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46. [Portrait of an unidentified man] [art original]
- Creator:
- Fenn, John, 1739-1794, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1774]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 17. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Artist's name and date written in ink below image., This drawing was sent to Horace Walpole by John Fenn in 1774, with Walpole speculating on the identity of the sitter in his response. For a transcription of the letter and a reproduction of the drawing, see Horace Walpole's letter to John Fenn, 17 September 1774 (Yale edition, Horace Walpole's correspondence, v. 16, pages 232-235)., and Mounted on page 17 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.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of an unidentified man] [art original]
47. [Robert Sidney] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 15. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Inveniam viam avt faciam and Inveniam viam aut faciam
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Motto in upper left portion of image: Inveniam viam avt faciam., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 15 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.
- Subject (Name):
- Sidney, Robert, 1563-1626,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Robert Sidney] [art original].
48. [Samuel Butler] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.2
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Date supplied by cataloger., One of eight portrait drawings that were probably among the works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. A volume of ca. 50 additional drawings from this collection, now bound in red morocco, has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others., and Laid down on a wash-line mount, with a border of gold paint around the drawing.
- Subject (Name):
- Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Samuel Butler] [art original].
49. [Samuel Clarke] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1729]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.2
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Date of production based on sitter's death date. This portrait was done from life, according to a contemporary annotation in ink on verso: This is the portrait of Dr. John Clarke, Rector of St. James Picadilly, drawn after life, by George Vertue., A second, later annotation in Horace Walpole's hand is also present on verso, offering a correction to the earlier note: I cannot help thinking that his name was Samuel & not John., One of eight portrait drawings that were probably among the works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. A volume of ca. 50 additional drawings from this collection, now bound in red morocco, has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others., and Laid down on a wash-line mount, with a border of gold paint around the drawing.
- Subject (Name):
- Clarke, Samuel, 1675-1729,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Samuel Clarke] [art original].
50. [Sir Edward Nicholas] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.2
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Date supplied by cataloger., Twenty-six lines of biographical information written in ink on verso, with the contemporary note at top: This is a portrait of Sr. Edward Nicholas, drawn from an old painting on wood by George Vertue., One of eight portrait drawings that were probably among the works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. A volume of ca. 50 additional drawings from this collection, now bound in red morocco, has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others., and Laid down on a wash-line mount, with a border of gold paint around the drawing. Sitter's name written in pencil at bottom of mount: Sr. Edd. Nicholas.
- Subject (Name):
- Nicholas, Edward, Sir, 1593-1669,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Sir Edward Nicholas] [art original].
51. [William Juxon] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [18th century?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 35. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Signed "R.W. f." in lower left corner; artist with the intials "R.W." is unidentified., Date supplied by cataloger., With a faint and mostly illegible pencil annotation below image, which includes the name "Juxon" and the date "1633"., Another portrait drawing is mounted on the same page, beneath which is the ink annotation: Two heads of Archbp. Juxon., and Mounted on page 35 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.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Juxon, William, 1582-1663,
- Subject (Topic):
- Bishops
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [William Juxon] [art original].
52. [William Juxon] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 35. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Date supplied by cataloger., Beneath image is the ink annotation "Two heads of Archbp. Juxon", which refers to this drawing and another portrait drawing mounted on the same page., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 35 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.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Juxon, William, 1582-1663,
- Subject (Topic):
- Bishops
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [William Juxon] [art original].