Volume 1, page 61. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of the western front of Chichester Cross, a 15th-century market cross that stands in the center of the city of Chichester
Alternative Title:
West front
Description:
Title devised by curator., Note in ink in upper left corner: The west front., Date supplied by cataloger., Sheet numbered "2" in upper right corner., Laid down on an ink line mount., Mounted on the following leaf (page 63) is a sheet on which an inscription about the erection and repair of Chichester Cross is reproduced in ink, beneath which is written "Inscription to west front"., and Mounted on page 61 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.
A light infrantryman dressed in full uniform executes a drill with his flintlock. The caption from the published plate reads: ... the right hand is brought sharp to seize the flintlock at the top of the left shoulder keeping the body square & elbows close
Description:
Title from print based on this drawing and later published in a volme by Rowlandson. and For further information, consult library staff.
Volume 1, page 35. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed "R.W. f." in lower left corner; artist with the intials "R.W." is unidentified., Date supplied by cataloger., With a faint and mostly illegible pencil annotation below image, which includes the name "Juxon" and the date "1633"., Another portrait drawing is mounted on the same page, beneath which is the ink annotation: Two heads of Archbp. Juxon., and Mounted on page 35 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.
Volume 1, page 35. 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., Beneath image is the ink annotation "Two heads of Archbp. Juxon", which refers to this drawing and another portrait drawing mounted on the same page., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 35 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.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1853]
Call Number:
Folio 64 B39 813
Collection Title:
Page 152e. Magna Britannia.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Signed by the artist in lower right., Date of production based on artist's death date., Inscription beside the figure on the left: Aetatis svae 11 anno 1627 Sr. William Rvssell., Inscription beside the figure on the right: Aetatis svae 32 anno 1627., and Mounted on page 152e in an extra-illustrated copy of: Lysons, D. Magna Britannia. London : T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813.
Copy of a seventeenth-century engraved portrait of William Somner, an antiquarian scholar and author. The portait is enclosed in an oval revealing an unfinished scrollwork pattern
Alternative Title:
Mr. Somner
Description:
Title devised by curator., An unfinished copy of a 1693 engraving by Michael Burghers., On verso is another drawing: Effigies Gulielmi Bagwell : aetat. 66 ano. Dom. 1659., Two drawings on one sheet, recto and verso., and For further information, consult library staff.
Page 190. Collectanea Cantabrigiensia, or collections relating to Cambridge, university, town, and
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Full-length depiction of a woman facing right, kneeling on a cushion with hands pressed together in prayer, a book open on a stand in front of her
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on publication date of the volume in which the drawing is found., With note in pencil below image: North isle of Chipenham Chapel, painted [?], no inscript[ion?]., Tipped in at page 190 in an extra-illustrated copy of Francis Blomefield's Collectanea Cantabrigiensia, or collections relating to Cambridge, university, town, and county ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Women in literature and art.
A female Bermudan street vendor is sitting behind her produce wares under a makeshift sun shade. She wears a white scarf over her hair and a dress dyed primarily white and midnight blue; her hands are slightly raised and outstretched towards the diverse assortment of produce
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Possibly one of a series of small drawings of black Bermudans., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Bermuda Islands
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Street vendors, Produce stands, Corn, Bananas, and Squashes
Page 180. 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., Artist's name and date written in ink on verso, in a contemporary hand., Two small decorative designs in ink, on separate sheets, are mounted above and below drawing., and Mounted on page 180 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).
A man in a coat with military facings, identified as Woodford Rice, stands in the middle of a room holding in his left hand a book open to the title page, "The Rutland Volunteers," and with a frontispiece that is a copy of this print. In the background, a military hat and a sword lie on a chair, togetehr with table with writing materials on it. Above the table hangs a plan depicting General Burgoyne's position against the French and Spanish armies at Villa Vellia Ford in 1762 where Captain Rice distiguished himself in the battle
Description:
Title and publication date from no. 6316, of which this print appears to be a variant. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Rice, Woodford, -1784.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, Furniture, Inkstands, and Clothing & dress