"The head and shoulders of Philip Francis, his head turned in profile to the left, with the baleful stare characteristic of Sayers's portraits of Francis as the enemy of Hastings, cf. British Museum Satires No. 7292."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., One of eight satirical portraits in the series "Illustrious heads designed for a new history of republicanism ..."; see British Museum catalogue., For a variant state with plate number "6" etched in upper right corner, see no. 8455 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Temporary local subject terms: French republicans -- Oppositions: Members of the Opposition.
Publisher:
Publd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Francis, Philip, 1740-1818 and Philippeaux, Pierre, 1754-1794.
"Portrait of Madame de Maintenon, bust-length directed to right and looking to front, her dark hair in an updo and dressed with pearls, and wearing a pearl earring and a pearl necklace, in an oval frame, surrounded by four medallions celebrating her virtues, and her coat of arms at the bottom."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Françoise Daubigny Marquise de Maintenon
Description:
Title from text in image., Publisher and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.1341., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 96 (leaf numbered '145' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Title etched below image., Place of publication based on printmaker's country of residence; date of publication based on printmaker's death date., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on verso of a drawing mounted on page 66 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):
Grignan, Françoise Marguerite de Sévigné, comtesse de, 1646-1705,
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. 1762]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Liotard
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared., Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780]., Design consists of two portraits, each with the sitter's name etched below; the larger portrait of "Frederick Zincke" is centered in a rectangle, while the smaller portrait of "Liotard" is in an oval in the lower right corner of the rectangle., "Vol. 4, p. 91"--Upper right corner., Portrait of Liotard engraved after a self-portrait in enamel that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 136 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 : etching and drypoint on wove paper ; sheet 6.5 x 4.7 cm., and Imperfect; only the smaller portrait of Liotard is present, with the rest of the sheet trimmed away.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Zincke, Christian Frederick, 1685-1767,, Liotard, Jean-Etienne, 1702-1789,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. 1762]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Liotard
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared., Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780]., Design consists of two portraits, each with the sitter's name etched below; the larger portrait of "Frederick Zincke" is centered in a rectangle, while the smaller portrait of "Liotard" is in an oval in the lower right corner of the rectangle., "Vol. 4, p. 91"--Upper right corner., Portrait of Liotard engraved after a self-portrait in enamel that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 151 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., 1 print : etching and drypoint on wove paper ; sheet 16.5 x 12.7 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of volume and page numbering from upper right.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Zincke, Christian Frederick, 1685-1767,, Liotard, Jean-Etienne, 1702-1789,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, when a boy, whole length, standing to front in a park, holding a scroll, leaning on a table, with head turned to look to right at an old, half-naked man, seated on a tree trunk, addressing him; another man seated at left in a contemplating pose; Walpole's villa at Strawberry Hill in background."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1875,0508.479
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece to volume 1 and Lord Orford's Memoires
Description:
Title from text above and below image., Publication information from that of the volume to which this print is a frontispiece., and Frontispiece to volume one of: Walpole, H. Memoires of the last ten years of the reign of George the Second. London: J. Murray, 1822.
"Portrait of George Frederick Cooke as Iago in Shakespeare's 'Othello'; standing three-quarter to front with plumed hat in his left hand, his left arm close to his waist, turned to face left; wearing cloak over slashed, embroidered doublet and ruff with tassles"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., One line of verse below title: Oh, beware, my Lord of jealousy., and Library's impression with multiple tears, glued on buckram mount.
Publisher:
Published April 21, 1801, by Messrs. Wards, & Co. N. 6, Newman Street, London
Subject (Name):
Cooke, George Frederick, 1756-1812,
Subject (Topic):
Iago (Fictitious character), Fictitious characters, Actors, and British
"Portrait of Galfridus Walpole, half length to the left, looking at the viewer, wearing large long wig; in oval; with facsimile of signature."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date from that of the volume in which the print appeared., 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 142 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:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Galfridus, 1683-1726 and Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Baron, 1678-1757
Full length portrait of a booted and spurred George Onslow, M.P. for Guildford, and supporter of the North ministry, facing left, his back to the viewer. In the right foreground stands a spurred game cock, a reference to Onslow's nickname, Little Cocking George
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., and Mounted on page 5 with three other prints.