- Creator:
- Aliamet, François Germain, 1734-1788, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1769 and 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of an unidentified woman, previously known as the Countess of Desmond; an elderly woman shown bust-length directed to right, glancing towards the viewer, wearing a heavy, dark veil like that of a nun, a dark cloak tied with lacing at the throat and a high, pale collar."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: K,67.147., Plate from an unidentified edition of Thomas Pennant's A tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX., "Plate VI" etched in upper left corner; "p. 74" etched in upper right corner., Possibly a portrait of Rembrandt's mother; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Mounted on page 112 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 wove paper ; sheet 14.6 x 12.2 cm and sheet 1.6 x 12.3 cm., Imperfect; the portion of the plate containing the printmaker's signature has been trimmed away, with the lower portion of the plate containing the title being mounted directly below the upper portion of the plate containing the image., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Desmond, Katherine (Fitzgerald) Fitzgerald, countess of, d.1604?
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Catherine, Countess of Desmond [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Watson, Caroline, 1760 or 1761-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1814]
- Call Number:
- Portraits B983 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, half-length, directed to front, with head tilted to left, looking towards the viewer; wearing wig, peer's ermine robe with chain, and neckerchief; in an oval, bordered by line, surmounted by five-petalled flowers, with tablet below behind; below, allegorical image, showing three female figures on a platform in a tent, and a fourth seated at left, holding a cornucopia; ship at sea in background at left; illustration to Thornton's 'A New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus' (1805); from a drawing by Uwins, after Ramsay."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Two images, each separately titled below., Below image of the Earl of Bute is the allegorical representation of sitter's life's work. Statement of responsibility from second image., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Earl of Bute, the Maecenus of Botany An allegorical representation of the prosperity of Great Britain under Lord Bute's administration / [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Schiavonetti, Luigi, 1765-1810, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1792]
- Call Number:
- SH Contents Sc329 no. 1 Box 115
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans, nearly half-length, directed very slightly to right, looking ahead, wearing long curly wig and lace collar over doublet; rectangular design, bordered by two lines."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Alternative Title:
- Henry Jermyn, Earl of St. Albans
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Engraved after a painting by Henry Stone., Probably a reissue, with imprint statement burnished from plate. For an earlier state bearing the imprint "London, Pub. July 9th, 1792, by E. & S. Harding, 102 Pall Mall," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no. 1853,0112.1575., Possibly a plate from an edition of Hamilton's Memoirs of Count Grammont., and Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 4, page 6.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- St. Albans, Henry Jermyn, Earl of, approximately 1604-1684, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Henry Germain, Earl of St. Albans from an original picture in the collection of the Rt. Hon. Lord Orford at Strawbery [sic] Hill / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1724]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Engraving of Oliver Cromwell. Bust length with long hair, plain collar, and armour. Within an oval border with coat of arms on a pedestal below. With English inscription below."--Royal Collection Trust online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters "S" and "C" in artist's signature form a monogram., Frontispiece to an unidentified edition of: Kimber, I. The life of Oliver Cromwell ..., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of title from bottom edge. Complete title from impression in the Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 602205., and Mounted on page 147 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:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Common-wealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, &c. taken from an original picture Of S. Coopers in the possesion [sic] of Mr. Frankland / [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1796]
- Call Number:
- Babb-Beckford no. 12
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of William Beckford, standing, looking to the left, wearing robes and chain; in decorative rectangular frame with writing ornaments at top; illustration to Baxter's 'History of England'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date from that of the volume for which the print was issued., and Plate from: Baxter, J. A new and impartial history of England ... London : Printed for the proprietors; and sold by H.D. Symonds, [1796]
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Beckford, William, 1709-1770,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > William Beckford, the patriotic Lord Mayor of London, 1770 [graphic].