Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Catherine of Aragon; half length, facing slightly left; wearing a dress with a square neckline and a pendant in front; with several necklaces around her neck and some sort of headgear covering her hair
Alternative Title:
Catherine of Aragon
Description:
Title written in ink in open letters below image., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Probably drawn after the miniature by Holbein that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 149 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.
Subject (Name):
Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait drawing of Catherine of Braganza; three-quarter length, turned slightly left; wearing an ornate dress and holding a pair of gloves in her left hand; a curtain hangs in the background
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., Probably drawn after the original portrait that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Great North Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 184 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.
Subject (Name):
Catherine, of Braganza, Queen, consort of Charles II, King of England, 1638-1705, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Possibly from: Paris and Dover, or, to and fro, a picturesque excursion : being a bird's-eye notion of a few 'Men and things' / by Roger Book'em., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Second sheet with letterpress text attached to print: Cemetery of Pere La Chaise. An extensive and rising ground a short distance from, and commanding a fine view of, Paris: -on the left is seen a convent situated on Mount Calvary ..., and Second sheet attached to print 15 x 17 cm.
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Possibly from: Paris and Dover, or, to and fro, a picturesque excursion : being a bird's-eye notion of a few 'Men and things' / by Roger Book'em., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Second sheet with letterpress text attached to print: Cemetery of Pere La Chaise. From this spot is included a view of the most conspicuous object in Paris -the gilded dome of the hospital for invalids ..., and Second sheet attached to print 8 x 17 cm.
Cursive bookhand script of the late 16th century. Title page illustrated with columns wreathed with scrolls bearing the date and the inscription ""Christ adsit et praesit,"" and signed by I. S. Bound in thick vellum, with mathematical calculations on back c and Manuscript, on paper, in cursive bookhand, produced in England and dated October 8, 1584. It includes psalms arranged as 66 prayers in prose, songs in praise of Christ's birth and the Lord's supper, metrical versions of 66 psalms by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others, and "an exhortation unto ye praise of God to be songe before morning and evening praier."
Description:
Bequest of James M. Osborn, 1976., Binding: thick vellum; mathematical calculations on back cover., Illustration on title page of columns wreathed with scrolls bearing the date and the inscription "Christ adsit et praesit," and signed by T. S., On f. 152r, Rose Silvester signed it as her book on July 5, 1649. Next follows the signature of William Silvester and the inscription "his booke and hee that Steles him shall bee hanged upon a hoke as hie as William Silvester can looke.", On the verso of the title page are recorded the births of William Silvester's five children from 1663 to 1673., On the verso of the title page are recorded the births of William Silvester's five children from 1663 to 1673. On folio 151v, after the exhortation, two hands repeat the last four lines, dated 1649, one by Rose Silvester. On 152r, Rose Silvester signs it, and Watermark: pot, Briquet 12725 (Bruges, 1581).
Subject (Topic):
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library and Psalters
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1805]
Call Number:
Folio 24 27 798
Collection Title:
Opposite page 293. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Lieutenant General Charles Churchill, three-quarter length, turned slightly right, standing with his right hand on his hip; wearing a military uniform, a wig, and a sword at his side. Tents, presumably from a military encampment, are visible in the background on the right
Alternative Title:
Charles Churchill, Esq. : Lieutenant General of his Majesty's Forces ...
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Title continues: ... and Captain Governor and Keeper of the Royal Citadel there, and of St. Nicholas Island and of all the castles and forts therein; Colonel of a Regt. of Dragoons; Groom of the Bed Chamber to his Majesty, and Member of Parliament for Castlerising in the County of Norfolk from the year 1714 to 1742., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from signature on a similar drawing mounted in the same volume., Date of production inferred from similar drawing in the same volume with the date "1805" written on it., and Mounted opposite page 293 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ... From: The works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. London : Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, and J. Edwards, Pall-Mall, MDCCXCVIII [1798].
A caricatured figure of a Chinese man with a pagoda-style hat, long whiskers, and costume, with Chinese language approximated in comical fashion
Description:
Title from caption below image., Approximations of Chinese characters precede each line of text., Imprint statement erased from sheet. Publication information from unverified data from local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Print numbered in pencil in upper right corner: 1.
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Possibly from: Paris and Dover, or, To and fro, a picturesque excursion : being a bird's-eye notion of a few 'Men and things' / by Roger Book'em., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Second sheet with letterpress text attached to print (14 x 17 cm): Champs Elysés. Contiguous to Paris and immediately adjoining the Place Louis XV ...
In English., Script: Written in a careful cursive hand sloping slightly to the right in a single column 170 x 110 mm without bordering lines or ruling. the text has been partly corrected by another hand and with significant marginalia throughout by this hand in inks of different hues., Watermarks: Paper watermarked with a crowned coat of arms, probably a Dutch paper not certainly identified., Binding: English binding of diced brown Russia leather, a border of gilt dots around the edges of the covers, inside and out, the backstrip in compartments similarly treated, original title label on second compartment from top gold-lettered: "Anonimo Manuscritto di un Vero Adepto." Plain edges. Hinges and corners repaired., Tome 1: 1 smaller leaf 220 x 140 mm inserted after first leaf of index., and Tome 2: 1 smaller leaf 190 x 112 mm inserted after page 157.
Watercolor drawing of the chapel on the grounds of Horace Walpole's estate Strawberry Hill, in Twickenham, Middlesex, before the completion of the approach
Description:
Title written in unknown contemporary hand at bottom of sheet, below image., Chapel completed in 1773. A 1784 print of the chapel shows later development of the approach to the chapel with a curved walk and garden ornaments. Date of ca. 1785 suggested by Michael Snodin., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Unknown artist., and For further information, consult library staff.