Title from inscription in ink, in 18th century hand, Full inscription: "Mrs. Mary Beal. Paintress. Born 16[?]5 ob. 1700. Beale. fil. pinxit. Orig. in posses. Alex G[?] [L[?]." "Orig. in posses...." on fragment paste down in lower right corner., For an engraving based on this portrait after Charles Beale, refer to Early British portraits, v. iii, p. 67., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Drawing of Nicholas Stone Junior (bap. 1618-1674), English, sculptor and architect, second son of Nicholas Stone Senior (1585-1657).
Alternative Title:
Nicholas Stone junior statuary and architect
Description:
Title from inscription in ink below image on mount., Inscription in ink, above oval image: This may be Nicholas Stone Jun. Painted at Rome ano. 1638 as he mentions in his journal., Inscription in ink, below oval image: a sketch of a head pianted in Oyl in an oval. Sold in Mr. Gibbons [illegible] sale, called Mr. Stone., Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Stone in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. [Strawberry-Hill] : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v. 2, opp. p. 23., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Oval drawing of Nicholas Stone Senior (1586-1647), leading sculptor, master mason, and architect, in London in the mid-17th century
Description:
Title from inscription in ink, below image., Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Stone in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. [Strawberry-Hill] : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v. 2, opp. p. 23., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Portrait of Paul van Somer (1576-1621), Flemish painter and printmaker
Alternative Title:
Paul van Somer
Description:
George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756., Title from item., and Drawing that was later used for an engraving published in : Catalogue of engravers ... / digested by Mr. Horace Walpole from the mss. of Mr. George Vertue. Strawberry-Hill : Printed in the year MDCCLXIII [1763], opp. p.92.
Drawing of Francis Cleyn, formerly Franz Klein, painter and tapestry designer born in German and raised at the Danish court. After travelling in Italy, he moved to England in 1623 and worked in the Court of Charles I.
Alternative Title:
Francis Cleyn
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Cleyn in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. [Strawberry-Hill] : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v. 2, opp. p. 127., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Drawing of Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom (1566-1640), Flemish born painter who worked briefly in England. Best known for his marine painting and designs for tapestries illlustating the great English naval victories of 1588 over the Spanish Armada
Alternative Title:
Hendrick Cornelius Vroom
Description:
Title and artist from engraving based on this drawing, in Anecdotes of painting in England. Engraving by T. Chambars identifies artist as: Is. Oliver pinxt., Slight corrects in brown ink., Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Vroom in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed in the year MDCCLXIII, [1763], v. 1, opp. p. 144., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Drawing of the monument Nicholas Stone Senior (1586-1647).
Description:
Title devised be cataloger., Inscription in pencil, within design of the monument encirling effigy: Nicholas Stone, sculp. & architect, &c., Inscription in pencil, within design of the monument below effigy: 24 Aug 1642 departed this life., Inscription in pencil, within design at the base of the monument: H.S. posuit., Inscription in pencil, lower half of sheet: This monument was fixed in the north wall of the Parish Church of St. Martins in the Fields., Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Stone in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. [Strawberry-Hill] : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v. 2, opp. p. 23., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Subject (Name):
Stone, Nicholas, 1586-1647, and Stone, Nicholas, 1586-1647
Portrait of Anthonis Mor (ca. 1517-1576 or 7), portrait painter, born in Utrecht, Netherlands. He worked in London from 1553 until 1555 in the service of Prince Philip (later Philip II of Spain) until 1555. In addition to the portraits of members of the English court, he also portrayed élite merchants and financiers
Alternative Title:
Sir Antonio More and Anthonis Mor
Description:
Title from print based on this drawing, in Anecdotes of painting in England., Drawing that was later used for an engraving published in : Anecdotes of painting in England, with some account of the principal artists / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v.1, opp. p. 122., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.