"Portrait of Hans Holbein, half-length, in an oval, slightly turned to the left, dressed in a doublet with an open collar and a skull-cap on his head."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1870,0514.289., Reversed copy of a print by Wenceslaus Hollar after a self-portrait miniature by Hans Holbein; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits., and Mounted on page 106 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Portrait standing half-length to left, facing front, holding a mask to his chest with his right hand, wearing cloak over his left shoulder, over coat with slashed sleeves and Van Dyck collar; curtain behind
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below image: "Photo-Etching.", Reproduction of a mezzotint published by Ryland & Bryer (Firm). See Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Place of publication from cataloger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 4, p. 537, and Mounted on paper: 326 x 254 mm.
Title from first line of letterpress verse surrounding the image., Engraved from Hearne's portrait by Tillemans., Four lines of satirical verse printed around the plate: Hearnius, behold! in closet close y-pent, Of sober face, with learned dust besprent, To future ages will his dulness last, Who hath preserv'd the dulness of the past., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Not in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits ... in the British Museum., Subject identified by J. Reed on second mounting sheet, recto and in later unknown hand on first mounting sheet, recto., and Mounted to 22 x 18 cm, window mounted to 30 x 24 cm.
"Miss Berridge; whole-length, sitting on clouds, directed, facing and looking to the left, holding a small vase in her right hand, into which a swooping eagle is about to place its beak, cover of vase in her left hand; state with title and publication line engraved a second time, with date, over the first."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Miss Berridge
Description:
Title engraved below image. Imprint in scratch letters twice, earlier statement barely visible above later statement., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date of publication from the caption below image, see also British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.6582., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Mounted on leaf numbered 12 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published accord. to act of Parliament by S. Hooper no 25 Ludgate Hill
Portrait of Henry IV, half-length, slightly turned to the left, holding his sceptre against his left shoulder and a rose in his right hand, with a small beard and moustache and a turban with a jewelled brooch, dressed in an embroidered doublet lined with ermine with a chain of office about his neck; in a rectangular frame with ornaments including at the top with two lions with a paw each on a rose with a crown overhead. Below another crest with weapons with banners labeled "Lancaster".
Alternative Title:
Henry the Fourth and Henry IV
Description:
Title from text in image., Text below image: "Taken from a Picture at Hampton Court, Herefordshire.", and Plate to folio ed. of Rapin and Tindal's History of England, 1732-1733.
Gunst, Pieter Stevens van, 1659?-1724?, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 1788]
Call Number:
Drawer 788.00.00.42
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Later state with different lettering. Earlier state published ca. 1715 as one of a series of ten plates by Gunst after van Dyck; see British Museum online catalogue, registration number: Kk,5.5.4., Publication date based on that of the bound volume in which this print appears., Plate LXVIII from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia. London: J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 2., and Etched coat of arms below image bearing the motto: Fari quae sentiat.
Publisher:
Publish'd by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Henrietta Maria, Queen, consort of Charles I, King of England, 1609-1669,
"Henry VII (erroneously described as Henry V) opposite his wife, Elizabeth of York, both kneeling in prayer at altars, their three sons kneeling behind the king and their four daughters behind the queen, two tents behind with an angel between, the fabric in his hands, a fanciful depiction of the mounted St. George swinging his sword at the flying dragon on the hills behind, a broken lance on the ground, the princess and her hound watching, castles and forests beyond."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Henry V, his Queen and family and Henry the Fifth, his Queen and family
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared., Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780]., Engraved after the painting hung by Horace Walpole on the staircase at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 75 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509,, Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Henry VII, King of England, 1465-1503,, George, Saint, -303., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Henry VII (erroneously described as Henry V) opposite his wife, Elizabeth of York, both kneeling in prayer at altars, their three sons kneeling behind the king and their four daughters behind the queen, two tents behind with an angel between, the fabric in his hands, a fanciful depiction of the mounted St. George swinging his sword at the flying dragon on the hills behind, a broken lance on the ground, the princess and her hound watching, castles and forests beyond."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Henry V, his Queen and family and Henry the Fifth, his Queen and family
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared., Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780]., Engraved after the painting hung by Horace Walpole on the staircase at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 71 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 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 16.3 x 16.8 cm.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509,, Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Henry VII, King of England, 1465-1503,, George, Saint, -303., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)