Portrait of Thomas Pellett; half length, to the left, looking to front; wearing cloak with tassles decorating bands across sleeves, wig, and neck scarf; in oval; after Dahl
Description:
Title from later, lettered states., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., On page 208 in volume 3., and Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Proof. In pencil in Steeven's hand above row of three impressions of this portrait: Dr. Pellet. See Nichols's Book, 3d. edit., p. 407.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 1st. 1781 by I. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market
Title, printmaker, artist, publisher, and publication date from Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum., Date of publication from printmaker's known place of activity., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Portrait of Thomas Wood, standing whole-length directed slightly to right, his right hand tucked into his coat, left hand at his side, a bunch of flowers at left lapel, in an ordered garden with windmills in the background; after Ogborne; unlettered proof before margin cleared
Description:
Title, artist and publication information from Chaloner Smith. and Engraved from a painting by David Ogborne. Cf. Chaloner Smith.
Publisher:
Publish'd March the 1st 1774, by John Thane, printseller and medalist in Gerrard Street, Soho
Full length portrait of an elderly and toothless John Wilkes, in hat, bag-wig, ruffled shirt and riding boots
Description:
Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Another state has the number 'XIV' in upper left corner., and Mounted on page 5 with three other prints.
Full length portrait of an elderly and toothless John Wilkes, in hat, bag-wig, ruffled shirt and riding boots
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Plate numbered "XIV" in upper left corner., 1 print : etching with drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 11.3 cm, on sheet 19.5 x 12.9 cm., Mounted with three other prints on leaf 4 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures., and The figure in the print is identified by a small strip of paper (approximately 5 x 35 mm) pasted in lower left corner of sheet with their name in letterpress: Mr. Wilkes.
"Portrait of William Beckford after Reynolds (Mannings 149); head and shoulders facing to left, in cravat and plain coat."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later proof state
Description:
Title from published state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on later states. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.:1876,1209.45., Early proof of a plate, probably a book illustration, later issued with the publication line: London, 1835, Published by R. Bentley. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Babb-Beckford no. 21., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Window mounted to 34.6 x 24.9 cm.
Title, publisher, and date from published state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility etched below image on published state: P. Sauvage ; S. Freeman., and Proof state of a plate later issued with the imprint: London, Published by Henry Colburn, Great Marlborough St., 1844. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Babb-Beckford no. 34.
"Portrait of William Hayley; half-length leaning against a book; state after 'London 1779' added."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted before page 219 (leaf numbered '41' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
"Portrait after Lawrence (Garlick 421); three-quarter length seated in ecclesiastical robes, looking to left, holding a paper on his lap in both hands."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
William Howley, D.D. F.R.S. : Lord Bishop of London
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger; alternative title from later state., Early (proof?) state, with production details only. For a later state with title and imprint added, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.5597., Publication information inferred from imprint on later state: London, Pubd. July 28, 1817, by Messrs. Colnaghi & Co., Cockspur Street, Haymarket., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text from bottom edge., Bound in before page 559 (leaf numbered '150' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and Manuscript title "William Howley - Archbishop of Canterbury" in ink below image.