Volume 1, opposite page 95. Anecdotes of painting in England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date based on death date of Horace Walpole, who assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., and Tipped in opposite page 95 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of Anecdotes of painting in England.
Title from item., Full caption: Court Physician and Apothecary. Pages. The Closet Keeper. Private Secretaries to the Queen and Albert., Date of production supplied by curator., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Clysters; Politics, British; Apothecaries.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901. and Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861.
Subject (Topic):
Enema, Physicians, Pharmacists, Writing materials, Mortars & pestles, Toilets, and Politics and government
Page 171. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Duke of Newcastle
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility from contemporary annotation in ink on verso., Artist unidentified; after a design by George Townshend., Date based on death date of Horace Walpole, who assembled the collection in which this drawing is found., and Mounted on page 171 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Title written below image., Artist's initials in ink at lower left., John Leech in pencil verso., Date of production based on artist's death date., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[before 1809]
Call Number:
Print10037
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title in black ink centered below image., Artist signature in black ink lower left margin., Date derived from artist's death date., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Volume 4, front flyleaf. George Selwyn and his contemporaries.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length caricature portrait of the Duke, nearly in profile to the right, wearing a cravat and with his hair in a queue bound with ribbon
Description:
Title written in ink above image, in a contemporary hand., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on the year the sitter would have been 77 years old., and Mounted on front flyleaf in volume 4 of: George Selwyn and his contemporaries.
Volume 1, page 5. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written in ink at top of image., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 5 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 5. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written in ink at top of image., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 5 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.
The seventh drawing in a series of twelve that follow a tradition of producing a series on modern morals, a tradition established earlier in the 18th century by artists such as William Hogarth. In this series, twin brothers are bestowed an equal fortune. One brother, Edward, husbands his wealth and on his death, passes on his fortune; whilst the other brother, Charles, squanders his, leaving his family destitute and In this seventh drawing, four well-dressed men conduct business around a table as a lawyer writes a long document. On the back wall is "Bowles New Map of England and Wales" beside a tall secretary with books in the top cabinet and a folding desk above drawers. Other book shelves hang from the wall behind the door on the left and large volumes and ledgers are piled on the floor before the secretary
Description:
Title from pencil notation, partially legible, below title., Signed "Dodd" in lower left and numbered '7' in ink in the upper right., Date range based on artist's active dates., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Allegorical drawings, Business & finance, Contracts, Law offices, and Parables
The eleventh drawing in a series of twelve that follow a tradition of producing a series on modern morals, a tradition established earlier in the 18th century by artists such as William Hogarth. In this series, twin brothers are bestowed an equal fortune. One brother, Edward, husbands his wealth and on his death, passes on his fortune; whilst the other brother, Charles, squanders his, leaving his family destitute and In this eleventh drawing, Edward is shown on his death bed, his grieving widow at his bedside, their two children at her knee. The elegant bedroom is decorated with a mirror and clock on the wall beside a tall secretary with a bust on top. Two men sit at a table as they look on the scene with sombre faces; one of the men is engaged in writing a long document (Edward's will).
Description:
Title from pencil notation below title., Signed "Dodd" in lower left and numbered '11' in ink in the upper right., Date range based on artist's active dates., and For further information, consult library staff.