Portrait; bust-length, head and shoulders to left; wearing a crown and ermine-lined robes of state; detail from a painting depicting the marriage of Henry VII; in a rectangular filled border
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., and Mounted on page 106 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. Novr. 1, 1790, by E. Harding, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Portrait; bust-length, head and shoulders to left; wearing a crown and ermine-lined robes of state; detail from a painting depicting the marriage of Henry VII; in a rectangular filled border
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., Mounted on page 244 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 : stipple engraving and etching on wove paper ; sheet 16.6 x 10.9 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pub. Novr. 1, 1790, by E. Harding, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait as a young man; head and shoulders directed and looking to left, wearing a doublet with puffed sleeves and a high collar, and a cap with a plume, set at a tilt; after Holbein; in a rectangular frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1, 1791, by E. Harding, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of, 1517?-1547,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait as a young man; head and shoulders directed and looking to left, wearing a doublet with puffed sleeves and a high collar, and a cap with a plume, set at a tilt; after Holbein; in a rectangular frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., Mounted on page 98 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., 1 print : stipple engraving on wove paper ; sheet 18.7 x 13.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1, 1791, by E. Harding, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of, 1517?-1547,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait as a young man; head and shoulders directed and looking to left, wearing a doublet with puffed sleeves and a high collar, and a cap with a plume, set at a tilt; after Holbein; in a rectangular frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., Mounted on page 121 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 : stipple engraving on laid paper ; sheet 18.9 x 13.8 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1, 1791, by E. Harding, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of, 1517?-1547,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"View of the Gothic mansion with pinnacles on the battlemented roof and pointed arched windows, seen across the lawn to the right, surrounded by trees, with others to the left and two men in the left foreground, one sweeping the lawn, the other guiding a horse which draws a roller."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker unidentified; after a drawing by Paul Sandby., Later state of the plate, with volume and page numbering added in upper right corner. Plate originally engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784., Plate from: The Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. London : Printed for G.G and J. Robinson, 1798, v. 2., Numbered in the upper right: Vol. II. Pl. II. P. 512., and Single crease through the center of the image.
Publisher:
G.G. and J. Robinson
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Estates
"View of the Gothic mansion with pinnacles on the battlemented roof and pointed arched windows, seen across the lawn to the right, surrounded by trees, with others to the left and two men in the left foreground, one sweeping the lawn, the other guiding a horse which draws a roller."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker unidentified; after a drawing by Paul Sandby., Later state of the plate, with volume and page numbering added in upper right corner. Plate originally engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784., Plate from: The Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. London : Printed for G.G and J. Robinson, 1798, v. 2., Numbered in the upper right: Vol. II. Pl. II. P. 512., and Two creases through the image.
Publisher:
G.G. and J. Robinson
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Estates
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: Caulfield, J. Portraits, memoirs, and characters, of remarkable persons ... London : H.R. Young and T.H. Whitely, 1820, v. 3, opposite page 73., and Copy of a portrait by David Ogborne; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits.
Volume 4, after page 232. Memoirs of Horace Walpole and his contemporaries.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Full-length portrait of English historian Edward Gibbon in right profile
Alternative Title:
E. Gibbon
Description:
Title etched at bottom of plate., Facsimile of Gibbon's signature etched above title., Plate from: Dyer, C. Biographical sketches of the lives and characters of illustrious and eminent men. London : C.G. Dyer and H. Setchel and Son, 1819., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of title from bottom edge. Missing text supplied from impression in The Morgan Library & Museum, accession no.: MA 10252., Window mounted to 22 x 14 cm., and Bound in after page 232 in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Williams, R.F. Memoirs of Horace Walpole and his contemporaries. London : Colburn & Co., 1852.
Publisher:
Pubd. by C. Dyer, Compton Street
Subject (Name):
Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794, and Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794.
"Half-length portrait aged 74, sitting in armchair, directed to the right, looking towards the viewer, in wig and private dress, curtain behind on the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., and In paper frame: 365 x 274 mm.
Publisher:
Published May 11, 1809, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London