Portrait in a rectangular frame, James Stuart, known as "Athenian Stuart", in profile half-length, directed and looking to the left
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publication date from published state National Portrait Gallery, London., and Text below image: "From a picture in the possession of Richard Brettingham Esqr., Shotford Hall, Norfolk."
Two head-and-shoulder portraits of the 4th Earl of Sandwich and his mistress, Martha Ray, in separate unnumbered, ornamental oval frames
Alternative Title:
Miss R-- and Miss Ray
Description:
Title from item., Publication date inferred from that of the original., A copy in reverse of a plate from: "Histories of the tête-à-tête annexed" in Town and country magazine. London : Printed for A. Hamilton, Jr., v. 1 (1769), p. 562., and Cf. No. 4361 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, and Reay, Martha,
Title from text in image., Date of publication from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., and Place of publication from printmaker's place of activity.
"Portrait of John Gower; bust, in profile to the right; wearing chaplet of roses around his head; in a rectangle frame, set within architectural details; a tablet below, with his three principal works in front, and a further book open to a page with an illustration of his monument in Southwark Cathedral; the portrait taken from his effigy on this monument."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Place of publication from printmaker's place of activity., Text below image: "Honoratiss Dno Ioanni Levison Gower Domino Gower; hanc effigiem humillime D.D. / G. Vertue." per image in British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: G,1.338., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed with loss of text below design., and In white paper frame with green gouche, yellow wash, and black ink frame: 420 x 360 mm.
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Place of publication based on sitter's known major place of activity., Date of publication based on year sitter would be of age for portrait., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text., and In paper frame: 362 x 267 mm.
"Double portrait of Charles V and of Henry VIII, bust-length, bearded, wearing hat and contemporary costume, Charles wearing the order of the Golden Fleece."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
King Henry the Eighth and the Emperor Charles the Fifth
Description:
Title etched below image. and Date of publication based on the year that G.P. Harding was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547,, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Double portrait of Charles V and of Henry VIII, bust-length, bearded, wearing hat and contemporary costume, Charles wearing the order of the Golden Fleece."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
King Henry the Eighth and the Emperor Charles the Fifth
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication based on the year that G.P. Harding was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London., 1 print : stipple engraving and etching on wove paper ; sheet 24.1 x 30.1 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547,, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Lady Arabella Seymour, born Stuart; three-quarter length, slightly to the left; one hand resting on table to the left with two books behind; wearing pearls that reach down to her waist."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Lady Arabella Stuart
Description:
Title etched below image., Probably a proof state; for a later state with title re-etched and plate number added in upper right corner, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 33 30 Copy 4., Possibly engraved after the drawing by Vertue that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 124 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.
"Portrait, seated three-quarter length to right within oval frame, resting hands, one gloved, on stick, eyes to front; wearing loose coat over sash and uniform; after Poggi."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Lieutenant Colonel Biddulph of the 3d Regiment
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publication date from printmaker's death date., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on sheet: 476 x 347 mm.