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1. A view of Guild Hall in King Street, London [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [January 1751]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 724 771N
- Collection Title:
- Page 153. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View of the old façade of Guildhall with the Chapel, Blackwell Hall, and the old Law Courts; elegantly dressed figures in foreground with a decorative carriage approaching the arched entrance."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- View of Guildhall in King Street, London
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate from: The gentleman's magazine, or, Monthly intelligencer. London : Printed by Edw. Cave ..., v. 21 (January 1751), page 49., In lower margin is a key (numbered 1 to 9) to the buildings depicted: 1. Blackwell Hall. 2. Guild Hall Chappell ..., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from upper margin. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1880,1113.3580., "Gent. Mag." etched in upper left margin; "Jan. 1751" etched in upper right margin., Mounted to 32 x 26 cm., and Mounted on page 153 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:
- Edw. Cave
- Subject (Name):
- Guildhall (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Facades and Carriages & coaches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view of Guild Hall in King Street, London [graphic].
2. Dominus Gulielmus Temple Eques Baronettus [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1720]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Sir William Temple, half-length to right, with head turned to front, looking towards left; wearing a wig, loose gown, and lace cravat; in an oval frame decorated on top with Acanthus leaves and ribbon lettered with motto "Servare modum [...] sequi.", placed on a pedestal, with coat of arms in front."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Frontipiece to: The works of Sir William Temple. London : Printed for A. Churchill, T. Goodwin, J. Knapton, R. Smith, B. Tooke [and 6 others in London], 1720., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Three lines of Latin text below title: Sermi. et Potmi. Mag. Brittanniae Regis ad Ords. Faedti. Belgÿ̈ Legatus ..., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 76 (leaf numbered '125' 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:
- A. Churchill, T. Goodwin, J. Knapton, R. Smith, B. Tooke, and 6 others
- Subject (Name):
- Temple, William, 1628-1699,
- Subject (Topic):
- Diplomats, British, and Authors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Dominus Gulielmus Temple Eques Baronettus [graphic]
3. Five manuscript documents bound together
- Creator:
- From the Collection: Hanbury-Williams, Charles, 1708-1759
- Published / Created:
- 1584 1717
- Call Number:
- LWL MSS 7
- Container / Volume:
- box 48, folder 11
- Image Count:
- 37
- Description:
- The volume consists of five separate documents bound together; they are unrelated in hand, format, date, and topic though four of the five concern Ireland. Further content description and analysis was supplied at the item level by David Brown, Department of History, Trinity College Dublin, in December 2023. The volume is in a stiff-board binding covered in brown paper with a blue cloth spine, with printed CH-W and Phillipps number labels on the spine. The Hanbury-Williams volume number is 42; the Phillipps number is 11409.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Charles Hanbury-Williams Papers (LWL MSS 7) > Series IV: Capell, Coningsby, and Hanbury Family Papers > Thomas Coningsby Papers > Collections > Five manuscript documents bound together
4. J.B. Poquelin de Moliere née a Paris en 1620, M. le 17 Fevrier 1673 / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Beauvarlet, Jacques-Firmin, 1731-1797, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1773]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of French playwright Molière, after Bourdon; three-quarter length, sitting at desk, directed to left, hands folded on table, wearing long curled wig and loose-fitting gown; in rectangular frame, with spread wings and ivy in upper part, and attributes of comedy in lower part. ... Ribbon at bottom with verses [in Latin] by Horat."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
- Alternative Title:
- Jean Baptiste Poquelin de Molière
- Description:
- Title from from text within cartouche at top of image., Variant state, lacking imprint statement and with verses from Chenier engraved below image instead of a dedication. For a different state with the imprint "A Paris chez le Sr De Mailly, Quay de l'Ecole près le Louvre Avec Privilége du Roy", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: R,6.236., Place and date of publication from the Philadelphia Museum of Art online collection database, accession no.: 1943-50-23., Sheet trimmed within plate mark and multilated in lower left corner, resulting in partial loss of artist's name., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 187 (leaf numbered '228' 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:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Molière, 1622-1673,
- Subject (Topic):
- Dramatists, Actors, and French
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > J.B. Poquelin de Moliere née a Paris en 1620, M. le 17 Fevrier 1673 / [graphic]
5. Luca Jordano, pictor, Neapolitano [art original]
- Published / Created:
- [18th century]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 D18 828 v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, leaf 44. Scrapbooks.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Luca Giordano
- Description:
- Title and artist name written in ink below image., Probably a copy of the original portrait or an engraving done by Giovanni Battista Catenaro. For the engraving, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.2394., Date supplied by cataloger., "Ob." and "Aeta." are written in lower right corner of sheet, but the date of the portrait and the age of the sitter have not been added., and Mounted on leaf 44 in volume 1 of Anne Damer's Scrapbooks.
