Portrait after a self-portrait; half-length in an oval frame, directed to right, looking towards the viewer, arms at his sides, wearing a plain coat buttoned at the waist, a white cravat and tricorn over a shoulder-length wig
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Title etched below image., State without price below image, lower right., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., On page 209 in volume 3., and Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: See Mr. Nichols's Book, 3d edit., p. 409.
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Published according to act of Parliament, June 1781, and sold by C. Townley, Arlington Street, Piccadilly
"Portrait after a drawing by Lawrence; bust-length to front, head turned in three-quarter profile to look right, wearing a short wig curled at the sides."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Q,2.58.
Description:
Title etched below image., Proof state, with scratch lettering and lacking engraved frame. For later state, see the Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, p. 377., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"Portrait after a drawing by Lawrence; bust-length to front, head turned in three-quarter profile to look right, wearing a short wig curled at the sides."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Q,2.58.
Description:
Title etched below image., Proof state, with scratch lettering and lacking engraved frame. For later state, see the Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, p. 377., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : stipple engraving with roulette on wove paper ; sheet 37.4 x 24.8 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Inscribed in ink at bottom of sheet, in Mary Berry's hand: To Lord Sheffield from M. & A. Berry.
"Portrait after a drawing by Lawrence; bust-length to front, head turned in three-quarter profile to look right, wearing a short wig curled at the sides."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Q,2.58.
Description:
Title etched below image., Proof state, with scratch lettering and lacking engraved frame. For later state, see the Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, p. 377., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : stipple engraving with roulette on wove paper ; sheet 34.2 x 25.7 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Inscribed in ink at bottom of sheet, in Mary Berry's hand: To Mr. Bull from M. & A. Berry., and Pencil annotation in lower left corner, in Richard Bull's hand: Only 60 proofs were taken off.
Portrait of William Huggins; bust, to the left, wearing cap and open shirt with plain jacket; a small bust of Ariosto to the left; in roundel; after Hogarth; engraved for his never published translation of Dante
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Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 127., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below print: See Mr. Nichols's book 3d edit. p. 372. Given me by the Revd. Dr. Monkhouse., and On page 186 in volume 2.
Portrait of the celebrated pugilist, half-length, looking into the distance over right shoulder, in a feigned oval, bald, with an open shirt and jacket buttoned at the waist
Description:
Title etched above image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, Date of publication from the National Portrait Gallery, London., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of the lower portion of the imprint statements. Complete imprint statements supplied from impressions in the British Museum catalogue., Six lines of verse etched below image: The mighty combatant, the first in fame, The lasting glory of his native Thame. Rash, & unthinking men, at length be wise; Consult your safety, and resign the prize: Nor tempt superior force; but timely fly The vigour of his arm, the quickness of his eye., and On page 228 in volume 3.
Publisher:
Sold by Faber at the Green Door in [the] great Piazza Covent Garden and Sold by H. Overton & I. Hoole at the White Horse without Newgate London