Title devised by cataloger., Artist and date from local card catalog record., and One drawing from a series of five watercolors illustrating scenes from Samuel Johnson's The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia.
Title devised by cataloger., Artist and date from local card catalog record., and One drawing from a series of five watercolors illustrating scenes from Samuel Johnson's The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia.
Title devised by cataloger., Artist and date from local card catalog record., and One drawing from a series of five watercolors illustrating scenes from Samuel Johnson's The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia.
Volume 2, page 24. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A Punch-like figure is shown standing to front, with head in profile to the left, holding a paper in each hand. A goat stands beside him on the right; a pole with a sign 'To Wynnstay' (lettered backwards) is on the left, pointing to the right. A design for an admission ticket for the theater at Wynnstay, the private theater of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn
Alternative Title:
To Wynnstay
Description:
Title and date from those supplied in the British Museum catalog for the print made after this drawing., Attribution to Bunbury based on inclusion of the drawing in a volume of the artist's work., Mounted with a related drawing and a print on page 24 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., and Original design, with image and letters in reverse, for no. 7069A in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Watercolor drawing depicting a gray caterpillar at top, a pupa in the middle, and a yellowish-brown and white moth at bottom
Description:
Title from local catalog card., Artist's name written in ink in an unidentified hand in lower right corner., Place and date of production based on the artist's country of residence and death date., Trimmed manuscript annotation in the artist's hand on verso. For other drawings by Marshal of moths and caterpillars, some with similar annotations on verso, see: Collection 941. Alexander Marshal Insect Watercolors. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia., Formerly laid in with three other drawings at page 51 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted together with three other drawings to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Watercolor drawing depicting a gray caterpillar at top, a pupa in the middle, and a yellowish-brown and white moth at bottom
Description:
Title from local catalog card., Artist's name written in ink in an unidentified hand in lower right corner., Place and date of production based on the artist's country of residence and death date., Trimmed manuscript annotation in the artist's hand on verso. For other drawings by Marshal of moths and caterpillars, some with similar annotations on verso, see: Collection 941. Alexander Marshal Insect Watercolors. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia., Formerly laid in with three other drawings at page 51 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted together with three other drawings to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
A man holds a lady's hand as she descends a flight of stairs overlooking a pond. To the left in the distance are shown two figures in a row boat on the water
Description:
Inscription in pencil on verso: Cut mount to fit shape of inlay piece., Robert Dighton, English draughtsman, 1752-1814., For further information, consult library staff., and Watermark.
Drogheda, Anne Moore, Countess of, 1744-1784, artist
Published / Created:
[1765]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3588 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 62 Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Statements of responsibility written in ink in upper left corner., Note in ink at bottom of sheet, in Horace Walpole's hand: Drawing by Lady Anne Conway, Countess of Drogheda., and Mounted on page 62 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.