Volume 1, page 33. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
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1
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still image
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Title from note in ink below image., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 33 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Page 184. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
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1
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still image
Alternative Title:
Dutch officer / by Miss Conway
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility from note in ink on a five of clubs playing card (56 x 83 mm) mounted below drawing; alternative title and statement of responsibility written in pencil at top of image: Dutch officer, by Miss Conway., Date inferred from the use of artist Anne Seymour Damer's maiden name Conway; she was married to John Damer in 1767., and Mounted on page 184 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
Volume 1, page 5. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
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1
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still image
Description:
Title written in ink at top of image., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 5 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Volume 1, page 5. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written in ink at top of image., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 5 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
An album of engraved tickets, invitations, bookplates, and other designs, some in multiple impressions and states, one in proof, mostly black and white, with one in sepia ink, mostly engraved by Bartolozzi or his pupils. Other artists and printmakers include: I.C.B., G.B. Cipriani, E.F. Burney, B. West, L. Legoux, R.H. Cromek, H. Bunbury, Walker, Cook, Tresham, and Fittler. Most engravings are undated though some tickets are dated between 1778-1797; a few name printers and publisher: W. Hinton, G. Graglia, Mr. Sandby, J. Sewell
Description:
Title from printed t.p. with unsigned, undated engraving, mounted.
Volume 1, page 17. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
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1
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still image
Alternative Title:
Elizabeth Gray, Queen of Edward IV and Elizabeth Grey, Queen of Edward IV
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, in a contemporary hand., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 17 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492,
Page 183. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
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1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
English officer in his morning dress / by Miss Conway
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility from note in ink on a four of hearts playing card (57 x 85 mm) mounted below drawing; alternative title and statement of responsibility written in pencil at top of image: English officer in his morning dress, by Miss Conway., A transformation card., Date inferred from the use of artist Anne Seymour Damer's maiden name Conway; she was married to John Damer in 1767., and Mounted on page 183 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
Subject (Topic):
Military officers, British, and Ethnic stereotypes
Title written in watercolor at bottom of image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 87 in an album containing material relating to Spring Gardens, Vauxhall, with the spine title: Vauxhall miscellany.
The arms of two gibbets extend symmetrically, high above a bonfire; between them is an equally high post supporting a board on which the title is etched. From one (right) dangles a realistic effigy of Napoleon (scarcely caricatured) in cocked hat, uniform, and Hessian boots. From the other hangs a ruffianly fellow holding a dark lantern. They face each other in profile
Description:
Title from ink annotation, centered at the top of the sheet within the design., Unsigned; attributed to Rowlandson., and Preliminary pencil sketch of a print published by R. Ackermann on 27 November 1813. Cf. No. 12103 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 9.
Subject (Name):
Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806