Titles from text below image, in English and French., "No. 32"--Lower right corner., No. 22, "Mr. and Mrs. George Morton Pitt," on Edith McKeon Abbott's map: Horace Walpole's Twickenham 1747-1797, in v. 42 of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980., and Watermark: G.R.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament & sold by J. Boydell, Engraver at the Unicorn, the corner of Queen Street, Cheapside
"View in Charing Cross with the Golden Cross Inn on the left, Northumberland House and the equestrian statue of Charles I on the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vü de la Maison de Northumberland á Charing Cross
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.2814., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of the city of London and public buildings therein, accurately engraved from the originals taken on the spot", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 86, no. 8., Plate numbered "11" in upper right corner., Watermark: Curteis & Son 1806., and Leaf 30 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
London (England) and Charing Cross (London, England),
Subject (Name):
Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1712-1786
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Taverns (Inns), Row houses, Dwellings, Equestrian statues, Carriages & coaches, and Carts & wagons
"The Thames at the centre with boats on the water, figures on the quay to the right, a mansion by the quay and the city in the back, Richmond Hill in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View of Richmond Hill from the Earl of Cholmondeley's and Vue de la Montagne de Richmond de la maison du Conte de Cholmondelly
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication based on Robert Sayer's earliest year of activity. The address "near Sergeants Inn, Fleet Street" only appears on his very early prints; see British Museum online catalogue., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Views of villages, noblemen and gentlemen's seats, &c. situate on, or near the river Thames", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 88, no. 13., Imperfect; plate number erased from sheet and replaced with number "6" written in ink. Missing number supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1872,1012.5399., Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 39 cm., and Leaf 10 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleetstreet
Subject (Geographic):
Richmond (London, England), Thames River (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Cholmondeley, George Cholmondeley, Earl of, 1703-1770
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Rivers, Dwellings, Piers & wharves, and Boats
"View looking across the river towards the grand house fronting the Thames; three horses pull a fishing boat in foreground, a tree to the left"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition
Alternative Title:
Doctor Battys house at Twickenham as viewed from the opposite shore of the River Thames and Vüe de la maison de Monsieur le Docteur Batty a Twickenham prise du rivage opposee de la Tamisè
Description:
Title from text below image., Artist attribution from original drawing in The Lewis Walpole Library., Date of publication based on the separation of John and Carington Bowles's names in imprint statement. See British Museum online catalogue., Reissue of a print originally published in 1749 by John Bowles. See British Museum online catalogue., "Publish'd according to act of Parliament"--Below image., No. 10, "Hon. George Shirley," on Edith McKeon Abbott's map: Horace Walpole's Twickenham 1747-1797, in v. 42 of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980., No. 12, "Dr. William Battie," on Edith McKeon Abbott's map: Horace Walpole's Twickenham 1747-1797, in v. 42 of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles, No. 13 in Cornhill & Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England), Thames River (England),, England, and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Batty, Robert, 1763?-1849
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Houses, Estates, Rivers, Horses, and Boats
Cetta carte des terres & du château de Mme. la Marquise de Sévigné ...
Description:
Title etched in upper left corner., Dedication etched in upper right corner: Cetta carte des terres & du château de Mme. la Marquise de Sévigné est présentée à Madame la Comtesse de Carlisle par Mr. Selwyn avec l'hommage de son trés profond respect., Text below title begins: Remarques. Le rouge marque les batimens du tems de Madme. de Sevigné ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 250 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 July 11th, 1788, by T. Harmar, 164 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France, Vitré., and Vitré (France : District)
Subject (Name):
Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de, 1626-1696
Plate showing side-by-side floor plans for two levels of Houghton Hall. The image on the left shows a floor plan of the main level of the house; the image on the right shows a floor plan of the attic level of the house
Alternative Title:
Plan du principal etage de Houghton dans Norfolk maison Robert Walpole Esqr. &c. and Plan of the attik story
Description:
Title in English for image on left is etched in lower left above scale bar; title in French for image on left is etched in lower left below scale bar. Title in English for image on right is etched in lower right above scale bar., Title in English for image on left continues: ... Chancellor of Exqr. and First Lord Comr. of his Majesty's Treasury. Erected anno 1723. Design'd by Colen Campbell Esqr. 1723., Date of publication from that of the volume in which the plate appeared., Plate from: Campbell, C. Vitruvius Britannicus or the British architect ... [London] : [publisher not identified], [1767?]., "P. 31, vol. 3d"--Upper left corner., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of title for image on left, statements of responsibility, and volume and page numbering. Missing text supplied from a more perfect impression., Mounted on page 11 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:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and Norfolk.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 and Houghton Hall (England)
Plate showing two architectural representations of Houghton Hall, one above the other. The top image shows an elevation of the front of the house; the bottom image shows a floor plan of the building
Alternative Title:
General plan and Elevation general de Houghton dans le Comté de Norfolk maison de Robert Walpole Esqr. &c.
Description:
Titles in English and French for top image are etched below scale bar for that image; title in English for bottom image is etched above scale bar for that image., Title in English for top image continues: ... Chancellor of Exqr. and First Lord Comr. of his Majesty's Treasury, &c. Design'd by Colen Campbell Esqr. 1723., Date of publication from that of the volume in which the plate appeared., Plate from: Campbell, C. Vitruvius Britannicus or the British architect ... [London], [publisher not identified], [1767?]., "P. 29, vol. 3d" etched in upper left corner and "p. 30" etched in upper right corner., Imperfect; top image only is present, with bottom image and statements of responsibility having been trimmed away. Description based on a more perfect impression., Mounted on page 10 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., A second scale bar, trimmed from a different print, has been pasted in lower right corner of sheet., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and Norfolk.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 and Houghton Hall (England)
Cochin, Charles Nicolas, 1715-1790, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[1746]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View of Madame du Deffand's room and two cats, with one cat standing on an armchair at center and the other on the floor. The two animals face one another in apparent aggression, both having one paw raised and tail extended and fluffed. A fireplace is seen at right, behind which are a small bureau and wall-mounted bookshelf. In the center background is a window; part of a bed or sofa is visible behind a curtain in the left background
Alternative Title:
Madame du Deffand's cats and S'ils ont griffes et dents, ils en font bon usage ...
Description:
Title from Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Ch. Nic. Cochin fils; alternative title devised by curator., Designed and engraved in 1746 by Charles Nicolas Cochin; see Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Ch. Nic. Cochin fils., Verses by the president Hénault etched below image: S'ils ont griffes et dents, ils en font bon usage, On leur imputte à tort et ruse et trahison; Ils sont gays, caressans: la grace est leur partage, Qui les craints, s'en repent: qui s'y fie à raison., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 64 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:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Du Deffand, Marie de Vichy Chamrond, marquise, 1697-1780 and Hénault, Charles-Jean-François, 1685-1770.
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Interiors, Cats, Furniture, and Fireplaces