"Portrait; half length to right; wearing wide collar and pedant; from a picture at Knowsley."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title etched below image., Early (proof?) state, before shading added to block lettering of title and before text "from an original picture in the collection of the Rt. Honble. the Earl of Orford at Strawbery [sic] Hill" added to end of title. For later state with these additions, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1852,0612.231., Early state of a plate from: The biographical mirrour. London : Published by S. and E. Harding, Pall-Mall, 1795-[1814?]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 154 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.
Publisher:
Pub. Aug. 1, 1792, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Derby, Charlotte Stanley, countess of, 1599-1664, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of the actress Kitty Clive; three-quarter length seated directed to left, a book of music held open in her lap, right elbow resting on velvet cushion on a table beside her, wearing a gown with a bow at the breast, hair up with a coil over left shoulder."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Clive : from the picture at Strawberry Hill and Of all the arts that sooth the human breast, music (blest power) the sweetest is confest ...
Description:
Title engraved below image, on either side of verses., Alternative title from later state; see Russell., After a painting by Jeremiah Davison that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Round Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Date "1735" has been removed and title and publication line have been added to the plate; these changes constitute the second state according to Smith, amended to the fourth state by Russell., Date of publication based on publisher's street address. See British Museum online catalogue., Four lines of verse engraved below image: Of all the arts that sooth the human breast, music (blest power) the sweetest is confest ..., Imperfect; sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge and imprint statement has been erased. Imprint statement supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: K,58.180., Plate numbered "319" in lower left corner., and Mounted on page 220 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Publisher:
Printed for C. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Name):
Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Thomas Seymour of Sudeley; bust, to the right, with badge of garter, wearing cap."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Thomas Seymour, Lord Sudeley
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: The original picture is in the possession of the Marquis of Buckingham. This from a fine miniature after it by Lady Lucan, which is at Strawbery [sic] Hill., and "Ob. 1549"--Below oval border of image, centered.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 15, 1786, by I. Thane, Rupert Street, Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Sudeley, Thomas Seymour, Baron, 1508?-1549, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Thomas Seymour of Sudeley; bust, to the right, with badge of garter, wearing cap."--British Museum online catalogue, descriptioin of a later state
Alternative Title:
Thomas Seymour, Lord Sudeley
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on later state: H. Holbein pinx. ; J. Ogborne sculp., Early state, before text added below image border and above imprint statement. For later state, see the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: G,6.107., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Text below title: The original picture is in the possession of the Marquis of Buckingham., According to text on later state, this plate was engraved after a miniature by Lady Lucan at Strawberry Hill, which in turn was made after the original by Holbein., and Mounted on page 192 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.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 15, 1786, by I. Thane, Rupert Street, Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Sudeley, Thomas Seymour, Baron, 1508?-1549, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Thomas Seymour of Sudeley; bust, to the right, with badge of garter, wearing cap."--British Museum online catalogue, descriptioin of a later state
Alternative Title:
Thomas Seymour, Lord Sudeley
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on later state: H. Holbein pinx. ; J. Ogborne sculp., Early state, before text added below image border and above imprint statement. For later state, see the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: G,6.107., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Text below title: The original picture is in the possession of the Marquis of Buckingham., According to text on later state, this plate was engraved after a miniature by Lady Lucan at Strawberry Hill, which in turn was made after the original by Holbein., Mounted on page 243 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 with stipple on laid paper ; oval image 8.6 x 6.8 cm, on sheet 13.6 x 9.9 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 15, 1786, by I. Thane, Rupert Street, Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Sudeley, Thomas Seymour, Baron, 1508?-1549, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a feathered beret and collar of the Order of St Michel; in an architectural oval with draped curtain beyond and cartouche below; a weeping putto seated next to an axe and resting his hand on a crown below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., State with altered lettering; Anthonis Mor's name replaces that of Holbein in artist statement. For an earlier state with "Holben pinx." etched in lower right corner, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1841,1211.87., Publisher and place of publication from the volume in which the print appeared., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "In the collection of Mr. Richardson"--Below image., Engraved after a painting that was afterwards acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 175 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.
Publisher:
John and Paul Knapton
Subject (Name):
Norfolk, Thomas Howard, Duke of, 1538-1572, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk, bust-length to right, looking towards the viewer; wearing jewelled soft hat, dark cloak over doublet, garter chain and ruff; in an oval."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk and Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist attribution to Anthonis Mor from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate was issued., Plate from: Thane, J. British autography. A collection of fac-similies of the hand writing of royal and illustrious personages, with their authentic portraits. London, J. Thane, [1788?-1793?]., Facsimile of the sitter's signature etched below title, with the caption: His autograph from an original letter in the possession of John Thane., One print composed of two plates; the oval portrait and facsimile signature are printed in black ink from the smaller plate, and this combined design is surrounded by an etched ornamental border printed in red ink from a separate, larger plate., and Watermark, partially trimmed: J. Whatma[n].
Publisher:
John Thane
Subject (Name):
Norfolk, Thomas Howard, Duke of, 1538-1572, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A half-length portrait of Thomas Kirgate facing right, with a view of the Strawberry Hill printing house in the distance on the right
Description:
Title etched below image., Mounted on page 237 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 : stipple engraving and etching on wove paper ; sheet 16.4 x 13.2 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810,, Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England), and Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)