Three-quarter length portrait of John Bellingham, assassin of the Prime Minister Spencer Perceval, standing in profile to the left, holding an open letter in his right hand and his left hand on the rail
Description:
Title etched below image., Probably an Irish copy in reverse of: John Bellingham taken at the Sessions House, Old Bailey ... / drawn & etc'd by Dennes [sic] Dighton. [London] : Pubd. as the act directs by Dighton, Spring Gardens, May 16, 1812. Cf. No. 11882 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 1, page 164.
Publisher:
Pub. by McCleary, 32 Nassau St.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Bellingham, John, 1770-1812
Subject (Topic):
Trials (Murder), Assassinations, Criminals, and Judicial proceedings
Title from text in image., Text in image above sitter's name: nat. 1632; denat aetat 68., Text in image below sitter's name: "... whose tunefull [sic] muse affords the sweetest numbers and the fittest words. Addison.", Caption below image: Praenobili dno. dno. Edoardo comiti Oxoniae, &c. ad archetypu[m] museo Harleyano asservatum qua[m] par est observantia[m], D. D. Vertue sculptr., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text., and Mounted on sheet: 326 x 257 mm.
Title from text in image., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed to plate mark with loss of first character of artist's name., and Mounted on paper support: 378 x 224 mm.
Publisher:
Publish'd Sepr. 12, 1757 by T. Major, engraver to his Majesty and to His R.H. the Prince of Wales, at the Golden Head in Chandos Street, London
"Portrait of John Milton, bust in frontal view, wearing a ruff and buttoned jacket; in an architectural oval on a pedestal; a lyre and a book below"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Text below image: In the collection of the Right Hon. Arthur Onslow Esqr., Speaker of the House of Commons., and Print mounted in white matte frame, 490 x 616 mm.
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Place of publication based on sitter's known major place of activity., Date of publication based on year sitter would be of age for portrait., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text., and In paper frame: 362 x 267 mm.
Copy of a detail from Hogarth's Distressed poet, showing Theobald at his writing desk in his attic room, scratching his head under his wig
Description:
Title engraved below image., Below the title are engraved four lines from Pope's Dunciad, Book 1, line 3., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 145, p. 176., and On page 79 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 17.5 x 11.1 cm.
Copy of a detail from Hogarth's Distressed poet, showing Theobald at his writing desk in his attic room, scratching his head under his wig
Description:
Title engraved below image., Below the title are engraved four lines from Pope's Dunciad, Book 1, line 3., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 145, p. 176., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark to 175 x 116 mm.
Copy of a detail from Hogarth's Distressed poet, showing Theobald at his writing desk in his attic room, scratching his head under his wig
Description:
Title engraved below image., Below the title are engraved four lines from Pope's Dunciad, Book 1, line 3., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 145, p. 176.
"Portrait after Lawrence (Garlick 48); standing three-quarter length to right, head turned to face front, with his right hand in his trouser pocket and his left leaning on a table beside at right, pillar and curtain behind."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a proof state
Description:
Title etched below image., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 264 (leaf numbered '80' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published Augt. 1, 1837, by Hodgson & Graves, printsellers to Her Majesty, 6, Pall Mall
"Portrait of Lady Mary Hervey of Ickworth; bust length in profile to right; wearing cap; in oval within rectangular panel; after CN Cochin; private plate; scratched letter."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mary Lady Hervey
Description:
Title from text in image., Mounted on page 62 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 on laid paper ; sheet 18.5 x 12.5 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.