Depiction of four glass vessels with sepulchral functions. The two flask-shaped vessels at top were apparently used to hold oils and the pot-shaped vessels below used to hold ashes. These vessels were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Text "e vitro" etched at bottom of plate., "Tab. VII"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 44 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 21.4 x 19.9 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Depiction of four tear-shaped vessels, one at each corner of the plate, with a shorter cup-shaped vessel in the middle. These vessels were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Text "e vitro" is etched twice at the bottom of the plate, once below the vessel in the lower left and once below the vessel in the lower right., "Tab. VI"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 33 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., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 23.7 x 18.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
R. Manby and H.S. Cox
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Classical antiquities, Containers, Glassware, and Pottery
Depiction of four tear-shaped vessels, one at each corner of the plate, with a shorter cup-shaped vessel in the middle. These vessels were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Text "e vitro" is etched twice at the bottom of the plate, once below the vessel in the lower left and once below the vessel in the lower right., "Tab. VI"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 44 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 22.9 x 17.6 cm, and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
R. Manby and H.S. Cox
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Classical antiquities, Containers, Glassware, and Pottery
"Portrait of William Ireland, half-length, in an oval lettered with the title, slightly turned to the left, with a mantle about his shoulders, a rope about his neck and a knife embedded in his chest, the Christogram in a laurel frame below upon a parapet."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
R. P. Gulielmus Irlandus Societatis Iesu Sacerdos
Description:
Title from text in oval border of portrait. and Text engraved on pedestal below portrait: Fidei odio suspensus et dissectus ad Tybourn prope Londinum, 24 Januar. 1678, 3 Febr. 1679.
Publisher:
Publish'd Aug. 10, 1805, by Wm. Richardson, York House, Strand
"Portrait of Humphrey Gower; half-length, slightly to right, looking towards left; wearing a wig, fur-trimmed robes and clerical bands; in an oval frame with a ribbon on top, and decoration of oak leaves around, placed on a pedestal; after Fellows."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image. and Place of publication based on printmaker's known place of activity.
Whitby, Mary Anne Theresa, 1783-1850, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[1829]
Call Number:
829.00.00.119
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of a cave, the entrance to which is decorated with a pediment and frieze
Description:
Title from text below image., Produced by Whitby after her own drawing, and printed at her private amateur lithographic press on her Newlands estate, near Poole Bay in Hampshire., and Printed on thin lithographic paper contemporaneously laid on thicker wove sheet.
A view of the altar that was erected by John James Capoccio in 1256 in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore of Rome, perhaps the work of Peter Cavallini
Alternative Title:
SS. omnium altare cum marmoreo vetere ciborio musivo opere artificiose constructo in quo sacrae reliquiae religiose coluntur and Altar erected in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore
Description:
Title engraved above image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: De Angelis, P. Basilicae S. Mariae Maioris de vrbe a Liberio Papa I vsqve ad Pavlvm V pont. max. ... Romae : Ex typographia B. Zannetti, 1621., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides., Scale bar below image labeled "Scala palmorum.", "H2"--Lower right corner of plate., The upper part of this altar was purchased by Sir William Hamilton in 1767 and was then sent to back England to Horace Walpole, who in 1771 erected a chapel at Strawberry Hill to display it., Mounted on page 174 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 On laid paper mount (43 x 27 cm) with Horace Walpole's annotation: This altar was erected by J. James Capoccio in the Church of Sta. Maria Maggiore of Rome; but being removed in 1767, the upper part, of beautifull mosaic, was purchased by Sr. W. Hamilton, younger son of Lord Archibald Hamilton, & then British Minister at Naples; and being sent by him to Mr. H. Walpole, the latter erected a chapel for it in his garden at Strawberry Hill near Twickenham in Middlesex, 1771.
Publisher:
B. Zannetti
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Santa Maria Maggiore (Church : Rome, Italy),