"Portrait of Viscountess Dorothy Townshend; half length, head to left; wearing loose blouse; in oval; with facsimile of signature."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Dorothy, second wife of Charles Viscount Townshend
Description:
Title etched below image., Possibly after a painting by Jarvis that hung in the Great Parlour (Refectory) at Strawberry Hill., Plate from: Coxe, W. Memoirs of Horatio, Lord Walpole. London : Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1802., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of second line of title from bottom edge. Complete title supplied from impression in the British Museum., and Mounted on page 21 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
"Portrait of Thomas Pelham-Hollis, 1st Duke of Newcastle, head and shoulders to left, looking to right, wearing long, curly wig, gown with fur collar, and lace cravat; in an oval, within allegorical composition, featuring letters and scroll below, ink stand with quill pens at centre, peacock at right, and two riders among clouds above; illustration to Horace Walpole's 'Lord Orford's Memoires'; after Bentley, portrait after Kneller."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Title from caption above image: Lord Orford's Memoires., and Plate from: Walpole, H. Memoires of the last ten years of the reign of George the Second. London: J. Murray, 1822.
Publisher:
J. Murray
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768,
"Portrait of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a feathered beret and collar of the Order of St Michel; in an architectural oval with draped curtain beyond and cartouche below; a weeping putto seated next to an axe and resting his hand on a crown below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Early state, before Mor's name was replaced by Holbein's in statement of responsibility. See Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Publisher and place of publication from the volume in which the print appeared., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., "In the collection of Mr. Richardson"--Below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved after a painting that was afterwards acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 137 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:
John and Paul Knapton
Subject (Name):
Norfolk, Thomas Howard, Duke of, 1538-1572, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title etched below image., Plate from: Hamilton, A. Memoirs of Count Grammont. London : Printed for S. and E. Harding, [1794]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 85 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 7, 1793, by E. & S. Harding, No. 102 Pall Mall
"Portrait of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, half-length, directed to front, with head tilted to left, looking towards the viewer; wearing wig, peer's ermine robe with chain, and neckerchief; in an oval, bordered by line, surmounted by five-petalled flowers, with tablet below behind; below, allegorical image, showing three female figures on a platform in a tent, and a fourth seated at left, holding a cornucopia; ship at sea in background at left; illustration to Thornton's 'A New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus' (1805); from a drawing by Uwins, after Ramsay."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Two images, each separately titled below., Below image of the Earl of Bute is the allegorical representation of sitter's life's work. Statement of responsibility from second image., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text.
"Portrait; bust, facing three-quarter to left, eyes to the viewer; head completed; clothes outlined; background blank."--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., The word "general" in title is followed by a superscript "X" which is repeated one line below with the explanation: The Earl of Essex in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, chorus to the 5th act of Henry 5th. Pope., Mounted on page 132 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 19.1 x 14.1 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. March 1, 1791, by E. Harding, No. 132 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Name):
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
"Portrait; bust, facing three-quarter to left, eyes to the viewer; head completed; clothes outlined; background blank."--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., and The word "general" in title is followed by a superscript "X" which is repeated one line below with the explanation: The Earl of Essex in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, chorus to the 5th act of Henry 5th. Pope.
Publisher:
Pub. March 1, 1791, by E. Harding, No. 132 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Name):
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
"Portrait; bust, facing three-quarter to left, eyes to the viewer; head completed; clothes outlined; background blank."--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., The word "general" in title is followed by a superscript "X" which is repeated one line below with the explanation: The Earl of Essex in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, chorus to the 5th act of Henry 5th. Pope., Mounted on page 62 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 wove paper ; sheet 18.6 x 13.5 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pub. March 1, 1791, by E. Harding, No. 132 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Name):
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
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)