A collection of prints and one drawing (tentatively attributed to Samuel Collings), mostly portraits of Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, mounted in Walpole's copy of James Boswell's The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson (London : Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, 1785).
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Also bound in are three prints described in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum; these are cataloged separately., and Original boards with new back but old hand-lettered label, uncut. With Horace Walpole's bookplate (BP2 later state) on half-title page. Large Strawberry Hill fleuron. Press-mark R.10, but apparently moved from the Round Tower to the Library in the Offices. Not in Walpole's Manuscript Catalogue of 1763. Bookplate of the Earl of Orford (1813-94), imitated from Horace Walpole's, and bookplate of John A. Spoor. Also with bookplate "AHA".
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784,, Boswell, James, 1740-1795,, Boufflers, Marie Charlotte Hippolyte, countess of, 1725-1800,, Macpherson, James, 1736-1796,, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"Portrait of Anne Clifford, Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery; aged 81; half length, to left, veil over head; coats of arms at top corners; with false title."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from the volume in which the print was published., Plate from: Pennant, T. A tour in Scotland: MDCCLXXII. Part II. London : Printed for Benj. White, 1776., Numbered "XLIV" in upper left corner and "358" in upper right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 118 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 Title modified in brown ink by Horace Walpole, with "Dorset and Pembroke, only daughter of the Earl of" written in the space between first and second lines of text below image.
Publisher:
Benjamin White
Subject (Name):
Pembroke, Anne Clifford Herbert, Countess of, 1590-1676,
Hodges, C. H. (Charles Howard), 1764-1837, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1788]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The naked body of Christ laid on a stone slab covered with a cloth, supported by Mary Magdalen; the Virgin fainting and a crowd of mourners; the crown of thorns and the nails on the ground."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image, on either side of etched Walpole arms bearing the motto "Fari quae sentiat.", Plate from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the Empress of Russia ... London : J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 2., Text below title: Print the size of the picture., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 203 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 Note in brown ink in Horace Walpole's hand on mounting page: See page 68 preceding.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 1st, 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, London
"Bust portrait of the actress Elizabeth Barry, in profile to left, hair pulled back and loosely fastened, falling down back and over right shoulder, wearing loose, low-necked gown, button at left shoulder; oval frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Elizabeth Barry
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The biographical mirrour. London : Published by S. and E. Harding, Pall-Mall, 1795-[1814?]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., Engraved after the picture kept by Horace Walpole in the Round Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 170 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. Dec. 17, 1792, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Barry, Elizabeth, approximately 1658-1713, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Bust portrait of the actress Elizabeth Barry, in profile to left, hair pulled back and loosely fastened, falling down back and over right shoulder, wearing loose, low-necked gown, button at left shoulder; oval frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Elizabeth Barry
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The biographical mirrour. London : Published by S. and E. Harding, Pall-Mall, 1795-[1814?]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., Engraved after the picture kept by Horace Walpole in the Round Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 220 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 with etching on wove paper ; oval sheet 13.1 x 10.4 cm., Imperfect; oval portrait only is present, with the rest of the sheet (including all text) trimmed away., Manuscript title in ink on mounting page below image: Mrs. Barry., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pub. Dec. 17, 1792, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Barry, Elizabeth, approximately 1658-1713, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Full-length portrait, seated on a chair in centre, writing a music score on a table, looking up to top right; to right, a young angel standing in profile to left, putting a crown of laurels over Handel's head; a little angel flying above them, holding a banner with Handel's name; light shining from top; pipe-organ to left; in an oval frame decorated with laurels and a banner; book-illustration to 'An account of the musical performances in commemoration of Handel'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page numbered 19 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
Depiction of the tomb in Canterbury Cathedral of William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, who included an impression of this print in an extra-illustrated copy of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole., Probably an illustration to an unidentified volume., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "P. 489"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 201 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 Note in Thomas Kirgate's hand below title: From which the chimney in the Holbein room is taken.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Warham, William, 1450?-1532. and Canterbury Cathedral
James Figg stands with his right hand on his back-sword and his left hand on his hip as he faces his a gentleman opponent in a boxing ring; specators crowd the stands on two levels; with ornaments above the frame
Description:
Title from etched text., Not Hogarth., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), p. 313-4., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 89., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: £8-8-0. Ms. note in pencil on top of print: 4., and On page 233 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: 18.5 x 13.2 cm.
James Figg stands with his right hand on his back-sword and his left hand on his hip as he faces his a gentleman opponent in a boxing ring; specators crowd the stands on two levels; with ornaments above the frame
Description:
Title from etched text., Not Hogarth., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), p. 313-4., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 89., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.