"Portrait of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, with long wavy hair, nearly half-length to right, looking towards the viewer; wearing broad while collar and dark gown; in an oval, with border of stippled line."--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?]., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 198 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 1, 1794, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Southampton, Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of, 1607-1667, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, with long wavy hair, nearly half-length to right, looking towards the viewer; wearing broad while collar and dark gown; in an oval, with border of stippled line."--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?]., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper ; oval image 9.7 x 7.6 cm, on sheet 17.8 x 13.7 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge., and Window mounted to 30 x 24 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 1, 1794, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Southampton, Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of, 1607-1667, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, with long wavy hair, nearly half-length to right, looking towards the viewer; wearing broad while collar and dark gown; in an oval, with border of stippled line."--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?]., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 259 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., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper ; oval image 9.7 x 7.5 cm, on sheet 15.9 x 13.3 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 1, 1794, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Southampton, Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of, 1607-1667, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title from text engraved around image., Printmaker's name in scratch-proof letters., Place of publication based on printmaker's known place of business., and Tim Bobbin is a pseudonym of John Collier.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bobbin, Tim, 1708-1786, and Bobbin, Tim, 1708-1786.
Subject (Topic):
Artists' materials, Artists' brushes, and Palettes
"Portrait of William Beckford, from his monument in the Guildhall; whole length, standing, looking to the left, wearing fur trimed robes and garter chain; seated by his feet to the left a female personification of the City of London weeping, and on the right the figure of Trade & Commerce shown slouching with head bowed; the statue on large pedestal; book illustration."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Approximate date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0822.5031., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 24 x 17 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1709-1770 and Beckford, William, 1709-1770,
"Portrait of William Beckford, standing, looking to the left, wearing robes and chain; in decorative rectangular frame with writing ornaments at top; illustration to Baxter's 'History of England'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date from that of the volume for which the print was issued., and Plate from: Baxter, J. A new and impartial history of England ... London : Printed for the proprietors; and sold by H.D. Symonds, [1796]
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 and publication information from British Museum online catalogue., One plate from a verse satire: Foundling Chapel Brawl. Printed C. Roworth in Bell Yard, Temple Bar in 1805., and Mounted to 28 x 35 cm.