"Portrait of the Duchess of Somerset; three-quarters length standing to left, head tilted to right and glancing towards the viewer, resting her right arm on a ledge and lifting a fold of her gown, with a staff in her left hand, wearing a low-necked loose gown and pearls; after Lely."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title devised by cataloger. and Plate from: Court beauties of the reign of Charles II. London : John Camden Hotten, [1872].
Volume 2, opposite page 178. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by
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Depiction of the finely carved chair, the back ornamented with grotesque heads and the center bearing the date 1601, that was owned by Horace Walpole and sold in lot 117 on the seventeenth day of the 1842 Strawberry Hill Sale
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Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., At top of sheet is a small (30 x 50 mm) pen and ink drawing showing the details of the coat of arms carved into the backrest of the chair., and Bound in opposite page 178 in volume 2 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Title supplied by cataloger., Date based on other prints in this series., and Plate from: Court beauties of the reign of Charles II. London : John Camden Hotten, [1872].
Plate [180] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
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"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; portrait medallions of Calamy, Wilkins, Owen, Pearson, More and Sherlock on a plaque surmounted by a woman kneeling over body of a dying man with bible and chalice, pointing up to the light streaming from clouds above."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [180] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
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Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Plate [185] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
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"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; portrait medallions of Baxter, Tillotson, Stillingfleet, Benfridge and South on a ruined gothic arch, beside which a shepherd sits at left, his flock in a field in background, water in the foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [185] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Plate [133] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
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"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; portrait medallions of Sir George Croke, Lord Littleton, Lord Cottington, Lord Finch, Sir Orlando Bridgman, Sir John Vaughan, Sir Matthew Hale, Earl of Nottingham and Lord Guildford, on a plaque surmounted by Britannia leading a lion."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [133] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Croke, George, approximately 1560-1642,, Littleton, Thomas, Sir, -1481,, Cottington, Francis Cottington, Baron, 1579?-1652,, Aylesford, Heneage Finch, Earl of, approximately 1648-1719,, Bridgeman, Orlando, Sir, 1608-1674,, Carbery, John Vaughan, Earl of, 1640-1713,, Hale, Matthew, 1609-1676,, Nottingham, Charles Howard, Earl of, approximately 1536-1624,, and Guildford, Henry, Sir, 1489-1532,
Plate [189] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
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"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; portrait medallions of Purcell, Croft, Blow, Arne and Boyce on a decorative plaque surmounted by a lyre."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [189] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
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Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695,, Croft, William, 1678-1727,, Blow, John, -1708,, Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778,, and Boyce, William, 1711-1779,
Plate [188] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
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"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; portrait medallions of Cooper, Sir Godfrey Kneller, Mrs Beale, Sir James Thornhill, Hogarth on a wall with Ephesian Artemis kneeling above, holding a veil over herself, watched by a painter kneeling in the left foreground with portfolio in hand."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [188] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall