"Satire on postillions: an English postilion in breeches and tight-fitting boots, holding a whip stands outside an inn with a sign of "The Old Kings head. T. Golightly from Hounslow" beside a milestone "XIV Miles to London"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., State from British Museum catalogue., and Watermark, trimmed: Fleur-de-lis.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs April 1772 by I. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Title in pencil upper left. and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Illustration of a bronze vase that was excavated in Rome in 1702. At center is a side view of the vase, with a depiction of a sacrifice to Priapus, which wraps around the back of the vase, expanded horizontally so that the entire scene is visible. In the lower left is a top view of the vase labeled "bocca del' vaso" and in the lower right a bottom view labeled "fondo dell' vaso."
Description:
Title etched at top of plate., Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, who included an impression of this print in an extra-illustrated copy of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Possibly an image of the bronze vase that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 153 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12.
Illustration of a bronze vase that was excavated in Rome in 1702. At center is a side view of the vase, with a depiction of a sacrifice to Priapus, which wraps around the back of the vase, expanded horizontally so that the entire scene is visible. In the lower left is a top view of the vase labeled "bocca del' vaso" and in the lower right a bottom view labeled "fondo dell' vaso."
Description:
Title etched at top of plate., Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, who included an impression of this print in an extra-illustrated copy of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Possibly an image of the bronze vase that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 196 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., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 13.1 x 18.4 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Whitby, Mary Anne Theresa, 1783-1850, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[1826]
Call Number:
829.00.00.115
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View of tomb of the Plauzia family, near Tivoli, Italy
Description:
Title from text below image. and Produced by Whitby after her own drawing, and printed at her private amateur lithographic press on her Newlands estate, near Poole Bay in Hampshire.
Publisher:
privately printed
Subject (Geographic):
Italy and Tivoli.
Subject (Name):
Mausoleo dei Plauzi (Tivoli, Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Bridges, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Rivers, and Ruins
A cross-looking man stands looking right, holding his walking stick and hat
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Plate numbered '3' in lower right corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Title is a quotation from Alessandro nell'Indie by Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782)., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials ICH.
Statue of Sabina, the wife of Emperor Hadrian; clad in a long chiton with a cloak drawn around her body and up over her head; her hair pulled back behind a diadem; standing on a pedestal
Alternative Title:
Statua di Sabina moglie d Adriano Imperatore : negli Orti Mattei
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Maffei, P.A. Raccolta di statue antiche e moderne ... Roma : Stamperia alla Pace, 1704., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "CVII"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 152 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.
Publisher:
Nella Stampa. di Domenico de Rossi alla Pace con priuil
Subject (Name):
Vibia Sabina, approximately 88-approximately 137 and Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, 76-138.