"Portrait, half-length to front, with head turned to left, looking to front; in an oval frame decorated with flowers, placed on a pedestal decorated with garlands, on which lie a vase with flowers, fruits, palm leaves, a palette with brushes, a portrait miniature of a woman, and a sketch of trees; curtain above; shield with Garter star in foreground on left, with ribbon lettered with motto 'FARI QVÆ SENTIAT'; balustrade on right; curtain above."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Publication information from that of the volume in which this plate appeared., Plate from: Walpole, H. Aedes Walpolianae, or, A description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall ... London : [Robert Dodsley], printed in the year MDCCLII [1752]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved after the enamel miniature kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 130 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., and 1 print : etching and engraving with stipple on laid paper ; sheet 22 x 15.5 cm.
Publisher:
Robert Dodsley
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Catherine, Lady, 1681 or 1682-1737, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait, half-length to front, with head turned to left, looking to front; in an oval frame decorated with flowers, placed on a pedestal decorated with garlands, on which lie a vase with flowers, fruits, palm leaves, a palette with brushes, a portrait miniature of a woman, and a sketch of trees; curtain above; shield with Garter star in foreground on left, with ribbon lettered with motto 'FARI QVÆ SENTIAT'; balustrade on right; curtain above."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Publication information from that of the volume in which this plate appeared., Plate from: Walpole, H. Aedes Walpolianae, or, A description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall ... London : [Robert Dodsley], printed in the year MDCCLII [1752]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved after the enamel miniature kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 166 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 with stipple on laid paper ; sheet 22.1 x 15.7 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Robert Dodsley
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Catherine, Lady, 1681 or 1682-1737, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., Mounted on page 171 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 : stipple engraving on wove paper ; circular sheet 7.8 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of all text below image., Sitter identified in pencil below image, on mounting sheet: Queen Catherine Parr., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pub. Jan. 20, 1803, by S. Harding, 127 Pall Mall
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Catharine Parr, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1512-1548, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title etched below image., "Engraved from the original drawing that was taken taken from [the] life, Janry. 17, 1755."--Above imprint., Ten lines of biographical description below title: Captain Kettle of Town Malden in Kent, who went with the King into Germany, was her Godfather ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Catherine Warman, 1648-1755 -- Beggars -- Badges: St. Martin's Parish.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to the act, March 1755, by T. Jefferys, the corner of St. Martin's Lane, Charing Cross
Title from item., Title continues: Wholesale & retail at reasonable rates viz. silk gowns, scarlet cloaks, market womens cloaks, all manner of stuffs in the piece, russells, stuffs damasks, cambletts, cambletees, prunell's , callamancoe's, Irish stuffs, joans, spinning & made in the gentelest manner, likewise gives ready money for womens apparel rich or plain, N.B. At the above place are sold ladies beavers, mens hatts new or second hand by the maker John West., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On leaf 49 of an album of trade cards and invitations.
Catherine of Valois, on the left, dressed in white, surrounded by female attendants with two bishops behind her, approaching Henry V, on the right, soldiers behind him waving a white banner, with a crown and sceptre placed on a pillow on the far left
Description:
Title from caption below image., Imprint from impression in the British Museum., and Later impression? Imprint too faint to read.
Publisher:
Published as the Act directs July 1st, 1799, by Colnaghi Sala & Co. (late Torre) No. 132, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Catherine, of Valois, Queen, consort of Henry V, King of England, 1401-1437., Henry V, King of England, 1387-1422., and Charles VI, King of France, 1368-1422.
Reissue by Hannah Humphrey with original imprint burnished from plate., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. Cf. No. 6634., Temporary local subject terms: East India House: exterior -- Taxes: reduction of tea tax -- Taxes: beginning of commutation tax -- Leadenhall Street, London -- Allusion to monopoly -- Birds: spurred game-cock -- Tea chests -- Expressions of speech: cat-lap., and Watermark in center of sheet: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 9, 1784, by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, and Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816
The cats' castle is assaulted by an army of rats; in five scenes with verses below
Description:
Title etched above image., Approximate date of publication supplied by curator. Prints with C. Sheppard's publication line are first known from 1778; see British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., For a variant (later?) state with imprint "Printed & Sold by D. Ash, 27 Fetter Lane, London" and plate number "28" in upper left corner, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1862,1011.552., For a brief mention of The Lewis Walpole Library impression of this print, see: O'Connell, S. The popular print in England, 1550-1850, page 124., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Battles: Cats vs. rats -- Spikes on Temple Bar(?) -- Executions -- Food: Cheshire cheese -- Sieges -- Navy -- Ships: 'Royal Rat' -- Castles -- Military camp -- Flag of the rats: Cheshire cheese -- Flag of the cats: Three herring., and Window mounted to 20 x 29 cm.