Title etched below image., After a miniature now attributed to Nicholas Dixon; see Christie's sale catalogue "Fine miniatures, enamels and object of art and vertu", 6 July 1965, lot 36., Probably engraved after an intermediary drawing by G.P. Harding, now at The Lewis Walpole Library. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: SH Contents H263 no. 17., and Plate from: The biographical mirrour. London : S. and E. Harding, 1795-[1810], v. 3.
Publisher:
Pub. Jan. 1, 1802, by S. Harding, No. 127 Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Walter, Lucy, 1630?-1658, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"The famous soprano advances trippingly towards the spectator, head turned in profile to the right, left arm extended as if beckoning, a handkerchief in her right hand. She wears a gold fillet in her hair from which hang draperies, falling over her left arm, a dress with a double tunic, and a long train or mantle with tasselled ends flung over her shoulder and looped under her gold belt. All her quasi-barbaric draperies are heavily embroidered with gold. She has long rucked transparent sleeves. ... Not a caricature."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Leaf 27 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.8 x 20.4 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):
Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. and Catalani, Angelica 1780-1849,
"Half-length, directed towards and looking to the left, right arm resting on a slab to the right, chin leaning on her hand; published state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image. and State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits.
Publisher:
Published May 29th, 1772, & sold by J. Finlayson, Orange Street, Leicester Fields
"Portrait of George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend, half-length, facing the viewer, wearing coat open over cuirass, both hands on his belt."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Proof state, with the word "proof" etched beneath title., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., "From a series of 313 small mezzotints after the paintings of Reynolds, produced by S.W. Reynolds in the years between 1820 and 1826 with the aim of forming a complete set of illustrations of all the known works by Reynolds"--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1832,1211.20., and Mounted on board to 31 x 25 cm.
Half-length portrait, seated, turned slightly left, against a plain background; surrounded by a simple rectangular border with a crown above
Alternative Title:
Mary Isabella, Duchess of Rutland
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with new publication line. For an earlier state with the imprint "London, Published July 10, 1804, by C. Turner, 50 Warren Str., Fitzroy Square", see the Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, page 634, no. 3. See also: Whitman, A. Charles Turner, 496., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 150 (leaf numbered '195' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published by Reeve & Jones, No. 7 Vere Street, Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Rutland, Mary Isabella Manners, Duchess of, 1756-1831,
Portrait, three-quarter length, sitting facing front, right elbow resting on a table, left hand holding a rabbit in her lap, wearing plain clothes, an apron, knotted scarf around her neck and small white cap, looking away to left; after Laguerre
Alternative Title:
Mary Toft, of Godalming
Description:
Title engraved below image., After a painting by John Laguerre., and For an earlier mezzotint copy of the same portrait, see no. 1783 Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 1st, 1810, by Wm. Richardson Junr., 31 Strand
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 276); three-quarter length seated under a tree, facing front with hands resting on his thighs; published state before date altered from 1st to 12th November."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., and For the original painting, see Philadelphia Museum of Art accession number: M1928-1-29.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 1st, 1781, by Fras. Haward, Lambeth Marsh near the Turnpike
Reflections on a flower-garden in a letter to a lady
Description:
In two parts, with separate titlepages, pagination and register., The second part is entitled 'Reflections on a flower-garden in a letter to a lady'., Each part has a final leaf of errata., Tipped in: Two small engravings of Hervey from Cooke's Classics., Tipped in: Two drawings. A wash drawing with pen and ink of a memorial to Anne Stonhouse; a pen and ink frontispiece with caption title: "He gave himself a ransom for all"., and With clipping (19th century) and unidentified ms. notes.
Publisher:
Printed for J. and J. Rivington, in St. Paul's Church-yard; and J. Leake, at Bath
Subject (Topic):
Death, Spiritual life, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
"Two bust portraits in oval frames illustrate 'Histories of the téte-à-téte annexed ...'. An account of the military career and amours of James O'Hara, second Lord Tyrawley (1690-1773)."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Miss Johnson
Description:
Titles engraved below images., Publication information from that of the periodical in which the print was issued., Plate from: Town and country magazine. London : Printed for A. Hamilton, Jr., v. 3 (November 1771), opposite page 561., Date given in British Museum catalogue: 1 December 1771., Portraits numbered "No. XXXI" and "No. XXXII" above., 1 print : etching and stipple engraving on laid paper ; sheet 11.6 x 7.5 cm., Imperfect; only right half of print with Lord Tyrawley's portrait is present, the left half having been trimmed away. Window mounted to 25 x 18 cm., and Bound in opposite page 89 in part 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Dobson, A. Horace Walpole. A memoir ...