"Portrait of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, bust directed to right but looking at the viewer, with square beard, wearing a ruff and lace collar, a column beyond; in an architectural oval with pedestal and urn below; a putto holding a torch and weeping over the sitter's decapitated head which lies next to an axe."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., "In the collection of Sr. Robert Worsley Bart."--Below image., and Engraved after the minature later acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the rosewood cabinet in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill.
Publisher:
Impensis I. & P. Knapton Londini
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait, after a self-portrait (Mannings 21); half-length to right and turned to face front, wearing his robes as President of the Royal Academy."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., and Bound in opposite page 108 (leaf numbered '157' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published May 8, 1809, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
"Portrait of Lord Chancellor Francis Bacon, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a tall hat and ruff; in an ornamental oval with curtain beyond; below a putto holding a sceptre; books and scrolls in lower left; lettered state."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir Francis Bacon Viscount St. Albans Lord Chancellor
Description:
Title from text in image., Engraved after a painting by John Vanderbank. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1927,1126.1.7.5., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., "In the Possession of Martin Foulkes Esqr."--Below image., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 375 (leaf numbered '192' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Impensis I. & P. Knapton Londini
Subject (Name):
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626,
Subject (Topic):
Philosophers, Statesmen, British, Putti, and Scepters
"Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton, bust directed to right but looking at the viewer, wearing long wig; in an architectural oval on a pedestal with allegorical scene in a roundel; below scientific instruments and a scroll."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir Isaac Newton
Description:
Title from text in image., Publisher from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: P,8.223., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "In the possession of John Conduit Esqr."--Below image., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 714 (leaf numbered '167' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
John and Paul Knapton
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727, and Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.
Half-length portrait of Sir James Thornhill, slightly turned to the right
Alternative Title:
Sir James Thornhill
Description:
Title from caption below image., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth ... 1794, vol. i, p. 86., and On page 207 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to:
The actress Mrs. Abingdon dressed as Thalia, Muse of Comedy, stands holding a mask in an outdoor scene. Piles of books by notable playwrights lie near her feet and a group of onlookers in the background observe a satyr standing on a wall
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece to The new English theatre
Description:
Title from item., Publisher and date of print from copy of book in Beinecke Library., Imperfect Impression; lower edge trimmed with loss of publication information., At head of title: Frontispiece to The new English Theatre., and Frontispiece from: The new English theatre, v. 1. London: J. Rivington & sons ..., 1776.
Publisher:
Published June 3d. 1776 by T. Lowndes & other proprietors
Title etched above image., Three lines of text below image: In justice to Mr. Hogarth, the engraver of this plate declares to the public ..., Reduced and reversed copy of The Butifyer: a touch upon The Times Plate I by Paul Sandby. See British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered '16' in upper right corner., From British Museum catalogue: Published as the Act Directs sep 1762 Price 1s., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's, [1763]., and On page 296 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: 10.5 x 8.1 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and St. James's Palace (London, England)
Title etched above image., Three lines of text below image: In justice to Mr. Hogarth, the engraver of this plate declares to the public ..., Reduced and reversed copy of The Butifyer: a touch upon The Times Plate I by Paul Sandby. See British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered '16' in upper right corner., From British Museum catalogue: Published as the Act Directs sep 1762 Price 1s., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's, [1763]., and Mounted to 31 x 41 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792., Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and St. James's Palace (London, England)