Volume 1, page 5. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written in ink at top of image., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 5 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Volume 1, page 17. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Elizabeth Gray, Queen of Edward IV and Elizabeth Grey, Queen of Edward IV
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, in a contemporary hand., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 17 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492,
Volume 1, page 7. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Harold
Description:
Title written in ink at top of image., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 7 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
A man on horseback struggles to maintain control of his horse as it rears its hind legs, sending a boy scrambling away in the foreground on the right. In the background, another man looks on and grins at the prank he has played with his stick in the horse's tail; he stands in front of a building (an inn?) with a sign hanging above the entrance
Alternative Title:
Boots gets his revenge
Description:
Title from inscription., Attribution to Bunbury from inscription on verso, which notes that the drawing was presented to Lord Harrington., and Two line inscription in ink across lower margin: Hard hearted Grower gives poor Boots his due, Or Boots at posting has a Rig for you - Anon.
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Kicking, Signs (Notices), and Taverns (Inns)
Title written in ink below image., Date of production based Queen Adelaide's succession date and artist's date of death., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and The artist was an arsonist, but was found not guilty on grounds of insanity and was a patient in Bethlem Royal Hospital (London, England).
Subject (Name):
Adelaide, Queen, consort of William IV, King of Great Britain 1792-1849,
Page 705. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in ink on a separate sheet mounted below drawing., Artist "E.B." identified as E. Bell in local card catalog record; artist "A.V. is unidentified., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., and Mounted on page 705 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
An old officer in uniform with a wrinkled face and carbuncles looks lustfully at a pretty young woman as they walk together on a path, his hand grasping hers
Description:
Title inscribed below image., Attributed to Rowlandson., and Date supplied by cataloger.
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, Lust, Older people, Young adults, and Women
Page 1. List of pieces printed at Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written in pencil below image, on mounting page., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date supplied by cataloger, based on that of the manuscript volume in which this drawing is found., Sheet trimmed to the edges of the vignette drawing., and Mounted on page 1 in a volume with the manuscript title: List of pieces printed at Strawberry Hill, taken from Baker's list.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[before 1809]
Call Number:
Print00873
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title inscribed below image., Signed by the artist in ink at lower right., Date based on artist's date of death., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Topic):
Wounds & injuries, Medical aspects of war, Physicians, and Hypochondria
A watercolor drawing of a scene in Westminster Hall with three judges presiding over a crowded courtroom
Alternative Title:
Lawyers all alive in Westminster Hall and Peep into the Court of Kings Bench
Description:
Title "A peep into the Court of Kings Bench" written in lower margin but scored through; a new title "Term time or The lawyers all alive in Westminster Hall" is written below in the same hand., Signed by the artist in lower right corner of image., Date from: Padbury, D. View of Dightons., and Numbered "557" beneath lower left corner of image.
Subject (Name):
Westminster Hall (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Courtrooms, Judicial proceedings, Lawyers, Judges, and Juries