"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)
"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)
Morris, Thomas, approximately 1750-approximately 1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1784] and [printed 1798]
Call Number:
SH Views M875 no. 2 Impression 1 Box 110
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the garden gate at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham and the grounds beyond, with trees on either side
Description:
Title etched below image., Numbered in upper right corner: "Vol. II. P. 507"., Plate from: The works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1798-1825, vol. ii., and First state of the plate, without volume and page numbering, engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784.
Publisher:
G.G. and J. Robinson
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Fourteen cameos, seals, and medallions, each with Roman numeral numbering above, including: a large intaglio on onyx of Byzas, imaginary founder of Byzantium (I); a cameo on agate of a sleeping hermaphrodite with two satyrs (II); a cornelian seal with half figure of Omphale (VI); a caprice on white cornelian combining the head of Socrates with a peacock and an elephant holding a scepter (X); and a cameo on agate of an Egyptian duck (XIII). The objects were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Alternative Title:
Qvadorvm trivmphvs and Quadorum triumphus
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Text on large, circular medallion numbered "XIV" at bottom of plate: Qvadorvm trivmphvs., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Tab. XXI"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 130 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., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; sheet 22.5 x 16.4 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Fourteen cameos, seals, and medallions, each with Roman numeral numbering above, including: a large intaglio on onyx of Byzas, imaginary founder of Byzantium (I); a cameo on agate of a sleeping hermaphrodite with two satyrs (II); a cornelian seal with half figure of Omphale (VI); a caprice on white cornelian combining the head of Socrates with a peacock and an elephant holding a scepter (X); and a cameo on agate of an Egyptian duck (XIII). The objects were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Alternative Title:
Qvadorvm trivmphvs and Quadorum triumphus
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Text on large, circular medallion numbered "XIV" at bottom of plate: Qvadorvm trivmphvs., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Tab. XXI"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 166 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 : etching with engraving on laid paper ; sheet 22.1 x 16 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Spearhead at center (numbered "I") with two chisel-like weapons or tools on either side (numbered "II" and "III"). The objects were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Ex aere" etched at the bottom of each of the three images., "Tab. XVII"--Upper right corner., and Mounted on page 138 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.
Spearhead at center (numbered "I") with two chisel-like weapons or tools on either side (numbered "II" and "III"). The objects were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Ex aere" etched at the bottom of each of the three images., "Tab. XVII"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 193 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 : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 26 x 18.6 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
"A bust of Henry VII, with long curling hair and a fillet about his brow, his head leaning to the left, the sculpture upon a plinth lettered "Henricus VII Torreggiani Opus Ao MDIX", masonry behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text on plinth in image., Printmaker from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Engraved after a sculpture formerly attributed to Torrigiano., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate from: Carter, J. Specimens of the ancient sculpture and painting, now remaining in this kingdom ... London : Published as the act directs by John Carter, Wood St. Westminster, 1780-87 [1780-94]., Text below image, centered: In the possession of the Honorable Horace Walpole, now Earl of Orford, at Strawberry-Hill, Middx. (Drawn to half the size of the original)., "The drawing in [the] possn. of R. Bull Esqr."--Below lower left corner of image., and Tipped in at page 95 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. as the act directs by J. Carter, Hamilton Street Hyde Park Corner
Subject (Name):
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans, nearly half-length, directed very slightly to right, looking ahead, wearing long curly wig and lace collar over doublet; rectangular design, bordered by two lines."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Henry Jermyn, Earl of St. Albans
Description:
Title etched below image., Early (proof?) state. For a later state with the text "From an original picture in the collection of the Rt. Hon. Lord Orford at Strawberry Hill" added at bottom of plate and shading added to the block lettering of title, see: British Museum online catalogue, registration no. 1853,0112.1575., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., A later state of this plate was published in: Hamilton, A. Memoirs of Count Grammont. London : Printed for S. and E. Harding, [1794]., Engraved after a painting by Henry Stone that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 112 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:
Pub. July 9th, 1792, by E. & S. Harding, 102 Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
St. Albans, Henry Jermyn, Earl of, approximately 1604-1684, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)