Drawing of the Belgian town of Spa as viewed from a nearby hill. Houses, a church, and other buildings are visible in the center of town; rolling, tree-lined hills are in the distance beyond. A woman carrying a basket travels along a path in the foreground; a dense thicket is on her left as she walks past a single tree on her right
Alternative Title:
Vüe de Spa
Description:
Titled by the artist in ink below image; alternative title "Vüe de Spa" written in brown ink in a different hand above image., Signed by the artist in ink below title, in lower right., Part of a group of drawings by Antoine Le Loup of his hometown of Spa, one of which is dated "1767" by the artist. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 75 B935 805 folder 45., Sheet numbered "1" in ink in upper right corner., Formerly laid in at page 135 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
"A young woman selling nosegays from a basket on her right arm, and with a book in the other hand."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Messieurs, achetter des bouquets pour rejouir votre odorat
Description:
Titles in English and French etched below image., Printmaker and publication information from first plate in series., Fourth plate from: Twelve London cries done from the life by P. Sandby. London, 1760., and Plate numbered "4" in lower right corner.
Framed by a decorative border, Chatham stands supported by crutches, with right arm upraised, speaking from behind a balustrade, with onlookers to either side. Probably a representation of his last speech in Parliament, given 7 April 1778, with a line from the text of his speech given below
Alternative Title:
William Pitt and Il faut déclarer la guerre à la France
Description:
Title from item., First state, with printmaker's and artist's names engraved on the plate, of no. 5478 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Possibly a book illustration.
Probable book illustration. Chatham stands supported by crutches, with right arm upraised, speaking from behind a balustrade, with onlookers to either side. Probably a representation of his last speech in Parliament, given 7 April 1778, with a line from the text of his speech given below
Alternative Title:
William Pitt and Il faut déclarer la guerre à la France
Description:
Title from item., Artist and engraver from earlier state., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed into design.
Title devised by curator; alternative title from item., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from bottom edge., and On leaf 153 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
A possibly female figure wearing male attire writing a letter at a table before a window in a study or library. Books fill shelves in the rear while two others lie open on the table, one title Le Code de Cithere
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Title from item., Imperfect; cropped within plate mark., Pencilled on verso: "pour Rʹetif avant lettre...", i.e. possibly an illustration from a work of Restif de La Bretonne., and Mounted to 27 x 23 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810.
Subject (Topic):
Letter writing, Interiors, Libraries (Rooms), and Writing
Title devised by cataloger., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., and Description based on imperfect impression; title has been erased from sheet.
Title devised by curator; alternative titles from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On leaf 82 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.