Bound in a collection of 35 prints with armorial book plate: Ex-libris Lichtensteinianis., P. Murray Hill; May 1957; Acquisitions no.: 957-5-3-33., 'Price 1 shilling'--Below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and left side., Temporary local subject terms: Cession of Gibraltar -- Cession of Port Mahon -- Conventions: Pardo, 1739 -- Electorates: German electorates -- Electorate of Hanover -- Cuba: Fort St. Iago -- Cumberland Harbor -- Fairs: Horn Fair -- Yarmough fish -- Hungary -- France -- Bavaria -- Slogans: wooden shoes -- Hats: King's hat -- Parodies: parody on Athanasian Creed., Ten lines of text in rebus, followed by two columns of further text in rebus, below image: Whosoever will [be] rich or [high] be [for] [all] things ..., The following words within the text are represented by a rebus: be by an image of a bee, high by an image of a throne, for by number 4, all by an awl., Title engraved at top of design, within the scroll surrounding the images., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
Sold by G. Bickha[m] at the Blackmoor's Head, Exeter Exchange
Subject (Name):
Bickham, George, 1706?-1771
Subject (Topic):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Vernon, Edward, 1684-1757, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Yarmouth, Amelie Sophia de Walmoden, Countess of, 1706-1765
Christina of Lorraine, Great Duchess of Tuscany and Christine of Lorraine, Great Duchess of Tuscany
Description:
1842, May 14, Day 18, Lot 110 bt Earl of Derby, £5.5.0; 1954 July 2, Christie's, Derby Sale, Lot 207 to Agnew & Sons for W.S. Lewis September 1954. The lot of six drawings also included a Flemish drawing of a Female Saint worshipping a crucifix., Cited in the 1842 sale text: Six curious pictures, in water colours, of Mary de Medici and Louis XIII, and five Great Duchesses of Tuscany, copied from a chamber at the Pazzio Imperiale, near Florence, where the originals are dressed in the very clothes they wore, placed on the hangings, with the faces painted on satin., One from a group of six portraits cited in the 1774 Strawberry Hill catalogue: Six curious pictures in water-colours of Mary de Medici and Louis 13th. and five great duchesses of Tuscany; copied from a chamber at Poggio Imperiale near Florence, where the originals are dressed in the very cloaths [sic] they wore, pasted on the hangings, with the faces painted on sattin [sic]., and Title from manuscript text on verso in Horace Walpole's hand.
Subject (Topic):
Christine, of Lorraine, Grand Duchess, consort of Ferdinand I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1565-1636, Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England), and Walpole Horace, 1717-1797
Christina of Lorraine, Great Duchess of Tuscany and Christine of Lorraine, Great Duchess of Tuscany
Description:
1842, May 14, Day 18, Lot 110 bt Earl of Derby, £5.5.0; 1954 July 2, Christie's, Derby Sale, Lot 207 to Agnew & Sons for W.S. Lewis September 1954. The lot of six drawings also included a Flemish drawing of a Female Saint worshipping a crucifix., Cited in the 1842 sale text: Six curious pictures, in water colours, of Mary de Medici and Louis XIII, and five Great Duchesses of Tuscany, copied from a chamber at the Pazzio Imperiale, near Florence, where the originals are dressed in the very clothes they wore, placed on the hangings, with the faces painted on satin., One from a group of six portraits cited in the 1774 Strawberry Hill catalogue: Six curious pictures in water-colours of Mary de Medici and Louis 13th. and five great duchesses of Tuscany; copied from a chamber at Poggio Imperiale near Florence, where the originals are dressed in the very cloaths [sic] they wore, pasted on the hangings, with the faces painted on sattin [sic]., and Title from manuscript text on verso in Horace Walpole's hand.
Subject (Topic):
Christine, of Lorraine, Grand Duchess, consort of Ferdinand I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1565-1636, Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England), and Walpole Horace, 1717-1797
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
1810?]
Call Number:
810.00.00.70+
Image Count:
1
Description:
CtY-LW, Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Numered "127" in upper right corner., Sheet trimmed leaving thread margins on two sides., and Title from caption below item.
Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xxv, p. 17., Mounted on sheet with three other prints. To view other titles, search by call number: 850.00.00.28+, Mounted to 29 x 37 cm., Place and date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., and Title from caption below image.
Caption title. and Index to 100 plates published by Boydell, mostly illustrating Shakespeare's plays. The first four plates include: Plate I. Frontispiece. Shakspeare nursed by Tragedy and Comedy. Plate II. Portrait of Alderman John Boydell. Plate III. The monument of Shakspeare. Plate IV. The alto relievo, in front of the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall-Mall.
Caption title. and Index to 100 plates published by Boydell, mostly illustrating Shakespeare's plays. The first four plates include: Plate I. Frontispiece. Shakspeare nursed by Tragedy and Comedy. Plate II. Portrait of Alderman John Boydell. Plate III. The monument of Shakspeare. Plate IV. The alto relievo, in front of the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall-Mall.
Caption title. and Index to 100 plates published by Boydell, mostly illustrating Shakespeare's plays. The first four plates include: Plate I. Frontispiece. Shakspeare nursed by Tragedy and Comedy. Plate II. Portrait of Alderman John Boydell. Plate III. The monument of Shakspeare. Plate IV. The alto relievo, in front of the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall-Mall.
Caption title. and Index to 100 plates published by Boydell, mostly illustrating Shakespeare's plays. The first four plates include: Plate I. Frontispiece. Shakspeare nursed by Tragedy and Comedy. Plate II. Portrait of Alderman John Boydell. Plate III. The monument of Shakspeare. Plate IV. The alto relievo, in front of the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall-Mall.