Harris, John, active 1680-1739 or 1740, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1717]
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 140++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of the Church of St Mary-le-Strand, showing the statue of St Anne on the Portico, with further statues in the niches on the south side; elegantly dressed figures on Strand around church, a sedan chair and a carriage on the right"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Prospectum hunc Templi Stae. Mariae in vico dicto the Strand
Description:
Title from text below image., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., "Debito Obsequio D.D. Jacobus Gibbs Architectus"--Below title, lower right corner., and Watermark.
Depiction of a statue of Asclepius, dressed in a toga, with his son Telesphorus at his side; both stand on a low, circular pedestal. This statue was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "E marmore"--Below image., "Tab. XI"--Upper right corner., and Mounted on page 119 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:
R. Manby and H.S. Cox
Subject (Name):
Asklepios (Greek deity), Telesphorus (Greek deity), and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Depiction of a statue of Asclepius, dressed in a toga, with his son Telesphorus at his side; both stand on a low, circular pedestal. This statue was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "E marmore"--Below image., "Tab. XI"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 151 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 : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 23.9 x 17.3 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
R. Manby and H.S. Cox
Subject (Name):
Asklepios (Greek deity), Telesphorus (Greek deity), and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A snake forms an oval in which the title text is at center. Above is a lion holding a fleur-de-lis. Further above is a large draped curtain that hovers over the entire image. A motto over the lion reads Bominus Fortitudo Mea.
A coat of arms in which is the letter Y with a star at its center. The shield is bordered by several ermine spots. At the helm is a knight's helmet, surrounded by elaborate mantling. At the crest is a boar with a balancing scale in its mouth. Above is the motto Fortis et Æquus.
Subject (Name):
Cunninghame, Alexander
Subject (Topic):
Animals, Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Helmet, Physicians, and Shield
A shield, edged with leafing, and divided into two halves. Each half presents a gules field divided by an argent bend with three waterfowl upon it. In the upper right hand is the head of a unicorn. At the helm, surrounded by fancy leafing, is a knight's helmet. At the crest, atop a torse, is the head of a unicorn adorned with droplets. Beneath the shield are two medals that hang from ribbons. In front of these is a long banner with the motto Persevero Donec Vincam.
Subject (Name):
Marsden, Alexander (Alexander Edwin), 1832-1902
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates,, Birds, Helmet, Physicians, Shield, Shields, and Unicorn
A shield, divided into two vertical halves. The left half, with a field further divided into two designs (Gules and Azure), features a chevron Argent with five ermine spots. Surrounding this are three scallop shells; two above, one below. The right half contains, against a field Argent, a chevron Sable with three scallop shells upon it. Surrounding this are three trefoils; two above, one below. At the top of the half is a single crescent. The shield itself is edged in leafing; at the crest, upon a torse, is a lion passant. Below the shield is the motto Virtute et Labore.
Subject (Name):
McClintock, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry), 1821-1881
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Cross, Dragon, Physicians, Shells, Shield, and Shields
The ruins of an ancient temple. Surrounding the plate is written Etenim Omnes Artes Quae ad Humanitatem Pertinent Habent Quasi Commune Vinculum et Cognatione Quadam Inter se Continentur.