- Subject (Name):
- Giordano, Luca, 1634-1705,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Luca Jordano, pictor, Neapolitano [art original]
6. Mr. Thomas Betterton totus mundus agit histrionem / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gucht, Michael van der, 1660-1725, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1710]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait, half-length, three-quarters to right but looking to front, wearing long wig, neckcloth and gown, left hand seen; oval frame resting on plinth"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Frontispiece to: Gildon, C. The life of Mr. Thomas Betterton, the late eminent tragedian. London : Printed for Robert Gosling, 1710., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 196 (leaf numbered '7' 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:
- Robert Gosling
- Subject (Name):
- Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710, and Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Thomas Betterton totus mundus agit histrionem / [graphic]
7. S. Memoria Paulia Pompilia Benedicta [graphic]
- Creator:
- Whitby, Mary Anne Theresa, 1783-1850, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1829]
- Call Number:
- 829.00.00.119
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of a cave, the entrance to which is decorated with a pediment and frieze
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Produced by Whitby after her own drawing, and printed at her private amateur lithographic press on her Newlands estate, near Poole Bay in Hampshire., and Printed on thin lithographic paper contemporaneously laid on thicker wove sheet.
- Publisher:
- privately printed
- Subject (Geographic):
- Italy.
- Subject (Topic):
- Caves and Graves
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > S. Memoria Paulia Pompilia Benedicta [graphic]
8. The south east prospect of Westminster [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1750]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 724 771N
- Collection Title:
- Page 185. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Birds'-eye view down the River Thames, looking towards Westminster; Somerset House is seen on the right, with Westminster Abbey and Bridge in the mid-distance; many boats are on the water
- Alternative Title:
- Southeast prospect of Westminster
- Description:
- Title etched below image., "Engrav'd for the Universal Magazine, for J. Hinton in Newgate Street"--Above image., Date of publication from the Yale Center for British Art online catalog., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from upper margin. Missing text supplied from impression at the Yale Center for British Art, accession no.: B1998.14.676., Mounted to 26 x 32 cm., and Mounted on page 185 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:
- J. Hinton
- Subject (Geographic):
- London (England), Thames River (England),, and Westminster Bridge (London, England),
- Subject (Name):
- Westminster Abbey,
- Subject (Topic):
- Bridges, Rivers, and Boats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The south east prospect of Westminster [graphic].
9. Williams, Charles, 1634-1720
- Creator:
- From the Collection: Hanbury-Williams, Charles, 1708-1759
- Published / Created:
- 1717–1719
- Call Number:
- LWL MSS 7
- Container / Volume:
- box 52, folder 25
- Image Count:
- 84
- Description:
- Charles Williams was a native of Caerleon, and had a successful career in Smyrna when he fled Wales after killing his cousin in a duel. He returned to London as a financier in the 1690s and befriended John Hanbury. When he died in 1720 he left his estate to Hanbury, who entailed it for his son Charles, who then took the name Hanbury-Williams. For further information, see The Hanburys of Monmouthshire by Richard Hanbury Tenison (1995), chapter 4. and A volume of letters bound in gold-tooled and stamped green vellum, with a printed CH-W number label (and evidence of a Phillipps label, now missing) on the spine. The Hanbury-Williams volume number is 46; the Phillipps number is 10893.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Charles Hanbury-Williams Papers (LWL MSS 7) > Series IV: Capell, Coningsby, and Hanbury Family Papers > Hanbury Family Papers > Hanbury, John, 1664-1734 > Williams, Charles, 1634-1720