"Group portrait of three artists, Carlini on the left, mallet in right hand, looking towards the viewer, Bartolozzi sitting leaning on portfolio of prints, right hand resting on the edge holding an engraving tool, looking towards Cipriani, who sits in profile to left, looking towards the audience, holding a palette and lifting a brush in right hand to the easel behind his friends, which bears a canvas with a cartoon of Fame; after Rigaud."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title in scratched letters below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1871,1209.593., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on sheet, 444x 550 mm; three pieces of tape on verso.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Carlini, Agostino, approximately 1718-1790,, Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815,, and Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727-1785,
Title from caption below image., Publication date based on death date of printmaker., Publisher's, artist's, and printmaker's names from Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Place of publication from publisher's known place of activity., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text., and In paper frame: 330 x 254 mm.
Plate [190] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of the poet Alexander Pope; half length, seated by table, resting head in left hand, looking to the left; wearing wig, jacket and cravat; after Pond; in rectangular frame with classical bust on medallion with branches below; illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Alexander Pope and Portrait of Alexander Pope
Description:
Title from text above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [190] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
"Portrait of Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn, when Baron Loughborough; three-quarter length, seated directed to left, looking towards the viewer, his left elbow on the arm of his chair; mace on a table beside him at left; wearing chancellor's robes decorated with brocade, lace bands and long white wig."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 408 (leaf numbered '21' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published Dec. 7, 1812, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805,
"Portrait, three-quarters length seated directed to left, looking towards the viewer, left elbow on the arm of his chair, his hand on the edge of his robes, right hand on the chancerial burse, propped on his knee, with the mace on a table beside him, wearing robes decorated with gold brocade, lace bands and long white wig; a column and curtain behind to right."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., State from: Baudi di Vesme, A. Francesco Bartolozzi., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., For an earlier state with scratched production details only, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.1768., and Bound in opposite page 371 (leaf numbered '187' 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 1st Feby. 1800 by John Jeffryes, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805,
Plate [14] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Alfred the Great, bust-length, in an oval, slightly turned to the right, with curling hair and a long beard, a crown upon his head and dressed in a long cloak with ermine trim and tied at the throat over a mantle, various musical instruments, weapons and books below with drapery behind, an allegorical scene of the foundation of the University of Oxford below in a cartouche with Alfred gesturing to a plan held by a servant, Time and Peace holding his arm, the university appearing through clouds beyond, illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's "History of England" (1797)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Portrait of Alfred the Great
Description:
Title from text within image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., "The portrait from the original picture in the University College at Oxford"--Below image, lower left., and Plate [14] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
"Portrait of Algernon Percy, Earl of Northumberland, bust in profile to left but looking at the viewer, wearing armour and sash; in an ornamental oval on a pedestal with a small scene showing a seascape; a putto seated next to an anchor and baton below"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Algernon Percy Earl of Northumberland
Description:
Title from text within image. and Text below image: "In the Collection of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Essex."
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of subjects identified in the British Museum catalogue in the original publication as Mrs. Frances Abington and Lord Shelburne, later Marquis of Lansdowne
Alternative Title:
Sentimental lover
Description:
Title from item., Tête-à-tête probably from: The Oxford magazine, May 1792., Reissue of a tête-à-tête published in Town and country magazine, February 1777, (v. ix, p. 9) with different titles and plate numbers. The plate representing "The sentimental lover" was substantially reworked., and Variant state of No. 5411 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
A caricatured portrait of comedian John Liston, standing before the Theatre Royal. Leaning against a bollard is a placard advertising the play 'Fish out of Water' in which he was starring as 'Sam Savoury'.
Description:
Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 25th, 1823, by G. Humphrey, 24, St. James's Stt. & 74, New-Bond St., London
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Liston, John, 1776-1846 and Haymarket Theatre (London, England),