground, a man urinating painfully against a wall as he reads an advertisement for Dr Rock's remedy for venereal disease, an innocent young piper, a drunken drummer, a young soldier with a pregnant ballad seller (her basket contains "God Save our Noble King" and a portrait of the Duke of Cumberland) and a Jacobite harridan selling newspapers, a milkmaid being kissed by one soldier while another fills his hat from her pail, a muffin man, a young chimney sweep, a gin-seller whose emaciated baby reaches for a drink. In the background a boxing match takes place under the sign of Giles Gardiner (Adam and Eve depicted), a wagon loaded with equipment follows the marching soldiers and, to the right, prostitutes lean from the windows of a brothel at the sign of Charles II's head; beyond the sunlight shines on Hampstead village on the hill"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- March to Finchley
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Dedication etched below image: "To His Majesty the King of Prussia, an encourager of the arts and sciences! This plate is most humbly dedicated.", 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 43.2 x 55.2 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark; mounted on leaf 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 37 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746, Boxing, Brothels, Carts & wagons, Children, Crowds, Eating & drinking, Gin, Intoxication, Marching, Prostitutes, Soldiers, Street vendors, and Urination
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A representation of the march of the guards towards Scotland, in the year 1745 [graphic]
3. A view of Richmond Hill from the Earl of Cholmondelly's Vue de la Montagne de Richmond de la maison du Conte de Cholmondelly / [graphic] =
- Creator:
- Sparrow, James, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1747]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 L847 750
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 10. London and its environs about 1750.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The Thames at the centre with boats on the water, figures on the quay to the right, a mansion by the quay and the city in the back, Richmond Hill in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- View of Richmond Hill from the Earl of Cholmondeley's and Vue de la Montagne de Richmond de la maison du Conte de Cholmondelly
- Description:
- Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication based on Robert Sayer's earliest year of activity. The address "near Sergeants Inn, Fleet Street" only appears on his very early prints; see British Museum online catalogue., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Views of villages, noblemen and gentlemen's seats, &c. situate on, or near the river Thames", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 88, no. 13., Imperfect; plate number erased from sheet and replaced with number "6" written in ink. Missing number supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1872,1012.5399., Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 39 cm., and Leaf 10 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleetstreet
- Subject (Geographic):
- Richmond (London, England), Thames River (England), England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Cholmondeley, George Cholmondeley, Earl of, 1703-1770
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Rivers, Dwellings, Piers & wharves, and Boats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view of Richmond Hill from the Earl of Cholmondelly's Vue de la Montagne de Richmond de la maison du Conte de Cholmondelly / [graphic] =
4. A view of the canal in St. James's Park, Buckingham House &c. Vü̈e du canal et de la Maison de Buckingham dans le Parc de St. James. [graphic] =
- Published / Created:
- [between 1750 and 1770]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 L847 750
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 11. London and its environs about 1750. Page 55. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View down the canal in the park, looking towards Buckingham House, trees on either side, fashionably dressed figures in foreground in park, a few ducks on the water."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Vü̈e du canal et de la Maison de Buckingham dans le Parc de St. James
- Description:
- Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.2277., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of his Majesty's palaces and royal hospitals, and other public buildings in London, &c.", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 87, no. 9., Imperfect; plate number erased from sheet and replaced with number "10" written in ink. Missing number supplied from impression in the British Museum., Plate numbered "12" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 38 cm., and Leaf 11 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), Saint James's Park (London, England),, England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Buckingham Palace (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Parks, Canals, Castles & palaces, Pedestrians, Trees, and Ducks
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view of the canal in St. James's Park, Buckingham House &c. Vü̈e du canal et de la Maison de Buckingham dans le Parc de St. James. [graphic] =
5. A view of the canal in St. James's Park, Buckingham House &c. Vü̈e du canal et de la Maison de Buckingham dans le Parc de St. James. [graphic] =
- Published / Created:
- [between 1750 and 1770]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 724 771N
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 11. London and its environs about 1750. Page 55. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View down the canal in the park, looking towards Buckingham House, trees on either side, fashionably dressed figures in foreground in park, a few ducks on the water."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Vü̈e du canal et de la Maison de Buckingham dans le Parc de St. James
- Description:
- Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.2277., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of his Majesty's palaces and royal hospitals, and other public buildings in London, &c.", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 87, no. 9., Imperfect; plate number erased from sheet and replaced with number "10" written in ink. Missing number supplied from impression in the British Museum., Plate numbered "12" in upper right corner., 1 print : etching with engraving on wove paper ; sheet 16.2 x 26.2 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge., Mounted to 26 x 32 cm., and Mounted on page 55 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), Saint James's Park (London, England),, England, and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Buckingham Palace (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Parks, Canals, Castles & palaces, Pedestrians, Trees, and Ducks
