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1. A key for Mr. Copley's plate of the Death of the late Earl of Chatham [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [26 December 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.12.26.01 Boxed, shelved in Object Room C:A
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Key plate to the print of the Death of the Earl of Chatham, in the Upper Chamber of the Palace of Westminster, 1778, with 55 members identified
- Description:
- Title engraved at top of image., John Singleton Copley's oil painting on which the engraving was based, was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1780 and is now held at the Tate Gallery, London., and Mounted on linen, bordered in silk; rolled with silk ties.
- Publisher:
- Published by John Singleton Copley, R.A., Decr. 26, 1791, and sold at Parr's Print Warehouse, No. 52 Pall Mall
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Copley, John Singleton, 1737-1815., Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778., and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords,
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A key for Mr. Copley's plate of the Death of the late Earl of Chatham [graphic].
2. Agostino Carlini, Fransescho Bartolozzi, Giovan Battista Cipriani [graphic]
- Creator:
- Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1778]
- Call Number:
- Portraits C282 no. 1++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Group portrait of three artists, Carlini on the left, mallet in right hand, looking towards the viewer, Bartolozzi sitting leaning on portfolio of prints, right hand resting on the edge holding an engraving tool, looking towards Cipriani, who sits in profile to left, looking towards the audience, holding a palette and lifting a brush in right hand to the easel behind his friends, which bears a canvas with a cartoon of Fame; after Rigaud."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title in scratched letters below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1871,1209.593., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on sheet, 444x 550 mm; three pieces of tape on verso.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Carlini, Agostino, approximately 1718-1790,, Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815,, and Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727-1785,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Agostino Carlini, Fransescho Bartolozzi, Giovan Battista Cipriani [graphic]
3. Bambridge on trial for murder by a committee of the House of Commons [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cook, Thomas, approximately 1744-1818, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 June 1803]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 803.06.01.02++ Box 310
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Interior of the Fleet Prison with the House of Commons committee appointed to enquire into the state of gaols (after Hogarth's painting of c.1729 in the National Portrait Gallery); to left, James Oglethorpe, Chairman of the Committee, confronts the warden of the Fleet, Thomas Bambridge; in the foreground, a prisoner (probably Jacob Mendes da Sola) kneels in shackles."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image.
- Publisher:
- Published June 1st, 1803 by G. & J. Robinson, Paternoster Row, London
- Subject (Name):
- Oglethorpe, James, 1696-1785, and Bambridge, Thomas, active 1729.
- Subject (Topic):
- Blacks and Trials, litigation, etc
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Bambridge on trial for murder by a committee of the House of Commons [graphic]
4. Charles Prince of Wales, James Duke of York, and Princes Mary children of K. Charles the 1st / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Purcell, Richard, approximately 1736-approximately 1765, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1755 and 1766]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Triple portrait, full-lengths, Charles Prince of Wales standing to right, looking towards his sister Mary, who stands on the left, her hands folded in front of her, looking towards the viewer and James, Duke of York standing in the centre, holding his brother's hand and looking away to left, with two spaniels, one on either side."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Children of King Charles the 1st
- Description:
- Title from text in image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., Plate numbered "31" in lower right corner of design., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 44 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robert Sayer at the Golden Buck, Fleet Street
- Subject (Name):
- Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685,, James II, King of England, 1633-1701,, and Mary, Princess Royal of England, 1631-1660,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Charles Prince of Wales, James Duke of York, and Princes Mary children of K. Charles the 1st / [graphic]
5. Frances Dutchess of Suffolk and her husband Adrian Stokes Esqr [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1748]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Double portrait of Frances Brandon and Adrian Stokes; she on the left, holding a glove in her right hand on a cushion, touching her necklace with the other, he on the right, holding his gloves to his chest in his left hand; with a cartouche on the base of the plinth forming the lower part of the frame."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state and "One of nine plates Vertue engraved of 'Historical Portraitures' (see Alexander nos. 854-857, 921-924 and 954), from copies he made after paintings relating to the Tudor family, issued in three parts: the first four were published in 1743 and advertised in his 1751 catalogue at £1.11s.6d; the second four were published in 1748 and advertised in his 1753 catalogue at £1.1s; the last print was published in 1750 and advertised in his 1753 catalogue at £7.7s. They were all republished as a set by the Society of Antiquaries in 1776, together with Vertue's notes on the pictures which he presented to the Society and plate numbers."--British Museum online catalogue, curator's comments
- Alternative Title:
- Frances Duchess of Suffolk and her husband Adrian Stokes Esqr
- Description:
- Title engraved within cartouche below image., Published by George Vertue; see Alexander, page 223., Three lines of text below image, on either side of cartouche containing title: This Noble Lady was eldest daughter of Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk and Mary the French Queen his Dutchess; she was married to Henry Grey Marquess of Dorset and Duke of Suffolk &c. the mother of Lady Jane Grey who was proclaimed Queen., "From an original in the cabinet of the Honble. Horace Walpole Junr. Esqr."--Lower left corner of plate., "Most humbly inscrib'd by his most obedient servant G. Vertue"--Lower right corner of plate., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate republished in 1776 with added plate number by the Society of Antiquaries of London. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Y,5.142., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 4, page 219., Mounted on page 126 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:
