publish'd according to the act of Parliam[...] [not before 1738]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Portrait of Elizabeth Adams, three-quarter length, seated to left, holding a notebook titled "Repenting sins", shown with both hands on her lap, wearing bonnet and plain dress. Adams was a criminal who was hanged for robbery in 1738. Resemblance to a figure in William Hogarth's Harlot's Progress, plate 6; and tentatively attributed to him in the British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of the end of the publication statement., and On page 63 in volume 1. Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand beneath print: See Nichols's Book, 3d edit. p. 194.
"Bust portrait of the actress Elizabeth Barry, in profile to left, hair pulled back and loosely fastened, falling down back and over right shoulder, wearing loose, low-necked gown, button at left shoulder; oval frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Elizabeth Barry
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The biographical mirrour. London : Published by S. and E. Harding, Pall-Mall, 1795-[1814?]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., Engraved after the picture kept by Horace Walpole in the Round Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 170 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. Dec. 17, 1792, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Barry, Elizabeth, approximately 1658-1713, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Bust portrait of the actress Elizabeth Barry, in profile to left, hair pulled back and loosely fastened, falling down back and over right shoulder, wearing loose, low-necked gown, button at left shoulder; oval frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Elizabeth Barry
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The biographical mirrour. London : Published by S. and E. Harding, Pall-Mall, 1795-[1814?]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., Engraved after the picture kept by Horace Walpole in the Round Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 220 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 with etching on wove paper ; oval sheet 13.1 x 10.4 cm., Imperfect; oval portrait only is present, with the rest of the sheet (including all text) trimmed away., Manuscript title in ink on mounting page below image: Mrs. Barry., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pub. Dec. 17, 1792, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Barry, Elizabeth, approximately 1658-1713, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
An album of prints with some drawings by Henry William Bunbury, assembled by Horace Walpole (ca. 1776-1782), and mounted with captions by Walpole along with prints etched or engraved after Bunbury designs by: W. Dickinson, F. Bartolozzi, Thomas Watson, J. Bretherton, J. Baldrey, and P.W. White. Includes a series "Hints to bad horsemen" and a portrait by Joshua Reynolds of a young Bunbury engraved by T. Blackmore
Description:
Title vignette., Title from t.p. printed at Strawberry Hill Press by Thomas Kirgate, mounted on p. [1]., and Original marbled boards with calf backs. Bookplate 2 early state. (Later state in the second volume). Press-mark C.19. Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Subject (Name):
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811. and Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811,
Subject (Topic):
English wit and humor, Pictorial, Animals, Horseback riding, Horses, Jumping (Horsemanship), and Peasants
An album of prints with some drawings by Henry William Bunbury, assembled by Horace Walpole (ca. 1776-1782), and mounted with captions by Walpole along with prints etched or engraved after Bunbury designs by: W. Dickinson, F. Bartolozzi, Thomas Watson, J. Bretherton, J. Baldrey, and P.W. White. Includes a series "Hints to bad horsemen" and a portrait by Joshua Reynolds of a young Bunbury engraved by T. Blackmore
Description:
Title vignette., Title from t.p. printed at Strawberry Hill Press by Thomas Kirgate, mounted on p. [1]., and Original marbled boards with calf backs. Bookplate 2 early state. (Later state in the second volume). Press-mark C.19. Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Subject (Name):
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811. and Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811,
Subject (Topic):
English wit and humor, Pictorial, Animals, Horseback riding, Horses, Jumping (Horsemanship), and Peasants
"Portrait, three-quarter length, turned slightly to right, in widow's robe, seated in a chair before a curtain, holding gloves."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Frances Brydges Countess of Exeter
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., The original painting by Van Dyck, formerly owned by Richardson, was acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 110 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., and Annotated by Horace Walpole in brown ink below title: The original, which was Richardson's, is now at Strawberry Hill.
Publisher:
Pub. March 1st, 1777, by J. Thane, Gerrard Street, Soho
Subject (Name):
Exeter, Frances Brydges, Countess of, 1580-1663, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 578); almost three-quarter length to front, facing and eyes to the left, wearing uniform and holding a large key in his right hand; smoke and cannons in the background, the Straits of Gibralter in the distance"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Numbered in contemporary hand in upper right corner: "60."
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 1st 1788 by John & Josiah Boydell, no. 90, Cheapside, London
Three elephant folio volumes containing 705 prints and tracings: 469 prints by Hogarth; 236 additional satires after Hogarth's prints by contemporary artists George Bickham, Samuel Ireland, and Paul Sandby. Also included are rare trade cards and coats of arms; Hogarth's shop-card as well as those of his sister, Ellis Gamble, and Edward Vaughan; Harrison's Tobacco Paper; Arms of Sir Gregory Page, Kendal and other coats-of-arms; theatre tickets including tickets for the Theatre Royal. The contents include examples from Hogarth complete oeuvre including: The Harlot's progress, first and later states; The Rake's progress, first and later states, including two unfinished proofs; The four times of day, including an unfinished proof; Strolling players, first and second states; Hogarth's Tour by R. Livesay after Samuel Scott, a set of nine colored, with An Account, five leaves; Some of the Principal inhabitants of the moon, etc. Also with a printed list annotated in Hogarth's hand
Description:
Title assigned by cataloger., Bound in brown calf, rebacked., Date surmised based on Steevens earliest date on interest in Hogarth and Steevens's death date., With the armorial bookplate of William Windham; also with the bookplate of Charles William Dyson Perrins., Items removed from volume 2 stored separately in two solander boxes., and For further information consult library staff.
Three elephant folio volumes containing 705 prints and tracings: 469 prints by Hogarth; 236 additional satires after Hogarth's prints by contemporary artists George Bickham, Samuel Ireland, and Paul Sandby. Also included are rare trade cards and coats of arms; Hogarth's shop-card as well as those of his sister, Ellis Gamble, and Edward Vaughan; Harrison's Tobacco Paper; Arms of Sir Gregory Page, Kendal and other coats-of-arms; theatre tickets including tickets for the Theatre Royal. The contents include examples from Hogarth complete oeuvre including: The Harlot's progress, first and later states; The Rake's progress, first and later states, including two unfinished proofs; The four times of day, including an unfinished proof; Strolling players, first and second states; Hogarth's Tour by R. Livesay after Samuel Scott, a set of nine colored, with An Account, five leaves; Some of the Principal inhabitants of the moon, etc. Also with a printed list annotated in Hogarth's hand
Description:
Title assigned by cataloger., Bound in brown calf, rebacked., Date surmised based on Steevens earliest date on interest in Hogarth and Steevens's death date., With the armorial bookplate of William Windham; also with the bookplate of Charles William Dyson Perrins., Items removed from volume 2 stored separately in two solander boxes., and For further information consult library staff.