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view of the canal in St. James's Park, Buckingham House &c. Vü̈e du canal et de la Maison de Buckingham dans le Parc de St. James. [graphic] =
6. A view of the canal, Chinese building, rotunde [sic], in Ranelagh Gardens, with masquarade [sic] Vüe du canal, du batiment chinois, de la rotunda, &c. des Jardins de Ranelagh, un jour de masquarade / [graphic] =
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1765]
- Call Number:
- 765.00.00.94+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of Ranelagh Gardens during a masquarade, with the revellers wearing masks. After a design by Canaletto. For an engraving of the same scene in reverse, published by Robert Sayer in 1752, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.2450
- Alternative Title:
- View of the canal, Chinese building, rotunda, &c. in Ranelagh Gardens, with masquerade, Vüe du canal, du batiment chinois, de la rotunda, &c. des Jardins de Ranelagh, un jour de masquarade, and Masquerade angloise
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Additional title "Masquerade angloise" at top of plate, etched as a mirror image., Signed in lower right corner with an illegible printmaker's signature., Date of publication from dealer's description., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., A 'vuë d'optique', designed to be viewed through an optical viewer that gives a sense of depth perspective; the scene is reversed, as is the additional title at top., Manuscript number "9" written in ink at bottom of sheet, centered., Mounted on board., and Windows of the rotunda in image cut out by hand and inset with hand-painted multi-color inserts, which appear illuminated when a light is held from behind.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Ranelagh Gardens (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Canals, Gardens, Rotundas, and Masquerades
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view of the canal, Chinese building, rotunde [sic], in Ranelagh Gardens, with masquarade [sic] Vüe du canal, du batiment chinois, de la rotunda, &c. des Jardins de Ranelagh, un jour de masquarade / [graphic] =
7. An election entertainment. [graphic] / Plate I
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published 24th Febry. 1755, as the act directs.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Plate 39. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A dining room in a tavern is filled with drunken and rowdy men seated around a rectangular and a circular table that have been pushed together. More men and women are pushing through the doorway on the right. In the back of the room, a band of musicians play their instruments. Through the window demonstrators care signs with political messages: "Liberty and property" and "Marry and multiply in spite of the devil and the ..." State with hatching lines throughout strengthened. The space where "the whole" was is in the inscription is now crossed out with lines. Dark areas on the surface of the overturned table are removed
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., State from Paulson., The first plate of four of an election., Dedication engraved below design: To the Right Honourable Henry Fox, &c,&c,&c. This plate is humbly inscrib'd by his most obedient humble servt. Wm. Hogarth., Statement of responsibilty with heavily scored through word between "Painted and" and "engraved by Wm. Hogarth.", 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 43.3 x 55.8 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 39 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Children, Demonstrations, Eating & drinking, Gin, Intoxication, Musicians, Political elections, Politicians, Smoking, and Taverns (Inns)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An election entertainment. [graphic] / Plate I
8. An election entertainment. [graphic] / Plate I
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published 24th Febry. 1755, as the act directs.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Plate 39. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A dining room in a tavern is filled with drunken and rowdy men seated around a rectangular and a circular table that have been pushed together. More men and women are pushing through the doorway on the right. In the back of the room, a band of musicians play their instruments. Through the window demonstrators care signs with political messages: "Liberty and property" and "Marry and multiply in spite of the devil and the ..." State with hatching lines throughout strengthened. The space where "the whole" was is in the inscription is now crossed out with lines. Dark areas on the surface of the overturned table are removed
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., State from Paulson., The first plate of four of an election., Dedication engraved below design: To the Right Honourable Henry Fox, &c,&c,&c. This plate is humbly inscrib'd by his most obedient humble servt. Wm. Hogarth., Statement of responsibilty with heavily scored through word between "Painted and" and "engraved by Wm. Hogarth.", 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 43.3 x 55.8 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 39 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Children, Demonstrations, Eating & drinking, Gin, Intoxication, Musicians, Political elections, Politicians, Smoking, and Taverns (Inns)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An election entertainment. [graphic] / Plate I
9. Analysis of beauty. [graphic] / Plate II
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [5 March 1753]
- Call Number:
- 49 3880
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "One of two prints issued with Hogarth's treatise "The Analysis of Beauty": a ballroom scene with dancers ranging from elegant to ungainly; in the lower left corner is a pile of tricorne hats; forming a border around the main image are 41 compartments with diagrams relating to the text; the image is numbered throughout"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., State from Paulson., and Bound in Horace Walpole's copy of Analysis of beauty along with State 3 of Plate 1. Also with the subscription ticket "Columbus breaking the egg", first state, trimmed to the image, mounted on the verso of the t.p.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Art, Ballrooms, Children, Couples, Dancers, Dogs, Figure drawings, Hats, Portrait paintings, and Sculpture
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Analysis of beauty. [graphic] / Plate II