"Portrait of William Hayley; half-length leaning against a book; state after 'London 1779' added."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted before page 219 (leaf numbered '41' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Volume 1, page 35. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed "R.W. f." in lower left corner; artist with the intials "R.W." is unidentified., Date supplied by cataloger., With a faint and mostly illegible pencil annotation below image, which includes the name "Juxon" and the date "1633"., Another portrait drawing is mounted on the same page, beneath which is the ink annotation: Two heads of Archbp. Juxon., and Mounted on page 35 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Volume 1, page 35. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date supplied by cataloger., Beneath image is the ink annotation "Two heads of Archbp. Juxon", which refers to this drawing and another portrait drawing mounted on the same page., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 35 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
"Portrait of William Legge after Reynolds (Mannings 1107); as a boy, half-length in an oval frame, head turned and looking left, wearing Van Dyke costume."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from Catalogue of engraved British portraits., "2 s."--Price at bottom right of print., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Ownership stamp on verso: FRH monogram.
Publisher:
Published according to Act of Parliament, by J. Spilsbury, engraver, & map & printseller, in Russell Court, Covent Garden
Jones, J. (John), approximately 1745-1797, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 November 1791]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, three-quarter length seated directed to right, looking towards the viewer, right hand on the arm of his chair, left hand holding a letter, resting on a table beside an inkpot, wearing a jacket with two buttons fastened over the chest and a chin-length wig, shirt ruffles at the cuffs."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Crest bearing the motto "Uni Aequus Virtuti" etched below image, beneath which is a quotation from Horace: Virtutis verae Custos, Quo multae magnaeque secantur Judice lites. Hor., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted before page 261 (leaf numbered '76' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Novr. 1, 1791, by T. Payne, Mews Gate
William Pitt, standing and speaking in the House of Commons, in profile to left, his right arm raised; his face is turned so no features are visible. Beyond him is Sir Charles Mordaunt seated, also in profile with a cocked hat; his mouth sunken as if he is toothless. In the foreground on also seated on bench is Mr Edward Kynaston also shown in profile with an enormous belly, eyes closed and mouth open in a snore
Description:
Title, printmaker, publisher and date from published state. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Proof before letters. Cf. No. 4097 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Watermark: countermark IV., and Window mounted to 25 x 30 cm., mounted again to 34 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
G. Bickham
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Parliament. House of commons., Edward Kynaston, 1709-1772, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Peterborough, Charles Mordaunt, Earl of, 1708-1779
"A caricature portrait of Pitt speaking in the House of Commons in profile to the right. In his right hand is a document: 'Regency Restrictions' (see British Museum Satires No. 7488, &c.); his hat is under his left arm, his left hand is held out. He bends forward, his right leg advanced."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by cataloger; title based on that given in the British Museum catalogue., Questionable attribution to Gillray from the British Museum catalogue., An imitation of the whole length portraits of Sayers. See British Museum catalogue., and Temporary local subject terms: Speeches: Pitt's on Regency Bill, 1789 -- Bills: Regency Bill -- Opposition to Regency Bill -- Allusion to Regency restrictions.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 17, 1789, by W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Copy of a seventeenth-century engraved portrait of William Somner, an antiquarian scholar and author. The portait is enclosed in an oval revealing an unfinished scrollwork pattern
Alternative Title:
Mr. Somner
Description:
Title devised by curator., An unfinished copy of a 1693 engraving by Michael Burghers., On verso is another drawing: Effigies Gulielmi Bagwell : aetat. 66 ano. Dom. 1659., Two drawings on one sheet, recto and verso., and For further information, consult library staff.
Plate [173] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; a cherub holding a portrait medallion of William and Mary, below a female figure reaches up towards him with arms outstretched, another figure (envy?) turning away behind, with bat and grotesque creature beside; a fleet of ships on sea in background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [173] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
William III, King of England, 1650-1702, and Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694,