Manuscript volume, on paper, containing the complete text of Peter Comestor's Historia scholastica, with marginal glosses and later annotations. This work is preceded in the volume by the Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi of Peter of Poitiers, with complex genealogical diagrams in color. It is followed by the Prophesies of Pseudo-Methodius and the Allegoriae of Hugh of St. Victor
Description:
In Latin., Two original flyleaves. Manuscript preceded by three paper leaves to which bibliographical and historical notes about the texts contained in the volume have been affixed., Script: small gothic book script., Decoration: chapter headings in red; red and blue penwork initials., and Binding: twentieth-century full red morocco.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Jesus Christ and Petrus, Comestor, active 12th century.
Subject (Topic):
Genealogy, History Bibles, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Volume 1, page 1. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after a drawing by Lawrence; bust-length to front, head turned in three-quarter profile to look right, wearing a short wig curled at the sides."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image, within engraved border., Attribution to William Evans (as opposed to the stated "T. Evans") and date of publication from the signature "Wm. Evans sculpt. 1797" on proof state. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Portraits W218 no. 4., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 1 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.
Volume 1, page 69. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Milton's cottage at Chalfont
Description:
Title from ink annotation on verso, in Horace Walpole's hand., Statement of responsibility and date written beneath title on verso, in an unidentified hand., and Mounted on page 69 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):
Chalfont St. Giles (England)
Subject (Name):
Milton, John, 1608-1674
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Dwellings
An old officer in uniform with a wrinkled face and carbuncles looks lustfully at a pretty young woman as they walk together on a path, his hand grasping hers
Description:
Title inscribed below image., Attributed to Rowlandson., and Date supplied by cataloger.
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, Lust, Older people, Young adults, and Women
Volume 1, page 49. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Hungerfords Chapel
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Date supplied by cataloger., An inscription from the depicted painting is reproduced in ink below title., and Mounted on page 49 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.
Opposite page 108. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A man wearing his hat and holding his walking stick is seated in a chair before a fireplace enjoying the embrace of a lady seated to his right and with a high coiffure and feathered hat. A younger man with a tall egg-shaped toupée is being ushered out the door by another woman, perhaps a servant
Description:
Title from item., Monogram in lower left corner of image., Date of publication inferred from costume., Trimmed within plate mark; small hole in upper plate and folding and repairs to lower edge., and Bound in opposite page 108 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Couples, Clothing & dress, Interiors, and Wigs
Volume 1, page 55. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from note in ink below image., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 55 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.
Page 166. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility from contemporary annotations in ink on verso. and Mounted on page 166 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
Subject (Name):
Grammont, Béatrix de Choiseul-Stainville, duchesse de, 1730-1794 and Luxembourg, Madeleine-Angélique de Neufville-Villeroy, duchesse de, 1707-1787,
Page 165. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility from contemporary annotation in ink on verso. and Mounted on page 165 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).