publish'd according to act of Parliament, May 8, 1746.
Call Number:
42 W67 852B
Collection Title:
Volume 2, opposite page 472. Memoirs of Horace Walpole and his contemporaries.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched within banner at top of lower image., Design in two parts on two separate plates, with a portrait of William Augustus at top and a scene of the Battle of Culloden within a cartouche at bottom., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 22 x 14 cm., and Bound in opposite page 472 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Williams, R.F. Memoirs of Horace Walpole and his contemporaries. London : Colburn & Co., 1852.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765,
Subject (Topic):
Culloden, Battle of, Scotland, 1746, Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746, Campaigns & battles, Armies, and British
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1770]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 9. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 107. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of the author Oliver Goldsmith; bust, in profile to the left; wearing queue wig and jacket; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Doctor Goldsmith
Description:
Title etched below image., Approximate date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1906,0419.156., Mounted on page 107 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : drypoint with etching on laid paper ; sheet 18.4 x 13 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Opposite page 39. Fugitive pieces in verse and prose.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Bust-length portrait of William Duke of Cumberland, in profile to the right; wearing armor and a fur-lined cloak fastened with a brooch at the shoulder; circular design within a square
Description:
Title etched within top portion of circular border surrounding portrait., Date range for publication based on printmaker John Hall's activity dates; see British Museum online catalogue., Probably a book illustration., and Bound in opposite page 39 in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Fugitive pieces in verse and prose. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765,
"Portrait, half-length, in front of a curtain; directed to front, facing towards right; wearing a dark double-breasted coat, light waistcoat and neckerchief; landscape in background on right; in an oval within rectangular frame; after T. Phillips; state after letters of title shaded."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from Whitman., Dedication beneath title: To His Grace the Duke of Northumberland K.G. &c. &c. &c. this print is respectfully inscribed by His Grace's most obedient humble servant, Samuel William Reynolds., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 619 (leaf numbered '56' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published Octr. 1st, 1806, by S.W. Reynolds, 47, Poland Street
Volume 4, after page 232. Memoirs of Horace Walpole and his contemporaries.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Full-length portrait of English historian Edward Gibbon in right profile
Alternative Title:
E. Gibbon
Description:
Title etched at bottom of plate., Facsimile of Gibbon's signature etched above title., Plate from: Dyer, C. Biographical sketches of the lives and characters of illustrious and eminent men. London : C.G. Dyer and H. Setchel and Son, 1819., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of title from bottom edge. Missing text supplied from impression in The Morgan Library & Museum, accession no.: MA 10252., Window mounted to 22 x 14 cm., and Bound in after page 232 in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Williams, R.F. Memoirs of Horace Walpole and his contemporaries. London : Colburn & Co., 1852.
Publisher:
Pubd. by C. Dyer, Compton Street
Subject (Name):
Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794, and Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794.
Portrait of Henry Seymour Conway, half length, turned slightly left, in an oval
Alternative Title:
Field Marshall Conway
Description:
Title from text below image., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted before page 277 (leaf numbered '95' 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:
Published as the act directs May 1st, 1798, by G.G. & J. Robinson, Paternoster Row, London
"Portrait, three-quarter length standing directed to left, head in profile, leaning chin on right hand, the elbow resting on a pedestal in front of her, draped with her cloak, left arm at her side, hair up, wearing a loose gown with billowing sleeves to the elbow, hitched slightly above with a jewel, land an oriental sash, landscape in the background; after Cotes."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Proof state? Cf. British Museum impression, registration no. 1902,1011.2938, which has the lower margin of the plate cleaned and has added background detail in the upper right portion of image., and Date of publication based on that of the larger version of the print, likewise engraved by Elizabeth Jenkins and published by Robert Sayer on 1 July 1770. See: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, v. 2, no. 3, page 777.
Volume 4, opposite page 426. Memoirs of Horace Walpole and his contemporaries.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Francis Grose; whole length, standing, facing the front, looking to the left, one hand in his pocket, the other holding a cane."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Copy of a print by Bartolozzi after Nathaniel Hone, published by S. Hooper in 1787 as the frontispiece to Grose's Antiquities of England and Wales. See Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Plate from: The European magazine, and London review, v. 32 (July 1797), opposite page 3., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge and periodical name from top edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1853,0112.2119., "European magazine"--Above image., Window mounted to 21.5 x 13.5 cm., and Bound in opposite page 426 in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Williams, R.F. Memoirs of Horace Walpole and his contemporaries. London : Colburn & Co., 1852.
Portrait of David Garrick, seated at a desk, with his wife standing behind him, reaching to grasp the pen that he is holding in his right hand and "Portrait of David Garrick, three-quarter length, seated at a writing table, to the left, looking at viewer, his head supported by right hand, which also holds a quill, his right elbow resting on table; pointing down to the right with left hand; behind him his wife stands, reaching over the back of the chair towards the desk with her right hand, looking down towards Garrick."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The art-journal. [London] : [George Virtue], February 1855, opposite page 42., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression at the Massachusetts Historical Society, call no.: Special Colls. Waterston autograph vol. 2., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 613 (leaf numbered '47' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published for the proprietors
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779,, Garrick, Eva Maria, 1724-1822,, Garrick, David, 1717-1779., and Garrick, Eva Maria, 1724-1822.