Head-and-shoulders self-portrait of English painter Thomas Gainsborough, facing right and "Portrait of Thomas Gainsborough, after his self-portrait; half length, to the right, head turned to the front, his hair lightly curled over ears, wearing jacket fastened at waist and cravat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 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 after page 686 (leaf numbered '129' 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 Nov. 27, 1810, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Subject (Name):
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788, and Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788.
"Portrait of Thomas Tickell; half length, to the right, head turned and looking to the left; wearing open jacket, cravat, and periwig; in oval."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The biographical mirrour. London : Published by S. and E. Harding, Pall-Mall, 1795-[1814?], v. 2., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 538 (leaf numbered '130' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
"Portrait of Sir Samuel Hood, half-length, slightly turned to the right, one hand on his hip, dressed in gold-laced naval uniform with epaulettes upon his shoulders, the star of an order upon his breast and a medal hanging from a thick ribbon about his neck, a sash across his breast, a black stock about his neck."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 623 (leaf numbered '60' 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 May 10, 1813, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
"Portrait of Warren Hastings, as an elderly man; half-length seated directed slightly to right, elbows on the arms of his chair, holding a paper in his right hand, spectacles in the other, looking down, wearing a double-breasted coat, pale waistcoat and white cravat."--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., and Bound in opposite page 317 (leaf numbered '141' 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 Nov. 9, 1815, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Subject (Geographic):
India and India.
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, and Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818.
Opposite page 39. Fugitive pieces in verse and prose.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of William Duke of Cumberland, bust length in profile to left; wearing armour, and fur-lined cloak fastened with brooch at shoulder; in circle."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print was issued., Plate from: Smollett, T. A complete history of England. London : Printed for Richard Baldwin, v. 11 (1760)., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on leaf 18 x 12 cm., and Bound in opposite page 39 in Richard Bull's interleaved, extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Fugitive pieces in verse and prose. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758.
Publisher:
Richard Baldwin
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765,
Picart, Charles, approximately 1780-approximately 1837, printmaker
Published / Created:
[24 January 1810]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, half-length, seated to left, looking towards the viewer, wearing coat, waistcoat with standing collar, and frill."--British Museum online catalogue and Bust portrait of Lord Auckland, turned slightly left, facing front, one eyebrow raised, wearing dark jacket and light ruffled shirt
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., and Bound in before page 279 (leaf numbered '99' 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 Jan. 24, 1810, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 1744-1814, and Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 1744-1814.
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1786); half-length seated facing front wearing long wig and chain over robe with fur collar; curtain and pillars behind."--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., and Bound in opposite page 260 (leaf numbered '75' 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 June 27, 1812, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
"Portrait of William Wilberforce, half-length, seated in armchair, directed and looking to the right, reading a book that he is holding close to his face with both hands, wearing double breasted coat with eyeglass on a ribbon hanging around his neck; vignette."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 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 510 (leaf numbered '105' 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 Oct. 27, 1809, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
"Portrait of George Morland; half length, to the left, holding drawing of woman, head turned to look at viewer; after Muller; illustration to Cunningham's 'Lives of the Painters' (London: 1830)."--British Museum online catalogue, description of published state
Description:
Title from published state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on published state: Robt. Muller ; W.C. Edwards., Proof before letters. For the published state with the imprint "London, Published by John Murray, Albemarle St., 1830," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1927,1126.1.30.58., Proof state of a plate from: Cunningham, A. The lives of the most eminent British painters, sculptors, and architects. London : J. Murray, 1830-39 (v. 2, opposite page 222)., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted before page 687 (leaf numbered '130' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.