Portrait of Henry Cook (1642-1700), Dutch born artist who was employed in England under Abraham Van der Doort (d. 1640) as a copier of the King's paintings in the court of Charles I.
Alternative Title:
Henry Cooke history painter and Henry Cooke
Description:
Title from inscription below image., Drawing that was later used for an engraving published in : Anecdotes of painting in England, with some account of the principal artists / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Farmer, 1762, v. 3, opp. p. 118., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
View down the Thames from Hampton Court wtih a pair of houses being lead to the carriage in the foreground. Two tourists stand on the terrace looking at the view, as another man below turns away from the view below
Alternative Title:
View down the river from Hampton Court
Description:
Title inscribed on verso by Horace Walpole: Hampton Court, Also inscribed on verso in ink: H. Walpole., Descriptive title inscribed in pencil on verso by W.S. Lewis., Attributed to J.-H. Müntz., and Press-mark C.1.22 in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763; moved to the Round Tower.
Subject (Geographic):
Richmond upon Thames (London, England) in art.
Subject (Name):
Hampton Court (Richmond upon Thames, London, England) in art.
Title from caption below image., Imprint statement erased from sheet. Publication information from unverified data from local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Imprint statement erased from sheet., and Print numbered in pencil in upper right hand corner: 5.
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., Attribution to Francis Hayman from local card catalog record. This is possibly the original drawing for the frontispiece engraved by Grignion that was issued in later editions of Hervey's Meditations among the tombs., Date of production based on publication date of the book in which the drawing is found., and Bound in as the frontispiece in James Hervey's copy of the first edition of his Meditations among the tombs.
Drawing of Egbert van Hemskirk, Dutch artist, who was also active in England
Alternative Title:
Egbert van Hemskirk
Description:
Title from caption below image., Drawing that was later used in an engraving of John Riley: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Horace Walpole. London : J. Dodsley, 1782, v. 3, p. 122., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1810]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
Collection Title:
Page 24c. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Henrietta Hobart Howard, Countess of Suffolk; half-length, turned slightly right; with her hair long and her left hand beside her cheek. After the portrait by Jervas that was owned by Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card., Date based on death date of Thomas Kirgate, who likely assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., and Inlaid on page 24c in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
Subject (Name):
Suffolk, Henrietta Hobart Howard, Countess of, 1688?-1767, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Volume 3, opposite page lxxxiii. Memoirs of Count Grammont.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Henrietta of England as a girl; bust-length, facing right; wearing pearls around her neck and in her curled hair
Description:
Title written in brown ink below image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound., and Bound in opposite page lxxxiii in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Hamilton, A. Memoirs of Count Grammont. London : S. and E. Harding, [1793?].