Title supplied by cataloger., Place of publication from sitter's known place of activity., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text.
King George III is standing with a woman holding a parasol (possibly Herschel's sister and assistant Caroline) observing two men operating a massive 40 ft. reflecting telescope suspended in a complex framework of wooden supports, cables, pulleys, and wheels
Description:
Title, date, and artist supplied by cataloger. and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Slough (England)
Subject (Name):
Herschel, William, 1738-1822. and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
Subject (Topic):
Reflecting telescopes, Telescopes, Astronomical instruments, and Astronomy
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1792]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 34 Box D210
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two rows of women quarter-length and in profile, some cradling cats in their arms, with captions inscribed in ink near each figure: This is my Queensbury the finest Tom Cat in England; I'm going to see Arabella's catery she had two charming sitters yesterday morning; God bless me these Irish captains are terrible men; Eighteen delightful little creatures I'm told what a sweet ...
Description:
Title and date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Woodward., and Sheet possibly trimmed from a larger design for a border.
A man with raised arms stands over a fire. Notes by the artist throughout the image and on verso
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Signed lower left in ink: James Gillray., Illegible jottings throughout the sketch with notes; sketch accompanied by a separate manuscript with details about the sketch., Preliminary sketch, possibly for his print End of the Irish farce of Catholic emancipation, published by H. Humphrey 17 May 1805., and James Gillray, English caricaturist, 1756-1815.
Volume 1, page 49. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date supplied by cataloger., With a description, written in ink, above and to the right of drawing: Painted on the wall in Hungerfords Chapple, Salisbury. This is painted on the wall within Hungerfords Chapple adjoyning to Salisbury Cathedral ..., Inscriptions from the painting are reproduced in ink below image, under the headings "over the gallant young mans head" and "writt over the figure of the sceleton"., and Mounted on page 49 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.
Page 121.8. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to John Chute from local card catalog record., Date based on death date of Horace Walpole, who assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is mounted., Two drawings on separate sheets, mounted together one above the other., Annotations accompany the vignettes in the drawings, with "circular room 12 feet high" written in pencil across top of uppermost drawing. Also in the upper drawing, "eight stools" is written in ink next to a circular design, and the notes "fret work inside of roof" and "low head boards pierced ..." are written next to two small depictions of a chimneypiece. In the lower drawing, the notes "flat & square" and "balustrade 2 f. 1/2 high" are written next to a patterned design., Several additional sketches of architectural details, in pen and ink and pencil, are present on the verso of the sheet mounted at top., and Mounted on page 121.8 in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 22, copy 3.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Page 203. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Statement of responsibility written in ink along right edge of sheet., Date of production inferred from other drawings in the album by the same artist, all of which are dated 1776., and Tipped in as page 203 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).