Mary Magdalen of Austria, Great Duchess of Tuscany and Maria Maddalena, d'Austria, granduchessa
Description:
Title from manuscript text on verso in Horace Walpole's hand., One from a group of six portraits cited in the 1774 Strawberry Hill catalogue: Six curious pictures in water-colours of Mary de Medici and Louis 13th. and five great duchesses of Tuscany; copied from a chamber at Poggio Imperiale near Florence, where the originals are dressed in the very cloaths [sic] they wore, pasted on the hangings, with the faces painted on sattin [sic]., and Cited in the 1842 sale text: Six curious pictures, in water colours, of Mary de Medici and Louis XIII, and five Great Duchesses of Tuscany, copied from a chamber at the Pazzio Imperiale, near Florence, where the originals are dressed in the very clothes they wore, placed on the hangings, with the faces painted on satin.
Subject (Name):
Maria Maddalena, d'Austria, granduchessa, 1587-1631, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Volume 1, opposite page 95. Memoirs of Count Grammont.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Mary, Princess Royal of England and Princess of Orange and Countess of Nassau by marriage; half-length, turned to the right; her hair in curls; wearing a pearl necklace
Alternative Title:
Mary Princess of Orange, Countess of Nassau
Description:
Title written below image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound., and Bound in opposite page 95 in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Hamilton, A. Memoirs of Count Grammont. London : S. and E. Harding, [1793?].
"A double portrait showing Mary Tudor and her second husband Charles Brandon, half-length; with Mary on the left, holding an emblem consisting of a caduceus emerging from a flower in her right hand, the other held by Charles Brandon, who wears a fur-trimmed overgown and the collar of the Garter, with a curtain behind to left, and with crown, Hand of Justice, sceptre, crests, lance and gloves on the plinth of the frame surrounding them."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Her Royal Grace the Queen of France, sister of K. Henry VIII, married to Lewis XII [the] French king, afterwards to the Duke of Suffolk
Description:
Title engraved within banner below image on inner plate; alternative title engraved within lion's hide on outer plate., Determined to be the republished state from 1776 based on the type of paper., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print was published., Plate from: Vertue, G. A description of nine historical prints representing kings, queens, princes, &c, of the Tudor family. [London] : Republished by the Society [of Antiquaries of London], 1776., Image printed from two plates; the larger architectural frame surrounding the main image is engraved on a separate, outer plate., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark of outer plate with loss of plate number from top edge and dedication from bottom edge. Missing text and numbering supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: Y,5.143., At bottom of outer plate is engraved a dedication from the engraver to John Carteret, Earl of Granville, contemporary owner of the original., "Pl. III"--Above image in upper right., Engraved after a painting that was later acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 114 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.
Publisher:
Society of Antiquaries of London
Subject (Name):
Mary, Queen, consort of Louis XII, King of France, 1496-1533,, Suffolk, Charles Brandon, Duke of, approximately 1484-1545,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Plate [117] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; Mary kneeling at left with rosary in hand before the executioner's block, being blindfolded by a guard, the executioner raising his axe, watching her from right; grieving figure behind at left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mary Queen of Scots previous to her execution
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [117] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 and Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587,
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Executions, Executioners, and Axes
Title from item., Title continues: Makes & sells all sorts of fans, wholesale & retail at the lowest rates. N.B. mends & mounts fans, in the newest fashion. John Sansom, turner & handle maker, makes handles for silver tea & coffee pots &c., in box & ebony, likenwise turns brass screns [sic] for engins [sic] & small work in ivory, amber, gold or silver also handles for seals and all sorts of handles for plate. N.N. Mahogany bottoms fix'd in tankards., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On leaf 56 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
An old woman with coarse and heavy features, leans on a walking stick, facing right. She wears an apron over her skirt and a short cape; a wide straw hat is tied under her chin
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publication date extrapolated from that of the original announced in the Gentleman's magazine, March 1753, p. 150., and Plate numbered '88' in upper right corner.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Canning, Elizabeth, 1734-1773 and Squires, Mary, -1762,
Title from item., Date derived from year Mary Toft reported giving birth to rabbits., Place of publication derived from language of text and subject., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Anecdotes; Frauds.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Toft, Mary, 1703-1763.
Subject (Topic):
Hoaxes, Rabbits, Breeding, Prenatal influences, Obstetrics, and Women
The doument concerns the indenture of Mary Welch, an 8 year old poor female whose father, Jonathan Welch of Lebanon, is deceased. Mary is to be a Maid Servant or Apprentice to David Lee (1674 - 1759) and his wife of Coventry, Connecticut, until she reached the age of 18. Document stipulates Mary's duties and the moral behavior by which she must abide. The document further stipulates the obligations of the Lee family to provide well for Mary, to teach her to read, sew, and to perform the tasks of a Maid Servant, which consisted of standard housekeeping tasks of the day.
Jonathan Trumble [Trumbull] is mentioned in the document. and A copy of this material is available in digital form from Manuscripts and Archives and online.
"Portrait of Mary of Guise, half-length, slightly turned to the left, one hand at her breast and the other on a cushion to the foreground, dressed in an ornately embroidered gown with ermine-trimmed sleeves, ropes of pearls about her neck and a small headdress on her head."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Pinkerton, J. Iconographia Scotica; or, Portraits of illustrious persons of Scotland. London : I. Herbert, 1797., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 102 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 : stipple engraving and etching on wove paper ; sheet 15.4 x 12.2 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of title from bottom edge.
Publisher:
Published 1st December 1794 by I. Herbert, No. 29 Great Russel Street, Bloomsbury
Subject (Name):
Mary, Queen, consort of James V, King of Scotland, 1515-1560, and Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1748-1811