Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1805]
Call Number:
Folio 24 27 798
Collection Title:
Opposite page 311. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Anne Vane, maid of honour to Caroline of Ansbach and mistress to her son Frederick, Prince of Wales; bust-length, head turned slightly to the left; a stern expression on her face; wearing a low-cut gown and pearls in her hair
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from signature on a similar drawing mounted in the same volume., Date of production inferred from similar drawing in the same volume with the date "1805" written on it., and Mounted opposite page 311 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ... From: The works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. London : Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, and J. Edwards, Pall-Mall, MDCCXCVIII [1798].
A watercolor sketch of two rotund monks in front of a entrance to monastery in a lane within gate and wall surround. One attends closely to a young lady with two baskets on her arms; the other reads, lounging on a bench with his one foot raised
Description:
Title from note in ink in lower right corner., Unsigned; attributed to Rowlandson by Andrew Clayton-Payne, author of a catalog of Rowlandson. Similar in theme (and in architecture) to signed watercolors at the Yale Center for British Art., and With dealer's notes in pencil on verso.
Subject (Topic):
Courtyards, Lust, Monasteries, Monks, Obesity, and Reading
Burges, James Bland, Sir, 1752-1824, attributed name
Published / Created:
[1796?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 3
Image Count:
1
Description:
First line: Once on a time, a little French marquiss., Sometimes attributed to Sir James Bland Burges., In two columns with the title in two lines centered above both; the columns are separated by a rule. Last line of first column: "Of gold and silver, pearls and jewels rare."., Cf. no. N64799 in ESTC., Mounted on leaf 52. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Burges, James Bland, Sir, 1752-1824, attributed name
Published / Created:
[1796?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 3
Image Count:
1
Description:
Verse - "Once on a time, a little French Marquiss"., Sometimes attributed to Sir James Bland Burges., Dated from another edition, issued as part of: ’Poetry; original and selected’, vol. 1 (1st issue), Glasgow, [1796]., In two columns with the title in three lines centered above both; the columns are separated by a rule in a vague leaf pattern. Last line of first column: "On the Marquis she must impression made;"., Mounted on leaf 51. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
Title from item., Date derived from printmaker's dates of activity., Place of publication derived from language of text and printer's location., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Giantism; Mr. Louis.
Title etched below image., Artist of the statue identified as F.J. Moore in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Date of publication based on the dates of other prints showing Beckford's monument, which was completed in 1772. See Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 1, pages 151-152., Probably an illustration to a book., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
A man lies on his side in his bed beside his wife who facing the viewer, both in night caps, and lying against pillows. Only their heads are visible above the covers. Below title: "Caudle, you shan't close your eyes for a week-no you shan't-unless you tell me some of it" &c. (see Punch).
Alternative Title:
Mr. and Mrs. Caudle
Description:
Title from text within image., Publication date from unverified data in local card catalog record., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Portrait drawing of Charles Beale, the son of painter Mary Beale; half-length, turned to the left; wearing a thin moustache; a high collar or ruff covering his neck; wavy hair falling to his shoulders
Alternative Title:
Mr. Charles Beal, drawn by his mother
Description:
Title from note in ink in lower left corner of sheet, possibly in Horace Walpole's hand., Alternative title and attribution to Mary Beale from Richard Bull's note below image on mounting sheet: Mr. Charles Beal, drawn by his mother., Date of production based on artist's death date., This drawing was given to Richard Bull by Horace Walpole in 1786, as indicated by Bull's note on mounting page: Presented to Mr. Bull by Mr. Walpole, 1786., Mounted on page 80 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., and For further information, consult library staff.
Title from note in pencil in lower right corner. and Signed in pencil with artist's initials and date in lower left corner; artist's name also written in pencil on mount.
Subject (Geographic):
Sintra (Portugal)
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1760-1844
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Dwellings