Marie de Médici and Louis XIII and Marie de Médicis and Louis XIII
Description:
1842, May 14, Day 18, Lot 110 bt Earl of Derby, £5.5.0; 1954 July 2, Christie's, Derby Sale, Lot 207 to Agnew & Sons for W.S. Lewis September 1954. The lot of six drawings also included a Flemish drawing of a Female Saint worshipping a crucifix., 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., 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 Title from manuscript text on verso in Horace Walpole's hand.
Subject (Topic):
Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1643, Marie de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France, 1573-1642, Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England), and Walpole Horace, 1717-1797
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Six lines of verse below title: Draws the clean vestments o'er the little limbs ..., Suckling; May 1956; Acquisitions no.: 956-5-1-69., and Temporary local subject terms: Children -- Infants -- Motherhood.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1, 1793, by A. Molteno, Printseller to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York, No. 76 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Fanshawe, Catherine Maria, 1765-1834 and Molteno, Anthony
"Anne Page standing on the steps of her father's house, one hand on her hip, gesturing with the other as she asks Slender and Shallow if they will step in, with Slender bowing his head coyly and Shallow watching them with his hat in his hands, view of a house among trees in the background to left"--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Also lettered below image with "Shakspeare" and fourteen lines from scene: "Anne. Will't please your worship to come in, Sir? ... Slen. I had rather walk here, I thank you.", Numbered '10' in lower left., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 24, 1793 by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No. 90 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
John and Josiah Boydell (Firm), Shakspeare Gallery, and Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845
Engraved dedication leaves, with vignettes, signed by R. Ackermann, the publisher., Engraved title-pages., Plates dated 1808-1810., and Text by W.H. Pyne (v. 1-2) and W. Combe (v. 3) Plates by A.C. Pugin and T. Rowlandson.
Publisher:
R. Ackermann's respository of arts, T. Bensley, printer
Engraved dedication leaves, with vignettes, signed by R. Ackermann, the publisher., Engraved title-pages., Plates dated 1808-1810., and Text by W.H. Pyne (v. 1-2) and W. Combe (v. 3) Plates by A.C. Pugin and T. Rowlandson.
Publisher:
R. Ackermann's respository of arts, T. Bensley, printer
Engraved dedication leaves, with vignettes, signed by R. Ackermann, the publisher., Engraved title-pages., Plates dated 1808-1810., and Text by W.H. Pyne (v. 1-2) and W. Combe (v. 3) Plates by A.C. Pugin and T. Rowlandson.
Publisher:
R. Ackermann's respository of arts, T. Bensley, printer
The profiles of an elderly and ugly pair, registering hostile anxiety, meet, their tongues touching, while between them is a punch-bowl. Just above their heads two doves bill on a branch.
Description:
Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966; Acquisitions no.: 966-12-4-174., Mounted to 37 x 30 cm., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Printmaker from Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 23 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fores, S. W.
Subject (Topic):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley, Bowls (Tableware), Couples, Doves, Harvey, Francis, Kissing, Older people, and Riviere & Son
From Laurie and Whittle series of drolls., Mounted to 42 x 29 cm., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Plate numbered '208' in lower left corner., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: taverns -- Dishes: punch bowl -- Smoking: pipes -- Pets: dogs., Two columns of verse printed below title: At a tavern one night, Messrs. More, Strange, and Wright ..., Walter Schatzki ; Jan. 1964 ; Acquisitions no.: 964-1-1-66., and Watermark: E & P 1794.
Publisher:
Published 12th February 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xxiv, p. 13., Printseller's stamp on verso, trimmed: Sold by C. Murton, stationer [...]., and Title from caption below image.
Formerly owned by Horace Walpole with his ms. note quoting Pope, two stanzas, mounted below: "Thus, I dear Friend, to you my thoughts impart, ... And really are what others but profess," from Congreve's Epistle to Sr. K. Temple, followed by a stanza beginning "And you, brave Cobham, to the latest breath ... O save my country, Heav'n' shall be your last" from Pope., Numbered in lower right '22'., Plate no. 22 from: Faber, J. Kit-Cat Club : done from the original paintings of Sr. Godfrey Kneller. London: Tonson and Faber, [1732-1735]., Sheet trimmed to: 35.1 x 25.3 cm., and Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
[J. Tonson & J. Faber]
Subject (Name):
Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646-1723
Subject (Topic):
Cobham, Richard Temple, Viscount, 1669?-1749 and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 [[Ownership