Title from item., Attribution to Hollar, title and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Fourteen lines of text below the image: Mr. William Prynne, for writing a booke against stage-players ..., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Page 198. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
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1
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Title devised by curator., Statement of responsibility and date written in ink on verso, in a contemporary hand., Mounted above on the same page is a pen and ink drawing by John Gooch: Wm. Cole de Milton juxta Cantabrigiam, A:M:., and Mounted on page 198 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
An amateur drawing of a man with a mustache in an oval, half length, surrounded by an oval frame within a second square frame with double-ruled boarder
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Title devised by cataloger. and Artist possibly the G. Cook identified in the British Museum catalogue?
Volume 1, page 17. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
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1
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Title devised by curator., Artist's name and date written in ink below image., This drawing was sent to Horace Walpole by John Fenn in 1774, with Walpole speculating on the identity of the sitter in his response. For a transcription of the letter and a reproduction of the drawing, see Horace Walpole's letter to John Fenn, 17 September 1774 (Yale edition, Horace Walpole's correspondence, v. 16, pages 232-235)., and Mounted on page 17 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Portrait of an unknown man, half-length directed to right, head turned slightly left, coat buttoned partway up to the last three holes, unbuttoned in a non-standard configuration. His shirt's bosom ruffles protrude near the neck. Crossed diagonal lines compose the background within a roughly oval frame
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Title devised by cataloger., Date from unverified data from local record., Formerly thought to be a self-portrait of James Gillray. Note on verso indicates that Draper Hill determined in 1965 that it is not Gillray., and For further information, consult library staff.
LWL Ptg. 149 Framed, shelved in Object Room Rack 2.
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A half-length portrait of the artist’s daughter’s Mary and Elizabeth who sit in close proximity. A large, fluted column in the right background defines the space. The two women are seated. One in profile holds a book in one hand. The other is raised with one finger pointed a gesture to underscore a point as she reads to her sister who leans in with an attentive ear. Both wear caps
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Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal., Date from unverified data in local card catalog record., and Related print: Bartolozzi, F. Portrait of Lady Diana Beauclerk's daughters sitting on a bench. [London] : Publish'd May 15th, 1780, by F. Bartolozzi, No. 1 Bentinck Street, in Berwick Street, Soho, [15 May 1780]. See Lewis Walpole Library impression in copies 4 and 11 of Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Folio 33 30).
Subject (Name):
Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734-1808., Walworth, Mary Beauclerk, 1766-1851,, and Pembroke, Elizabeth Beauclerk, Countess of, 1766-1793,
Two men sit at a table, drinking and smoking. The man on the left says to his companion, "Why Captain your nose and chin look as if they were going to fight they are in such a milling attitude." The man on the right with a large pock covered nose and large protuding chin responds, "Very likely my friend for a great many angry words have passed between them." On the wall behind them are two bookshelves, one of which contains a book entitled "Life in London" and "Tom and Jerry", as well as two prints, one showing two boxers fists raised as if in a bout and another military print
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Title from ms. caption on mount., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Mounted to 20 x 27 cm., and Ms. caption on mount: Preparing for battle.
William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834 as a child, full length with hat and cane
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William Frederick Hanover (1776-1834) was the son of Maria, Duchess of Gloucester (1736-1807), and her second husband William Hanover, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743-1805). He was a great-grandson of King George II and nephew of King George III., Formerly attributed to George Engleheart (1750-1829). Signature found on verso of miniature when unframed for conservation work in February 2006: Sam. Shelley pinx / King Street / No 16. / Covent Garden., Painted after a portrait of Prince William Frederick, 1780, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the collection of Trinity College, University of Cambridge (Mannings, D. Sir Joshua Reynolds, number 1905)., Wooden frame back made of oak with smooth ebony surface veneer, gilt metal bezel, crown, and shooting star hanger. Engraved paper label on verso of frame: C. Salmon / Carver Gilder / & Frame Maker / to their / Royal Highnesses the / Prince of Wales & the / Dukes of York and Clarenden / Marshal Street / Golden Square / London., Note in the hand of Eleanor Forester on paper tag applied to verso: Aged 4 years. H. R. H. William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Gloucester 1776-1834 copied from a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, canvas 53 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches, which was bequeathed by his sister, Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester 1844. This Duke was admitted to Trinity College as a nobleman in 1787 aged twelve! Received M.A. degree in 1790, 2nd 1811. He became Chancellor of the University., and For further provenance information, see the custodial history note in the Guide to the Sir Edward Walpole and Dorothy Clement Family Papers (LWL MSS 37).
"The Prince of Orange in old-fashioned uniform, heavily gold-laced, stands in profile to the left, looking up, both hands resting on a tall cane. He wears a cocked hat, long pigtail, aiguillettes, a star, a long sword, and clumsy jack-boots. He has not the heavy somnolent appearance of Gillray's portraits, cf. British Museum Satires No. 9065, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from British Museum catalogue., Possible signature "D12[?]" in lower right, partly scored through. The British Museum catalogue gives a tentative attribution to either Denis or Richard Dighton., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Leaf 78 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.