- George Vertue
- Subject (Name):
- Suffolk, Frances Brandon Grey, Duchess of, 1517-1559,, Stokes, Adrian, 1519-1585,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Frances Dutchess of Suffolk and her husband Adrian Stokes Esqr [graphic]
6. Frances Dutchess of Suffolk and her husband Adrian Stokes Esqr. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1776]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Double portrait of Frances Brandon and Adrian Stokes; she on the left, holding a glove in her right hand on a cushion, touching her necklace with the other, he on the right, holding his gloves to his chest in his left hand; with a cartouche on the base of the plinth forming the lower part of the frame."--British Museum online catalogue and "One of nine plates Vertue engraved of 'Historical Portraitures' (see Alexander nos. 854-857, 921-924 and 954), from copies he made after paintings relating to the Tudor family, issued in three parts: the first four were published in 1743 and advertised in his 1751 catalogue at £1.11s.6d; the second four were published in 1748 and advertised in his 1753 catalogue at £1.1s; the last print was published in 1750 and advertised in his 1753 catalogue at £7.7s. They were all republished as a set by the Society of Antiquaries in 1776, together with Vertue's notes on the pictures which he presented to the Society and plate numbers."--British Museum online catalogue, curator's comments
- Alternative Title:
- Frances Duchess of Suffolk and her husband Adrian Stokes Esqr
- Description:
- Title engraved within cartouche below image., Determined to be the republished state from 1776 based on the type of paper on which the plate is printed., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate was published., Plate from: Vertue, G. A description of nine historical prints representing kings, queens, princes, &c, of the Tudor family. [London] : Republished by the Society [of Antiquaries of London], 1776., Three lines of text below image, on either side of cartouche containing title: This Noble Lady was eldest daughter of Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk and Mary the French Queen his Dutchess; she was married to Henry Grey Marquess of Dorset and Duke of Suffolk &c. the mother of Lady Jane Grey who was proclaimed Queen., "From an original in the cabinet of the Honble. Horace Walpole Junr. Esqr."--Lower left corner of plate., "Most humbly inscrib'd by his most obedient servant G. Vertue"--Lower right corner of plate., "Pl. IV"--Above image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of plate number from top edge. Missing numbering supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1853,0112.1932., and Mounted on page 100 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:
- Society of Antiquaries of London
- Subject (Name):
- Suffolk, Frances Brandon Grey, Duchess of, 1517-1559,, Stokes, Adrian, 1519-1585,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Frances Dutchess of Suffolk and her husband Adrian Stokes Esqr. [graphic]
7. Garrick and his wife from the picture in the Royal Collection / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bourne, Herbert, 1820-, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [February 1855]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of David Garrick, seated at a desk, with his wife standing behind him, reaching to grasp the pen that he is holding in his right hand and "Portrait of David Garrick, three-quarter length, seated at a writing table, to the left, looking at viewer, his head supported by right hand, which also holds a quill, his right elbow resting on table; pointing down to the right with left hand; behind him his wife stands, reaching over the back of the chair towards the desk with her right hand, looking down towards Garrick."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate from: The art-journal. [London] : [George Virtue], February 1855, opposite page 42., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression at the Massachusetts Historical Society, call no.: Special Colls. Waterston autograph vol. 2., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 613 (leaf numbered '47' 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 for the proprietors
- Subject (Name):
- Garrick, David, 1717-1779,, Garrick, Eva Maria, 1724-1822,, Garrick, David, 1717-1779., and Garrick, Eva Maria, 1724-1822.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, Spouses, and Writing materials
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Garrick and his wife from the picture in the Royal Collection / [graphic]
8. George Selwyn Esqr., the Honble. Richard Edgcumbe & Gilly Williams Esqr. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Scott, James, approximately 1809-approximately 1889, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1865.
- Call Number:
- Portraits Se469 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Title from caption below image
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Printmaker from another state with the same imprint but which is signed 'J. Scott' and lacks the text below title., Text below title: From the original picture in the possession of Lord Taunton., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on two sides.
- Publisher:
- Henry Graves & Compy., 6 Pall Mall
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Selwyn, George Augustus, 1719-1791,, Mount Edgcumbe, Richard Edgcumbe, Earl of, 1716-11761,, and Williams, George James, 1719-1791,
- Subject (Topic):
- Politcians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > George Selwyn Esqr., the Honble. Richard Edgcumbe & Gilly Williams Esqr. [graphic]
9. His late Most Sacred Majesty George II, King of Great-Britain, France and Ireland ... Her Most Excellent Majesty Carolina-Wilhelmina-Dorothea, late consort of his majesty king George II ... [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [not before October 1760]
- Call Number:
- 760.10.00.01++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A print with two large woodcut portraits and letterpress captions below. On the left King George II and on the right Caroline of Ansbach, each depicted full-length in a large octagonal foliate frame
- Description:
- Titles from letterpress text below images., Date of publication based on subject., and "[Numb."--Upper right corner.
- Publisher:
- Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-Yard
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, and Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1737,
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Kings, and Queens
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > His late Most Sacred Majesty George II, King of Great-Britain, France and Ireland ... Her Most Excellent Majesty Carolina-Wilhelmina-Dorothea, late consort of his majesty king George II ... [graphic]