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244. [Sir Anthony Shirley, ambassador from the Schah of Persia] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Brown, Joseph, 1809-1887, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1 August 1846]
- Call Number:
- SH Contents B877 no. 2 Box 100
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Sir Robert Shirley, bust directed to the right but looking at the viewer, wearing turban, in oval frame on rectangle."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
- Description:
- Title from lettered state., Title on lettered misidentifies the sitter, Sir Robert Shirley, as his brother Sir Anthony Shirley; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Artists and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: From a miniature by P. Oliver formerly in the Strawberry Hill collection ... ; G.P. Harding, F.S.A. del. ; Joseph Brown sculp., Proof before letters. For a later proof state before title was added but with imprint statement and artist and printmaker signatures present, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1980,U.635., Publication information based on later state with the imprint "Published August 1st, 1846, by G.P. Harding, Hercules Buildings, Lambeth." Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: SH Contents B877 no. 3., and Proof state of a plate from: Harding, G.P. Ancient historical pictures. [London] : G. Witt, printer, Earl's Court, Soho, [1844]-1849.
- Publisher:
- G.P. Harding
- Subject (Name):
- Sherley, Robert, Sir, 1581?-1628, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Sir Anthony Shirley, ambassador from the Schah of Persia] [graphic].
245. [Sir Edward Walpole] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Birrell, A., active 1770-1820, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1802]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Half length portrait, inclined left, looking front; in long curled wig, plain collar, doublet with slashed sleeves, badge on ribbon over right shoulder
- Description:
- Title from lettered state., Printmaker and artist from statements of responsibility on lettered state: S. Harding del. ; Birril sc., Proof before letters., Publication date from that of the volume in which the finished plate appeared., Proof state of a plate from: Coxe, W. Memoirs of Horatio, Lord Walpole. London : Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1802., Probably after a painting of Sir Edward Walpole, grandfather of Sir Robert Walpole, that hung in the Library at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 85 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):
- Walpole, Edward, Sir, 1621-1667, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Sir Edward Walpole] [graphic].
246. [The Right Honble. Sr. Thomas Parker Kt. Lord Cheif [sic] Justice of England] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Simon, John, approximately 1675-1751, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1718]
- Call Number:
- SH Contents K68 no. 1 Box 110
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait seen almost half-length to left within oval frame, eyes to front, wearing robes, collar and long wig; with coat of arms and mace and purse below frame."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Right Honourable Sir Thomas Parker
- Description:
- Title, printmaker, imprint, and artist from Smith., Third state, with image altered to show Parker as Lord Chancellor and plate cut down to remove title. See: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., "This state of the print must date from after 1718 as it shows the sitter with the robes and accoutrements of the Lord Chancellor which he became in that year (information from David Wilson FSA). The plate was originally published with lettering describing Parker as Lord Chief Justice, a post he held from 1710 to 1718"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1930,1013.14., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Trimmed to image; with sitter's name in Horace Walpole's hand on tab mounted at the bottom.
- Publisher:
- J. Simon and E. Cooper?
- Subject (Name):
- Macclesfield, Thomas Parker, Earl of, 1666?-1732, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The Right Honble. Sr. Thomas Parker Kt. Lord Cheif [sic] Justice of England] [graphic].
247. [Thomas Howard Earl of Arundel and his grandson, after Cardinal Howard] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Record, James, active 1768-1792, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Jan. 1, 1784.
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel, three-quarter length, standing to right in front of a large rock, holding a baton in his right hand, the left on the shoulder of his grandson."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
- Description:
- Title from later state of the plate., Early state without title. For a later state with title, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1853,0112.1640., Imperfect; sheet trimmed to plate mark and printmaker's signature mostly erased from sheet. Missing text inferred from that on a later state of the plate in the British Museum., Possibly engraved after the watercolor drawing by Vertue that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 112 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:
- Pub. by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market
- Subject (Name):
- Arundel, Thomas Howard, Earl of, 1585-1646,, Howard, Philip Thomas, 1629-1694,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Thomas Howard Earl of Arundel and his grandson, after Cardinal Howard] [graphic]