"Portrait of the poet; half length, to the right, looking at viewer; wearing lace bands, and large sash; with long curled hair."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The biographical mirrour. London : Published by S. and E. Harding, Pall-Mall, 1795-[1814?]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 198 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., and Annotated by Thomas Kirgate in pencil at bottom of sheet: In the collection of heads.
Publisher:
Pub. March 16, 1793, by E. & S. Harding
Subject (Name):
Godolphin, Sidney, 1610-1643, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Ghismonda weeping over the heart of Guiscardo; a young woman leaning inwards from left reting her elbows on a table, chin on left hand, weeping, a platter containing a heart in front of her; after Correggio; proof before letters."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand to left side of print: See Mr. Nichols's Book, 3d edit, p. 70 & seg., and On page 224 in volume 3.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, May 5, 1790 by Jas. Basire
Copy of William Hogarth's portrait of Simon Lord Lovat as an elderly, rotund man seated on a chair, its back carved with putti supporting a coronet. He is counting on his fingers the number of Scottish clans that fought with the Pretender in the rebellion. To his left is a table on which sits a book (entitled "Memoirs" in the original by William Hogarth) and quill pen in an ink bottle
Description:
Title etched below image., "Page 293"--Upper right corner., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2801., For a discussion of the original see: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 166., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand at top of sheet: Copy., and On page 123 in volume 2.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667 or 1668-1747
Subject (Topic):
Jacobites, Obesity, Peerage, British, and Rebellions
"Title-page of music book of six solos; title on monument in the centre; above, a Spirit in form of a winged young man, seated on clouds, in profile to right, playing the lyre, flanked by two other Spirits in forms of naked children; after Cipriani; illustration to 'Six solos for a violin & bass' by Lewis Borghi (London: Napier, 1783); published state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, resulting in loss of imprint., Lettering below title within image, "Opa. 4a." in lower left, "Price 10d. 6" in lower right., For more perfect impression, Cf. British Museum Copy: museum number 1870,1008.2273., and On page numbered 50 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
Publisher:
Printed for the Author & Sold at his House No. 5 John Street Oxford Street, at Forsters Music Shop, the Corner of Dukes Court St. Martins Lane & at Mr. Napiers No. 474 Strand
A later state lettered with the name of the famous pugilist John Smith: a bald headed man in profile to left; the artist's father (?); later state with added title; third state with inscription, copy in reverse after Rembrandt
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Benjamin Wilson, after the print by Rembrandt, in the British Museum catalogue., A copy in reverse after Rembrandt's etching. See White, C. Rembrandt's etchings, no. 292, copy 4., Sheet trimmed to close to plate mark on top., On page 207 in volume 3., and Ms. note in ink in Steevens's hand on separate scrap pasted below print: This is a mere copy from one of Rembrandt's small heads reversed. On taking it out of the frame in which it had been placed with much precaution, it appeared to have been recently printed off a modern French card. --Caveat emptor. In the year 1788, a gentleman picked it up (price 1s 6d) as a Broker's Shop in Goodman's Fields.
"Satire on medicine: to right, a man sits on a close stool holding a steaming glass vessel; behind him a doctor reads from a large volume propped against the lid of the stool; he wears a tall hat, large glasses and an ermine-trimmed robe which is held by a man with a moustache, hat, lace-trimmed collar and cloak who carries a sword; men in white pierrot costumes stand on either side behind the doctor each holding a large candle the smoke from which partly obscures the doctor's hat; at the end of the procession are three men in the same costumes carrying clysters on their shoulders; all are in profile to right and have large noses."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a different version of the same design
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to Isaac Cruikshank based on faint "I.C" signature in lower right corner of image., Copied from one of a set of satirical prints on medicine made by Desprez in Sweden in 1789; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1969,0719.2. For a different English copy of the same design, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2007,7058.4., "Dor. Bssi."--Lower left margin., "CAP: &"--Lower right margin., This record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Clysters -- Water closets -- Dr. Bossey., and Contemporary annotation in ink below title: 'Tis only experiences that teaches proper remedies.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Medical equipment & supplies, Physicians, and Candles
Copy of Hogarth's self-portrait: Round frame with artist's implements
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 181., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand centered above this print and one to right: See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d. edit. p. 297., and On page 147 in volume 2.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament by R. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane
"Vignette; a cherub sitting on a basket of flowers holding a flaming torch, with a crook, pipe and tambourine to left, at its feet, and a pair of cooing doves; after Hamilton; proof before letters."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
[Proof before letters].
Description:
Title from Calabi and de Vesme., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page numbered 51 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
Title etched below image., "Plate 153."--Upper right above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Square & Round Faces., and On page 231 in volume 3.
"Portrait of Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, bust directed to left, wearing long, curly wig, robes and chain of the Order of the Garter, and lace cravat; in ornamental oval frame on table, on which are papers, purse of the Great Seal, portrait bust, plumed hat, cornucopia with money, and other emblems; coat of arms at lower right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, 1744
Description:
Title from text in image., Year "1735" at end of artist's signature later changed to "1744" on plate. For the later state with altered date, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 33 30 Copy 4., Publication information from that of the volume to which this plate is the frontispiece., Frontispiece to: Walpole, H. Aedes Walpolianae, or, A description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall ... London : [Robert Dodsley], printed in the year MDCCLII [1752]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved after the enamel miniature kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., 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., and Year "1735" at end of artist's signature has been altered to "1744" in brown ink, in a contemporary hand.
Publisher:
Robert Dodsley
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)