"Portrait of John Russell, standing to right with arms folded, looking to front, next to a column on a pedestal, draped with curtain at top; holding papers of the reform bill in his right hand; wearing a buttoned coat with velvet collar, white standing collar and black neckerchief; after Hayter; scratched-letter state without title."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Right Honble. Lord John Russell, M.P. : one of His Majesties principal Secretaries of State, 1836 and Right Honourable Lord John Russell, M.P.
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger; alternative title from published state., Scratched-letter state, before title "The Right Honble. Lord John Russell, M.P. ..." added. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1841,1113.119., and Bound in opposite page 274 (leaf numbered '92' 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. 1836 by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Pall Mall East, & Hodgson & Graves, Pall Mall
"Portrait of Comtesse de Genlis, half-length, head turned to the left, with frilly bonnet and ruff, and coat fastened with belt; after Cheradame."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Comtesse de Genlis
Description:
Title from lettered state. See Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Object Number: G2368, Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: Peint par Mme. Chéradame ; gravé par F. Lignon., Proof before letters. For a lettered state with the imprint "Se vend à Paris, chez Bouton, Md. d'Estampes, Boulevard Montmartre, No. 63" and the printer's statement "Imprime par Durand," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1879,0809.597., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., Mounted opposite page 516 (leaf numbered '113' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and Later ink annotation with the sitter's name "Madame de Genlis" below print, on mounting sheet.
Publisher:
Bouton and [Durand].
Subject (Name):
Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de, 1746-1830,
"Portrait, half-length in an oval directed to left, head held high, smiling towards the viewer, wearing a low-necked gown with slashed sleeves, laced bodice and rose at the breast, and a lace cape tied under the chin, hair up with pearls."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, artist, and date of publication from later state in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1870,0709.647., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on leaf numbered 44 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm, tentatively identified as Lady Coventry in pencil below print., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Coventry, Maria Gunning Coventry, Countess of, 1733-1760,
Volume 1, page 77. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"This etching gives a portrait to the hips in profile, to our right, of an elderly woman, with a big nose and a protruding lower jaw: she wears a close cap, trimmed with lace at the fore edges; her right hand hangs in front of her body in a listless manner; she stoops."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mrs. A. Young, of Eltham, 1746
Description:
Title from contemporary note in brown ink below image., Additional title from annotation on British Museum impression of a variant state; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1852,1211.148., Printmaker and date from Horace Walpole's note in brown ink, in lower right corner: By Mr. W. Fauquier 1783., Variant (later?) state, with printmaker's initials etched in lower right corner. For a state lacking these initials, see no. 2845 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3., and Mounted on page 77 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
"Portrait of a lady, bust in profile to right, hair dressed above her head with a striped cloth, and cape with a ruffle-trimmed hood, in a mock oval frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from Smith, J.C. British Mezzotinto portraits, also see British Museum online catalogue., Place of publication taken from end of publication statement., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Cf. Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, v. 3, no. 23, p. 1250., Mounted on leaf numbered 17 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:
Publish'd 20th. Jany. 1772. by H. Bryer and mezzotint
"Portrait after Gardner, half length to right, looking to front with arms crossed in lap; wearing a hat with slik trim, a neck tie with long fastening falling to the bow of her scarf, a light dress and dark shawl; trees blown in the wind behind and hills at right; oval."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from later state. See Goodwin., Possibly the second state of the plate as described by Goodwin. The British Museum impression, which is the exemplar of this state, is trimmed with probable loss of the imprint and plate numbering present here. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1870,0625.1152., Date of publication inferred from imprint on the third state, which includes a date of 20 April 1780. See Goodwin., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "No. I"--Lower left corner., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 1, page 518, no. 1., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., Mounted opposite page 191 (leaf numbered '233' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and Sitter identified in ink on mounting page, in a later hand: Lady Crewe (Francis Anne Greville).
Publisher:
Sold by J. Smith, 4 William Stt., Manchester Square
Worthington, William Henry, approximately 1795-approximately 1839, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 March 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait; three-quarters length seated directed slightly to left, looking directly towards the viewer, arms on the elbows of her chair, holding spectacles in a case in her right hand, wearing an empire line gown, a shawl with a decorated hem and a frilled bonnet and ruff, with an inkstand, candlestick and letter addressed to Mr. Wilberforce on a covered table to right and a curtain behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from later state., Early state, before title and "From the original picture in the possession of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland Bart. MP" added below image. For a later state bearing this additional text, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.1824. For an earlier state with the date "Decr. 11, 1823" in imprint, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Portraits M835a no. 1+., and Bound in opposite page 202 (leaf numbered '15' 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 March 1, 1824, by J. Hudson, 85 Cheapside
Nugent, Thomas, active 18th century, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[1800]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Esther Jane Sheridan with her son Charles on her back, as a rustic figure carrying a jug towards a stream at right, donkeys in surrounding landscape."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Sheridan and son
Description:
Title from lettered state., Artist and printmaker from statement of responsibility on lettered state: Painted by J. Hoppner R.A. ; engraved by T. Nugent., State before any lettering. For a later state with the imprint "London, Published April 2, 1800, by T. Nugent, No. 21 Charles Street, Middlesex Hospital," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1871,1209.321., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Bound in as frontispiece (opposite title page) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and With title "Hester Jane, Second Wife of R.B. Sheridan" and artist statement "John Hoppner pinxt." added in pencil in lower margin, in a later hand. Printmaker's name "Nugent" written beneath image in lower right, in a contemporary hand.
Publisher:
T. Nugent
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Hester Jane, 1776-1817, and Sheridan, Charles Brinsley, 1796-1843,
Subject (Topic):
Country life, Donkeys, Pitchers, Mothers, and Children
"Portrait of Mrs Frances Wrighten, half-length, directed to right, facing to front, holding sheet music, hair high and decorated with pearls; oval frame with lettering underneath and a motif of musical instruments that intrudes into the frame; after Dighton, from a set of twelve theatrical portraits."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from later state. and Lettered state before title. For a later state with title, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.3004.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs March 1st, 1780, by W. Richardson, No. 68 High Holborn
"Portrait of G.F. Handel, from a painting by Hogarth, then in the etcher's collection; bust directed to the right, looking towards the viewer, in fur-trimmed cap and coat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Artist, printmaker, and date from statement of responsibility present on later state: Etch'd by D.C. Read from a picture painted by Hogarth in his possession, 1830., First (proof?) state before letters. For a later state with sitter's name "G.F. Handel" etched beneath statement of responsibility in lower margin, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1875,0508.1664., Probably printed by Read himself at his residence in Salisbury, using a press he obtained shortly after beginning to publish his etched plates in 1828. See Oxford Dictionary of national biography, entry for David Charles Read., and Mounted to 42 x 29 cm. At bottom of mounting sheet is a manuscript presentation note by David Charles Read's son, Raphael W. Read: This portrait of the immortal Handel etched by his [i.e. Raphael Read’s] father from the original picture of Handels bosom[?] friend Hogarth, in the possession of C.D. Read, is presented to Charles Morine[?] as a token of friendship by Raphael W. Read.