Title from inscription in ink, in 18th century hand, Full inscription: "Mrs. Mary Beal. Paintress. Born 16[?]5 ob. 1700. Beale. fil. pinxit. Orig. in posses. Alex G[?] [L[?]." "Orig. in posses...." on fragment paste down in lower right corner., For an engraving based on this portrait after Charles Beale, refer to Early British portraits, v. iii, p. 67., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
A drawing of a clergyman shown full-length in black clerical garb facing right in profile as he clasps the hand of a homely woman caricatured with large grotesque features, a tall hairstyle, and large folds of cloth gathered cascading from her waist
Description:
Title from pen and black ink inscribed caption below image. and Date from unverified data from local card catalog reocrd.
Drawing of Nicholas Stone Junior (bap. 1618-1674), English, sculptor and architect, second son of Nicholas Stone Senior (1585-1657).
Alternative Title:
Nicholas Stone junior statuary and architect
Description:
Title from inscription in ink below image on mount., Inscription in ink, above oval image: This may be Nicholas Stone Jun. Painted at Rome ano. 1638 as he mentions in his journal., Inscription in ink, below oval image: a sketch of a head pianted in Oyl in an oval. Sold in Mr. Gibbons [illegible] sale, called Mr. Stone., Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Stone in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. [Strawberry-Hill] : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v. 2, opp. p. 23., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Oval drawing of Nicholas Stone Senior (1586-1647), leading sculptor, master mason, and architect, in London in the mid-17th century
Description:
Title from inscription in ink, below image., Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Stone in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. [Strawberry-Hill] : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v. 2, opp. p. 23., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Volume 1, page 2. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A stout man, wearing a coat and a tricorne, is shown half-length; he sits at a table, a mug of frothy beer in front of him
Alternative Title:
Old England's support
Description:
Titled by the artist in ink below image., Attribution to Bunbury based on inclusion of the drawing in a volume of the artist's work., Date from local card catalog record., and Mounted with eleven other drawings on page 2 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Portrait of Paul van Somer (1576-1621), Flemish painter and printmaker
Alternative Title:
Paul van Somer
Description:
George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756., Title from item., and Drawing that was later used for an engraving published in : Catalogue of engravers ... / digested by Mr. Horace Walpole from the mss. of Mr. George Vertue. Strawberry-Hill : Printed in the year MDCCLXIII [1763], opp. p.92.
A tracing by George Steevens of a print by William Hogarth: A confrontation in a bedchamber between a black woman in a nightgown in bed and four men who surround her canopy bed. One man holds a candle. The woman is slapping the one man while another pulls him away. A fourth man is pointing towards her shoulder
Alternative Title:
Discovery
Description:
Title from item., Date based on publication of the original print on which this tracing is based., Lengthy pencil note in William Windham's hand above the drawing: These two pieces viz. the one marked Qui Color albus erat and The Charmers of the age? are not prints but copies taken with a pen by Mr. Steevens, and given to me, together with many others, not copies, in return for those mentioned in his collection as given by me to him. [Signed] W.W. March 22d 1800., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 155., Tracing of a published print. Cf. See British Museum. Catalogue of political and personal Satires, v. 3, no. 2600., and On page 100 in volume 1.
A confrontation in a bedchamber between a black woman in a nightgown in bed and four men who surround her canopy bed. One man holds a candle. The woman is slapping the one man to her right on the cheek while another pulls him away. A fourth man is pointing towards her shoulder
Alternative Title:
Discovery
Description:
Inscription in ink under title in Horace Walpole's hand: " [A black girl imp[...]ed on High[...] Manager of Drury lane]. These three from plates in Mr Ireland's collection.", Inscription in ink: From Horace Walpole's Collection. Bought at Strawberry Hill Sale 1842. The remarks in his hand., Text in Latin and English., See British Museum. Catalogue of political and personal Satires, v. 3, no. 2600., Tracing of original print., Samuel Ireland, English printmaker and writer, d. 1800., and Portfolio containing 365 original drawings by, or prints engraved by and after, Hogarth. Folio.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[1799]
Call Number:
Drawings H263 no. 1 Box D125
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait, drawn in an oval, of Richard Sackville. He is wearing 17th century dress with a high collar. He is holding in his left hand the tassles of part of his clothing
Description:
George Perfect Harding, English miniature painter, 1779/80-1853., Title from inscription in graphite pencil on verso of image: drawn by G.P. Harding. Richard Sackville Baron Buckhurst Earl Dorset after a [scarce] print by Simon Pass. From a scarce print by Simon Pass., Signed in ink lower left of image: GPH 1799., Inscribed in graphite pencil lower right: Richard Sackville, 3d earl of Dorset., and Inscription in graphite pencil on verso lower right: Drawing by George Perfect Harding: "GPH 1799 after a print by Simon Pass.
Subject (Name):
Sackville, Richard, Baron Buckhurst and Earl of Dorset, 1589-1624,