Title from caption below image., Imprint from finished state., and Finished state in Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, p. 146.
Title from caption below image., Text below title: "From a picture by Jansen in the collection of the Reverend Edward Waller.", Plate from: Cornwall, B. Effigies poeticae. London : J. Carpenter and Son, 1824., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Jan. 1, 1824, published by W. Walker, 5 Grays Inn Square
"Portrait of Edmund Grindal, half length in an oval frame on a pedestal, long beard, wearing skull-cap, cloak, holding an open book; coat of arms below; frontispiece to his 'Life' by Strype (1710)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Place of publication from printmaker's place of activity., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted in paper frame: 392 x 257 mm.
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: Caulfield, J. Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons ... London : H.R. Young and T.H. Whitely, 1820, v. 3, opposite page 73., and Copy of a portrait by David Ogborne; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits.
Volume 4, after page 232. Memoirs of Horace Walpole and his contemporaries.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Full-length portrait of English historian Edward Gibbon in right profile
Alternative Title:
E. Gibbon
Description:
Title etched at bottom of plate., Facsimile of Gibbon's signature etched above title., Plate from: Dyer, C. Biographical sketches of the lives and characters of illustrious and eminent men. London : C.G. Dyer and H. Setchel and Son, 1819., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of title from bottom edge. Missing text supplied from impression in The Morgan Library & Museum, accession no.: MA 10252., Window mounted to 22 x 14 cm., and Bound in after page 232 in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Williams, R.F. Memoirs of Horace Walpole and his contemporaries. London : Colburn & Co., 1852.
Publisher:
Pubd. by C. Dyer, Compton Street
Subject (Name):
Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794, and Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794.
Portrait of Edward Herbert of Cherbury; whole length, reclining on the ground, on his side, one arm propping up his head, a shield over the other arm
Description:
Title etched below image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of title and imprint statement from bottom edge. Description based on a more perfect impression., Mounted on page 77 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., With Richard Bull's manuscript title in ink below image, on mounting page: Lord Herbert of Cherbury., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs May 1st, 1797, by E. Jeffery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Herbert of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, Baron, 1583-1648, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Edward Herbert of Cherbury; whole length, reclining on the ground in a forest, on his side, one arm propping up his head, a shield over the other arm; in the background; in background a horse saddled and in armour, and two soldiers standing by; after Oliver."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Frontispiece to: Herbert of Cherbury, E. The life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury. [Twickenham] : Strawberry-Hill, printed in the year MDCCLXIV [1764], Mounted on page 63 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., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 19.9 x 22.9 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Herbert of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, Baron, 1583-1648
"Portrait of Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, with long hair, moustache and small beard; nearly half-length to left, with head turned to look to front, wearing collar and breastplate; in a landscape and round frame on stone wall, with two putti beside coat of arms and ?Phrygian cap on sword in foreground; plate to Birch's Heads; after Van Dyck."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text within image., Questionable attribution to Houbraken and firm attribution to Van Dyck from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: P,3.141., and Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751].
"Portrait of Edward Russell, Earl of Orford, bust to right but looking at the viewer, wearing a long wig, gown and lace cravat; in an ornamental oval on a pedestal showing a sea battle; in an ornamental oval on a pedestal showing a sea battle; a baton and laurel branch in lower left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image. and Text below image: "In the collection of Thomas Walker Esqr."