Portrait of the head of John Speed after the frontispiece to his British Isles atlas Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (London, 1631 onwards); the plate also appeared in the other editions of his atlases).
Alternative Title:
Aet. M. viri clarissimi Joannis Speed Farndoniae nati in Comitatu Cestriae
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger. and Possibly by a young Christopher Barber?
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. 1781?]
Call Number:
Portraits H252 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Engraving of Thomas Orde's portrait of the British philanthropist Jonas Hanway, three-quarters length in profile looking left and seated at a table writing; with a quotation from Horace etched below the oval portrait, "En fides et pax et honor ... virtus audet. Hor. Cax. Soc."
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and Quotation etched below image: "En fides et pax et honor pudory, prisous, et neglects redire virtus audet. Hor. Car. Sec."
Portrait of Lady Sofia Farmor in the form of a medal and Mediceae veneris sublimem interroget artem, qui Sophiae charites pingere, et ora velit ...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Four lines of Latin text printed in letterpress below plate: Mediceae veneris sublimem interroget artem, qui Sophiae charites pingere, et ora velit. Virtutem et patriae studium meditetur; amores noverit hic Sophiae, noverit ingenium., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appeared., Plate from: Raccolta di varie canzoni sopra diversi leggiadri soggetti. : A sua eccellenza Mylady Sofia Farmor. In Firenze : Nella stamperia di Bernardo Paperini, 1740., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., Mounted on page 144 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., Annotation in pencil below plate and above Latin text: Lady Sopia Fermour. Privat., and For further information, consult library staff.
"Portrait of Margaret Lemon, half length, turned to the right, but looking towards the viewer, wearing a pearl necklace and dress, with flowers in her hair; in an octagonal frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Place of publication based on printmaker's country of residence., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1985,0504.143., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 123 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 Sitter's name added by Horace Walpole in pencil at bottom of sheet: Mrs. Lemon.
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.
After page 50. Anecdotes of painters, who have resided or been born in England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Illustration from Don Quixote
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Plate from: Cervantes S. The life and exploits of the ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated ... by Charles Jarvis ... London : Printed for J. and R. Tonson [etc.], 1756., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of plate number from lower right and complete loss of volume and page numbers from lower left., Plate numbered "65" in lower right corner., Folded to 21.6 x 15.5 cm., and Tipped in after page 50 in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Edwards, E. Anecdotes of painters, who have resided or been born in England. London : Printed by L. Hansard & Sons, for Leigh and Sotheby [etc.], 1808.
Publisher:
J. and R. Tonson etc.
Subject (Name):
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616., Quixote, Don (Fictitious character),, and Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character),
Volume 1, page 15. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Inveniam viam avt faciam and Inveniam viam aut faciam
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Motto in upper left portion of image: Inveniam viam avt faciam., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 15 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.
A mock coat of arms, perhaps for George IV, that possibly served as the tailpiece or other illustration to a verse-satire on the trial of Queen Caroline. The shield is vase-shaped and includes a mug of beer at center, tents and cannons on either side of the mug, a settee below the mug, three ships at top, scales of justice with "vice" outweighing "virtue" below the ships, and a ram at bottom. Surmounting the shield is a donkey with a owl on its back, the owl wearing a tall conical hat; the donkey stands upon a "log", a volume with "bill" on its spine, a chess board, playing cards, sheets of paper labeled "address", and a cross above which "liturgy petition" is written. Plants are seen on either side of shield; below the shield are banners in which the Latin phrases "furiis in censa feror" and "vir tutis sub umbra viti um" are written
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Printmaker and publication information from potentially related prints that were published by Humphrey and are attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue. See nos. 13948-13972 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., Possibly a plate from: Rosco. Horrida bella. London : G. Humphrey, 1820., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 12 of: George Humphrey shop album., and Mounted with eight sheets of letterpress text, for letters R-Z, meant to face the corresponding plates in bound copies of Horrida bella.
Publisher:
G. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., and Rosco.
Subject (Topic):
Coats of arms, Donkeys, Owls, Books, Playing cards, Board games, Scales, Drinking vessels, Beer, Tents, Cannons, Ships, Sheep, and Couches