Title devised by cataloger., Date of publication based on printmaker's death date., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Annotated by Horace Walpole in ink below image: Scudery.
Literam Libri Manuscripti initialem pulcherrimé ...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date of publication based on printmaker's death date., Text below image: Literam Libri Manuscripti initialem pulcherrimé depictam et Authoris Icona hoc modo exhibentem., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Annotated by Horace Walpole in ink on verso: Trivet.
"Portrait of Richard Smalbroke, half-length, slightly turned to the left, dressed in a fur-lined cloak over his waistcoat and a matching fur-lined hat on his head, a jewelled brooch at his neck."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist from description of variant state in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1943,0410.2486., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Annotated by Horace Walpole in ink at bottom of sheet: Dr. Richard Smalbroke L.L.D., Chancellor of Litchfield 1756.
Volume 2. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date of production based on sitter's death date. This portrait was done from life, according to a contemporary annotation in ink on verso: This is the portrait of Dr. John Clarke, Rector of St. James Picadilly, drawn after life, by George Vertue., A second, later annotation in Horace Walpole's hand is also present on verso, offering a correction to the earlier note: I cannot help thinking that his name was Samuel & not John., One of eight portrait drawings that were probably among the works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. A volume of ca. 50 additional drawings from this collection, now bound in red morocco, has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others., and Laid down on a wash-line mount, with a border of gold paint around the drawing.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[1738]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3636 no. 5+ (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Self-portrait of Jonathan Richardson the elder, head and shoulders, wearing wig and neckcloth."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Me, as you find my soul, neglect or love ...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist, printmaker, and date of publication from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Text below image: Me, as you find my soul, neglect or love, and show by virtue virtue you approve. R. 1738., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Note in pencil in a 20th century hand: Taken from an extra-illustrated Boswell's "Johnson"., Window mounted on wove paper to 29 x 23 cm., and Annotation in ink in Horace Walpole's hand, on a 2.5 x 7.6 cm piece of laid paper, window mounted below portrait: John Richardson, painter, by himself.
Volume 2. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date supplied by cataloger., Twenty-six lines of biographical information written in ink on verso, with the contemporary note at top: This is a portrait of Sr. Edward Nicholas, drawn from an old painting on wood by George Vertue., One of eight portrait drawings that were probably among the works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. A volume of ca. 50 additional drawings from this collection, now bound in red morocco, has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others., and Laid down on a wash-line mount, with a border of gold paint around the drawing. Sitter's name written in pencil at bottom of mount: Sr. Edd. Nicholas.
A portrait of Thomas Kirgate, half-length, looking to the right
Description:
Title written in black ink below plate line, in an unidentified hand., Statements of responsibility written in black ink below title, in an unidentified hand: Painted & etched by E. Edwards, 1784; finished by J. Hall., Mounted on page 187 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., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 12.4 x 8.2 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Sitter identified by Horace Walpole in brown ink below image, on mounting page: T. Kirgate the printer.
A portrait of Thomas Kirgate, half-length, looking to the right
Description:
Title written in black ink below plate line, in an unidentified hand. and Statements of responsibility written in black ink below title, in an unidentified hand: Painted & etched by E. Edwards, 1784; finished by J. Hall.
A portrait of Thomas Kirgate, half-length, looking to the right
Description:
Title written in black ink below plate line, in an unidentified hand., Statements of responsibility written in black ink below title, in an unidentified hand: Painted & etched by E. Edwards, 1784; finished by J. Hall., Mounted on page 240 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 12.5 x 8.2 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Note in ink below image on mounting sheet: Mr. Walpoe's printer., Print was probably given to Richard Bull by Edward Edwards. See letter from Edwards to Bull that is tipped into volume beside this portrait., and For further information, consult library staff.