"Pastoral landscape with the Arch of Constantine; in the foreground, at right, an artist sketching with a companion on a fallen tree-trunk, beyond cattle and figure crossing a stream, followed by two figures on a donkey accompanied by a figure on foot, beyond at centre the Arch, and at left the Colosseum."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger based on description of a later state in the British Museum; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1872,1012.4705., Etched outline state of one of two hundred plates that were later issued in bound volumes entitled: Liber veritatis. Or, A collection of two hundred prints ... / after the original designs of Claude le Lorrain ... executed by Richard Earlom ... London : Published by the proprietor, John Boydell, [1777-1819]., Plate numbered in lower left corner: No. 115., Watermark: VI., and Imperfect; plate numbering has been erased from sheet.
Publisher:
Published Sepr. 1st, 1775, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
Title and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on sides., Two columns of verse below image: A fawning flatterer D. J. Thou see'st not, what thou see'st, then doe not say ..., and Watermark.
Ink and pencil copy of an eighteenth-century engraved portrait of John Watson, Church of England clergyman and antiquary. Watson is drawn half-length directed to the right, with his head almost in profile, right hand on hip, left holding a scroll in front of him with his elbow propped on an unseen ledge; wearing dark clerical robes with waistband, and white bell-bottomed wig. A numbered .5 cm grid is penciled over the ink drawing
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., A copy of a 1780 engraved portrait by James Basire after Daniel Stringer., and For further information, consult library staff.
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
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 July 1801]
Call Number:
Bunbury 801.07.01.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on an unidentified man strolling in the countryside carrying a stick."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Unknown satirical portrait
Description:
Title supplied from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: J,6.102. Alternative title from description of an earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Reissue, with different imprint statement, of a print originally published 23 December 1773. Cf. No. 4762 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on lower edge., Temporary local subject terms: Male costume, 1773 -- Country walking., and Watermark, trimmed: [...] 1799.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1, 1801, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccdilly [sic]
Drawing of a section with half-wall plan of the Tribune at Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex; with two small sketches of details also in ink but with some additions in graphite
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Watermark in center of sheet: Fleur de lis., and One of 11 drawings numbered 56-66 by W.S. Lewis, continuing the numbering used for an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Drawing of a section with half-wall plan for the Tribune at Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Watermark in center of sheet: GR with crown., and One of 11 drawings numbered 56-66 by W.S. Lewis, continuing the numbering used for an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title from British Museum catalogue., Formerly attributed to Hogarth; now thought to be by Platt., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark: J. Whatman., and Possibly a 19th century copy?
Title devised by cataloger., Printmaker from later plate in series., Questionable date of publication based on watermarks from this print and another in the series at The Lewis Walpole Library., Six designs on one plate, each with a letter etched above and a word and its definition etched below., Description based on imperfect impression; probable plate number has been erased from upper right corner of sheet.., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1827.