Title devised by cataloger., Probably after a painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller., Date assigned by cataloger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 59 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.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. 1781?]
Call Number:
Portraits H252 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Engraving of Thomas Orde's portrait of the British philanthropist Jonas Hanway, three-quarters length in profile looking left and seated at a table writing; with a quotation from Horace etched below the oval portrait, "En fides et pax et honor ... virtus audet. Hor. Cax. Soc."
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and Quotation etched below image: "En fides et pax et honor pudory, prisous, et neglects redire virtus audet. Hor. Car. Sec."
"Portrait, three-quarter length, seated in an armchair, directed towards left, head in profile to left, his right elbow on a table covered with a tablecloth bearing coat of arms; his right hand supporting his chin; dressed in ermine-trimmed robes; in the background on the left, partial view of an organ; lettered state, after hair and beard shortened."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Portrait of King George III
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Publisher from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Verses etched below image: When the ear heard him, then it blessed him and when the eye saw him, it gave witness of him ... but his name liveth evermore., and Dedication etched at bottom of plate: To the British nation, this print of the father of his people is most respectually dedicated by Samuel W. Reynolds.
"Lady Diana Beauclerk's two daughters sitting on a bench, Elizabeth, later Lady Herbert, in profile to left, drawing in a sketch-book leaning on her knees; her younger sister Mary, later Countess Jenison Walworth, seated behind on left facing front; curtain, pillar and landscape in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., State from Calabi and de Vesme catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 71 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., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th, 1780, by F. Bartolozzi, No. 1 Bentinck Street, in Berwick Street, Soho
"Portrait of Sir Thomas Lawrence, after a self-portrait (Garlick 1964, p.232.1), half-length in an oval frame, directed to right and looking to front with long loose hair and wearing a sash; illustration to D E Williams' 'The life and correspondence of Sir Thomas Lawrence, Kt' (London: 1831). 1831."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, artist, printmaker, publisher, and publication information from lettered state in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1859,0709.1158.
Full-length portrait of a woman, likely to be Mary Anne Clarke, wearing a white neoclassical dress and standing on a balcony with a curtain drapped from the left corner
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Signed and dated by the artist in lower left: Adam Buck, London 1804., Identity of the sitter based on the known partronage of Adam Buck by both Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, and his mistress Mary Anne Clarke. In addition, there exist other examples of similar portraits of Clarke by Buck., and Removed from frame, which is stored separately in LSF Bin 14.
Plate [118] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; a woman grieving, comforted by Cupid, at the foot of a monument with portrait medallion of Mary, surmounted by an urn and surrounded by bushes."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [118] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
A double portrait depicting the daughters of John Crewe, Esq., M.P. for Cheshire. The identity of each sitter is uncertain, but it has been suggested that Elizabeth is on the right and Emma is on the left
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., State from British mezzotinto portraits., After Joshua Reynolds's painting, ca. 1766., and Numbered in manuscript upper left: 75. Printed on gilt-edged paper.
Publisher:
Published Septr. 30th, 1782, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
Portrait of Mrs Yates as Jane Shore; bust in an oval frame. Her right arm is raised, her forehead rests against her raised arm; her eyes are half-closed and her hair loosely dressed up with tresses over the shoulders. She wears a low-necked dress
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist, printmaker, and publication information from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint., Another state with scratched inscription below the image reads: "T Parkinson Pinxt. / I. Boydell excudit / J. Meers fecit / London Printed for J. Boydell Cheapside & Publishd as the Act directs Nov. 15th 1776.", Mounted to 28 x 22 cm., and Figure identified in a contemporary hand at bottom of mount: Mrs. Mary Yates.
"Portrait of a whole-length figure of a man who is walking to our left with both hands thrust into the bosom of his waistcoat. The figure is in three-quarters view to our left, likewise the head. The man wears a hat, his head is very much liek that of a sheep; he appears to have but one eye, the right; his nose and jaws protrude, he wears a cravat, a coat without a collar, and with wide cuffs and large pockets in the skirts; in one of those pockets is a book marked, "For Sale by the Candle at G[arra]ways"; he wears knee-breeches, stockings and very large shoes with buckles in them."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Date of publication from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Figure identified as Noah Blisson, town-crier, in the British Museum catalogue. Blisson's name, as well as "very like", are written on the British Museum impression., Further to identification as Noah Blisson: Advertisement in the General Advertiser of 4 March, 1746: 'For SALE by the CANDLE, at GARRAWAY's Coffee-House in Exchange-Alley' some Genoa velvets, Italian silks, and '87 Chests Leghorn Hats. ... Catalogues will be Timely dispersed by NOAH BLISSON, Broker.' From 1757-1768 he was tading as Blisson and Richard., Temporary local subject terms: Criers., Watermark: countermark IV., and Mounted to 42 x 27 cm.
