Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[1799]
Call Number:
335 A
Collection Title:
After page viii. Copies of seven original letters from King Edward VI to Barnabry Fitz-Patrick.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written in pencil below image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner using his monogram: The letters "G" and "P" below with an "H" centered above., With coat of arms bearing three scorpions drawn in upper left corner., and Bound in after page viii in an extra-illustrated copy of Copies of seven original letters from King Edward VI to Barnabry Fitz-Patrick, the third of three works bound together in a volume with the spine title: Miscellaneous antiquities--Original letters. The first two numbers of Miscellaneous antiquities are bound at the beginning of the volume.
Title from item., Place of publication and date supplied by curator., This is a portion of a larger sheet., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Title from item., Date derived from Edward Bright's date of death., Place of publication derived from language of text., After the portrait by David Ogborne., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
A composition set in an oval shows a scene from O'Keeffe's Agreeable surprise in which Cowslip (Mrs. Wells) stands in profile on the left holding out a bowl of milk. Lingo (Mr. Edwin) faces the viewer as his eyes turn toward Cowslip; he gestures with his right hand chest-high. Both are three-quarter views of the performers
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date based on drawing of Mrs. Wells by Donnman in the Brit. Museum., A related print of Edwin and Wells as Lingo and Cowslip / H. Singleton pinxt. ; Edmund Scott sculpt. Published 1 May 1788 by I. Birchall. See Catalogue of Engraved British portraits, v. 2, p. 136., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Edwin, John, 1749-1790, Wells, Mary, approximately 1759-, and O'Keeffe, John, 1747-1833.
Drawing of Francis Place (1647-1728), English draughtsman, printmaker and potter
Description:
Title from inscription in ink in Horace Walpole's hand[?] on mount: Mr. Francis Place of York., Sheet with image mounted on separate sheet with pencil border around sheet with image., Signed in pencil, lower right: G.V., Drawing that was later used as a basis for an engraving of Place in: Catalogue of engravers ... / digested by Mr. Horace Walpole from the mss. of Mr. George Vertue. Strawberry-Hill : Printed in the year MDCCLXIII [1763], opp. p. 87., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
"Portrait of Thomas Gray; head and shoulders, directed to left, head in profile, wearing a plain open coat, jacket, cravat, high collar and long hair tied at the nape beneath a short wig."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1907,0701.3., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 76 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.
Title etched below image., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
An unfinished sketch for the engraving which appeared in the November 1845 issue of "George Cruikshank's Table-book," illustrating a brief article on railroad speculation by the periodical's editor, Gilbert Abbott a Beckett. John Bull is beset by lilliputian tormentors who are removing all his cash, clothing, and possessions, beneath clouds of steam and a clanging bell
Alternative Title:
Anticipated effects of the railway calls
Description:
Title from pencil annotation below image, in the artist's hand., Text above image: George Cruikshank's "Table Book"., and With additional pencil drawings and artist’s notes in the margins.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Auctions, Fictitious characters, Money, and Railroads
Drawing of Jan Siberechts (ca. 1627-1703), Flemish born landscape painter who settled in England in the early 1670s and established a reputation for his portraits of country houses
Alternative Title:
Mr. John Sybrecht landscape painter
Description:
Title from inscription in ink below image., Signed in ink, lower right: G.V., Inscription in ink, lower right: ob. 1763 Ata 73. in possess. Mr. Van Ost., Inscription in ink, lower left: N. Langillire pinx., Engraving by T. Chambars in Anecdotes of painting identifies artist as: N. Largiliere pinx., Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Sybrecht in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed in the year MDCCLXIII, [1763], v. 3, opp. p. 102., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Mr. John Henry Johnstone in the character of Sir Lucious O'Trigger stands dressed in a green regimental coat with yellow lapels, white breeches, white gloves, and tall, black boots. He stands leaning on a cane which he holds in his right hand; his left arm is across his chest, and he holds his cocked hat in his left hand
Description:
Title written in black ink below image., Suggested attribution by seller: Richard (Robert?) Dighton., and John Henry Johnstone (1749-1828), Irish actor and singer, was perhaps best known for his role in Richard Cumberland's The West Indian (1785), also portrayed Sir Lucius O'Trigger in Richard Sheridan's the Rivals in 1792.
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. and Johnstone, John Henry, 1749-1828
Subject (Topic):
Portraits, Actors, British, and Theatrical productions