"Portrait, three-quarter length, standing, directed to right, wearing chin-length wig and uniform with braid hanging from right shoulder, right elbow on a ledge next to his tricorn hat, left hand resting on cannon; after Hudson; retouched state, dog altered to cannon, date altered. 1748, this state 1756."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Honorable William Blakeney
Description:
Title from caption below image., Place of publication surmised from printmaker's place of activity., Date of publication from Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Sheet trimmed leaving thread margins., and Mounted on sheet: 477 x 338 mm. Ms. note lower right corner: '48'.
"Portrait after a self-portrait, three-quarter length, seated three-quarter to left, in an armchair, left hand on the arm, right hand on the edge of a table, wearing clerical robes with a high sheen and a soft cap, smiling towards the viewer."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Mounted on page 150 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.
A portrait of The Right Honourable Frances Lady Byron shown full length looking right and pulling on a glove. A little dog at her feet jumps at some unseen object in the trees to the right. In the background left ducks swim in a pool of water, a stone banister rail beyond
Alternative Title:
Right Honorable Frances Lady Byron
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand, beneath print: See Nichols's book 3d edit. p.236 &c., and On page 82 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to:
Publisher:
Sold by Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square
A reduced plate of a portrait of The Right Honourable Frances Lady Byron shown less than full length looking right and pulling on a glove. The dog at her feet is gone and the ducks in the background have been reworked
Alternative Title:
Right Honorable Frances Lady Byron
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 83 in volume 1. Mounted on secondary support with ruled black ink border to: 37.8 x 27.2 cm.
Publisher:
Sold by Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square
"Portrait, three-quarter length directed to right, seated on a bank, left elbow leaning on a stone ledge, right hand in her lap, looking towards the viewer, wearing a loose dress, night landscape int he background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Right Honourable the Countess of Jersey
Description:
Title from text below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Mounted on leaf numbered 47 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard & John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhil
"Portrait, half-length, facing front, facing and looking to front, wearing a cap trimmed with lace, a dress with large sleeves, lace at the cuffs, and broad skirts, drawing together a lace-trimmed scarf around her neck."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Right Honourable Ethelreda Viscountess Townshend
Description:
Title engraved below image., Engraved after a painting by Carle Vanloo; see British Museum online catalogue., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of title from lower edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1885,0509.1546., Mounted on page 162 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., and For further information, consult library staff.
Portrait of Mary Viscountess Andover, shown three-quarters length, standing, directed towards right, facing towards and looking to the front. She wears a low dress and is shown leaning on a pedestal with a panel carved image of a boy holding a sketch. On the pedestal are papers and a book; in her right hand she holds a crayon over her left arm, with a curtain and column behind on the left
Alternative Title:
Right Honourable Mary Viscountess Andover
Description:
Title from text below image., "Price 2d."--Preceding imprint statement., Mounted on leaf numbered 2 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
Sold by Faber at [the] Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square
"Portrait of the actress Kitty Clive as the character Phillida from Cibber's 'Damon and Phillida' (previously 'Love in a Riddle'); in rural setting with shepherd approaching at left with his arm around her waist; three-quarter length slightly to left, eyes to front, right hand seeming to restrain the shepherd, left raised to her shoulder."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., State and artist from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: K,58.181., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on leaf numbered 36 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
Sold by J. Faber at [the] Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square Holbourn