"Portrait of William Wilberforce, half-length, seated in armchair, directed and looking to the right, reading a book that he is holding close to his face with both hands, wearing double breasted coat with eyeglass on a ribbon hanging around his neck; vignette."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 510 (leaf numbered '105' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published Oct. 27, 1809, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Title and publication information from British Museum online catalogue., One plate from a verse satire: Foundling Chapel Brawl. Printed C. Roworth in Bell Yard, Temple Bar in 1805., and Mounted to 28 x 35 cm.
"A young man in 17th century dress, in an oval, half-length facing front, looking to left, drawing back his hooded cloak with right hand to show tasselled collar and waistcoat, with left hand raised to his long hair drawn over left shoulder; from a series of ten plates illustrating heads from the 'Vicar of Wakefield;' state before character's name and quotation."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1873,0809.494.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett No. 53, Fleet Street, as the act directs
Meyer, Henry Hoppner, 1783-1847, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[1826]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Major John Cartwright; aged 81, three-quarter length, seated in armchair, legs crossed, looking at viewer, his left arm resting on armchair, holding a closed scroll."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a different print of the same composition
Description:
Title from facsimile signature beneath image on later state., Printmaker from statement of responsibility on later state: Drawn & engraved by H. Meyer., Proof before letters. For a later state with the imprint "London, Published Feb. 21, 1826, for the proprietor Miss Cartwright by Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street," see National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG D13772)., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Early state of a plate from: The life and correspondence of Major Cartwright / edited by his niece, F.D. Cartwright. London : H. Colburn, 1826., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., Mounted opposite page 220 (leaf numbered '43' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and Sitter identified as "Major Cartwright (aged 81)" in ink on mounting sheet, in a later hand.
"Portrait of the dramatist Sir William Killigrew; three-quarter length, standing, to the right, right hand under robe; with shoulder length hair, moustache, and short pointed beard; a column and tree in background."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Sir William Killigrew
Description:
Title from later state., Proof before title; for a later state with title and additional lettering below image, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1908,0810.6., Publication information from imprint on later state: Published Decr. 1, 1796, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall., Proof state of a plate for: The biographical mirrour. London : Published by S. and E. Harding, Pall-Mall, 1795-[1814?]., Engraved after a copy of the painting by Anthony van Dyck in the Little Library of the Cottage at Strawberry Hill, which Horace Walpole believed to be a portrait of John Milton., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text from bottom edge., Mounted on page 201 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11., and Annotated in pencil with the title "John Milton" below image and with the name "Mr. Bawtree" in lower right corner.
John Thorley sits in his library at a cloth-draped table writing with a quill pen; the shelves behind him are lined with books. He makes notes on paper as he fingers bodies of bees (labeled 'B') on the table beside him. Through open French doors are seen six beehives (labeled 'A') with bees flying around them on a shelf in the garden
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Publication date from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Image originally appeared in: Thorley, J. Melisselogia, or, The female monarchy. London : printed for the author; and sold by N. Thorley; and J. Davidson, 1744., Not in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum., and Mounted to 23 x 14 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Thorley, John, 1671-1759,
Subject (Topic):
Bee culture, Beehives, Entomologists, Libraries (Rooms & spaces), and Bookcases
"Portrait of Henry Pelham, bust; directed to the right, head turned and looking towards the viewer, wearing the black and gold brocade gown of Chancellor of the Exchequer, lace bands and long white wig; oval medallion in ornamental design with horse's head on the left, a woman laying below the medallion, a dragons tail on the left, and a dragon's claw on the right below the woman; portrait after Hoare."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title from published state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on published state: Bentley pinxt. ; Thomson sculpt., The portrait was engraved after William Hoare, with Bentley providing the ornamental design; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Proof state of a plate from: Walpole, H. Memoires of the last ten years of the reign of George the Second. London : J. Murray, 1822., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
"The marriage of Henry VII, the crowned king in his ermine-lined robes of state over a heraldric tabard holding his sceptre and accompanied by the bishop to the right and Elizabeth of York in an embroidered floral gown accompanied by a bearded priest in long robes to the left, the ornamented arches of the cathedral above them and the interior view stretching away into the distance."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Marriage of Henry VII and Marriage of Henry the Seventh
Description:
Title from published state of the plate., Artist from statement of responsibility on published state: John Mabuse p., Early (proof?) state, before title and artist's name added to plate. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0822.6094., Publication information from that of the volume in which a later state of the plate appeared., A later state of this plate was published in: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780]., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Engraved after the painting hung by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 107 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., and Title "Marriage of Henry 7th" and statement of responsibility "J. Mabuse pinx." added by Horace Walpole in brown ink below image.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509,, Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Henry VII, King of England, 1465-1503,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Half length portrait, inclined left, looking front; in long curled wig, plain collar, doublet with slashed sleeves, badge on ribbon over right shoulder
Description:
Title from lettered state., Printmaker and artist from statements of responsibility on lettered state: S. Harding del. ; Birril sc., Proof before letters., Publication date from that of the volume in which the finished plate appeared., Proof state of a plate from: Coxe, W. Memoirs of Horatio, Lord Walpole. London : Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1802., Probably after a painting of Sir Edward Walpole, grandfather of Sir Robert Walpole, that hung in the Library at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 85 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Edward, Sir, 1621-1667, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)