Portrait of Anne Marie Louise de Bourbon, daughter of Gaston Duke of Orléans; half-length, slightly turned to right and looking towards the viewer, wavy hair tumbling about her shoulders, and a gown with a lace collar
Alternative Title:
Anne Marie de Bourbon ...
Description:
Title engraved within oval border., Place and date of publication supplied by cataloger., Ten lines of verse engraved below image, five on either side of the Duke of Orléans's arms: Resource de nos lis, fille de St. Louis, que tout le monde honore ..., "A.D.V. Sr. de Champ-courtois"--Lower right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 63 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de, 1627-1693,
Depiction of the copy at the Palace of Versailles of the sculpture known as the Farnese Hercules. The figure stands on a pedestal, leaning on a club covered with lion-skin, his right hand behind his back
Description:
Title etched within pedestal at bottom of image., Place of publication based on printmaker's city of activity; date of publication based on printmaker's death date., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered "30" in upper right corner., Mounted on page 136 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
"Portrait of French fabulist Jean de la Fontaine, half-length, facing front with head turned to the left; in oval frame with coat of arms in lower part; illustration for Perrault's 'Les Hommes illustres'. c.1695/1700."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: R,6.244., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and In paper frame: 393 x 258 mm.
Title engraved below image., Publication date from Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works., Reduced copy, without printmaker's name, of the French copy of No. 4050 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: allusion to the North Briton -- Writing implements: inkwell and pen -- Allusion to Wilkes's imprinsonment., and Window mounted to 31 x 25 cm.
Fäsch, Johann Ludwig Wernhard, approximately 1738-1778, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1778]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of a standing man, facing left with his arms out in a gesture. He wears a red coat with gold embroidery and red breeches; his white wig is tied at the bottom with a large black bow. Probably a depiction of an actor performing in the comedy La coupe enchantée
Description:
Title written below image., Artist attribution from manuscript note on paper label mounted below the set of drawings: Drawn by Fesch., Place of production based on artist's main city of activity; date of production based on artist's death date., One of four small drawings of English and French comedians mounted together on one page. Horace Walpole presumably kept similar drawings by Fäsch in his bedchamber at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 113 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.