"Interior of the House of Commons; the Speaker Arthur Onslow seated to the left of center, speaking with Sir Robert Walpole on his left; to his right seated with pen and ink and open book is Edward Stables, the Clerk of the House of Commons; other figures from the administration portrayed behind central figures, all wearing wigs and hats, including Sydney Godolphin, Sir Joseph Jekyl, Colonel Onslow, Sir James Thornhilll, and Mr. Aiskew (clerk assistant); just visible to the left of the Speaker are Sir Thomas Cotton and Sir William Wyndham."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
To the RIght Honorable Earl Onslow and House of Commons in Sir Robert Walpole's administration
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Walpole, Honble. Onslow, Godolphin, Jekyl, Col. Onslow, Stables Esqr., Thornhill, and Aiskew identified below image.
Publisher:
Published Novr. 1, 1803 by E. Harding, No. 100, Pall Mall
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Godolphin, Sidney Godolphin, Earl of, 1645-1712,, Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675 or 1676-1734,, Stables, Edward,, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745,, Onslow, George Onslow, Earl of, 1731-1814,, and Onslow, Arthur, 1691-1768,
"Double portrait after West (Staley 683); whole-length, the Duke at left, leaning on a pedestal and wearing his robes, his coronet just visible behind his right arm, Edward standing beside, his right hand on his brother's shoulder and left on his hip; curtain behind at left; state published by Humphrey. 1774 as re-issued in 1780."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved within bottom portion of image., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 578 (leaf numbered '7' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Pubd. 24 June 1780 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, and Bentinck, Edward Charles, Lord, 1744-1819,
Titles from text above or below each image., Printmaker identified as J.S. Müller in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Date of publication from that of the periodical for which the print was issued., Plate from: London Magazine. London : Printed for R. Baldwin, v. 38 (1769), page 591., and Images of three portrait medallions on one plate, each individually titled.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1709-1770,, Townsend, James, -1787,, and Sawbridge, John, 1732?-1795,
"Group portrait in a study around a table; William Beckford seated to left holding a scroll ..., with John Sawbridge sitting opposite him, leaning with his elbows on a book with head on right hand, and James Townsend standing between them, looking down to right, left elbow resting on the back of Sawbridge's chair, the last two wearing fur-trimmed cloak and chains of office."--British Museum online catalogue, description of lettered state
Description:
Title, printmaker, and artist from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Proof before letters; lettering below image on published state begins: Willm. Beckford Esqr. Member of Parliament for the City of London ..., Publication information based on that of lettered state. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.2582., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge., and Below image are pencil annotations, perhaps in a contemporary hand, that identify the three figures in the portrait and identify Houston as the printmaker.
Publisher:
John Smith and Robert Sayer
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1709-1770,, Townsend, James, -1787,, and Sawbridge, John, 1732?-1795,
"Double portrait of the ladies Yorke after Reynolds (Mannings 1956); as children, whole-length to front, in garden beside sphinx on pedestal; Lady Annabel Grey standing at left with dove perched on her right hand, Lady Mary Jemima running towards her holding another dove, dog at her heels."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ladies Yorke and Two daughters of Philip Yorke Viscount Royston and the Marchioness of Grey, 1761
Description:
Title and publisher from British Museum description., Title, imprint, and date from Smith: Ladies Yorke., Sheet trimmed with loss of imprint., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in probable loss of imprint. Bottom corners trimmed at an angle., and With title added in Horace Walpole's hand below image: "The two daughters of Philip Yorke Viscount Royston and the Marchioness of Grey, 1761." Also added in his hand are the names of the two girls below each portrait: "Lady Annabella married Lord Polwarth" and Lady Mary married Lord Grantham."
Publisher:
Publish'd accordg. to act of Parliament by Ed. Fisher in Great Newport Street, Leicester Square
Subject (Name):
Grantham, Mary Jemima Robinson, Lady, 1757-1730, and De Grey, Amabel Hume-Campbell, Countess, 1751-1733,
"Double portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1376); the father seated three-quarter length to right, facing the front, with both hands resting on plans laid on a table covered with carpet, which his son, standing beside him, is looking at; shelf behind at left, curtain and pillar at right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, artist, and imprint from published state: "Reynolds pinxt.", "Watson fecit", "Sold by Ryland & Bryer at the Kings Arms in Cornhill." See British Museum registration no.: 1833,0716.45., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on sheet 50.0 x 39.2 cm.
Publisher:
Ryland & Bryer
Subject (Name):
Paine, James, 1717?-1789, and Paine, James, 1745-1829,
"Triple three-quarter length portrait of the three Waldegrave sisters, seated beside one another at a small work-table; Lady Anna Horatia at right embroidering, with Lady Charlotte Maria at left, her head turned towards front, winding silk from skein which Lady Elizabeth Laura, centre, is holding; a curtain, pillars and trees behind them; after Reynolds (Mannings 1810); proof before letters, but with scratched production and publication detail."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ladies Waldegrave
Description:
Title from later state; see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Engraved after the painting, now in the National Gallery of Scotland (NG 2171), that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Great Parlour (Refectory) at Strawberry Hill., With Horace Walpole's manuscript annotations in brown ink in lower margin identifying the sitters and their relationships and a note: "The original picture at Strawberry Hill.", and Sheet trimmed within plate mark: sheet 50.5 x 58.4 cm.
Publisher:
Published Decr. 1st, 1781, by V. Green, No. 29, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London
Subject (Name):
Waldegrave, Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave, Countess, 1760-1816,, Euston, Charlotte Maria Waldegrave, Lady, 1761-1808,, Seymour, Anne Horatia Waldegrave, Lady, 1762-1801,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Triple three-quarter length portrait of the three Waldegrave sisters, seated beside one another at a small work-table; Lady Anna Horatia at right embroidering, with Lady Charlotte Maria at left, her head turned towards front, winding silk from skein which Lady Elizabeth Laura, centre, is holding; a curtain, pillars and trees behind them; after Reynolds (Mannings 1810); proof before letters, but with scratched production and publication detail."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ladies Waldegrave
Description:
Title from later state; see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Engraved after the painting, now in the National Gallery of Scotland (NG 2171), that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Great Parlour (Refectory) at Strawberry Hill., Formerly laid in 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 A note in pencil on verso, possibly in Frank T. Sabin's hand, mentions "Fritz Reiss Sale, 2900 guineas at Christies", in reference to the sale of another impression of the print in 1923. A second note below, in the same hand but likely written at a different time, asserts that this is the "finest impression of the 1st state known, specially selected by Horace Walpole, for whom the original picture was painted, & inserted by him in his own enlarged & illustrated catalogue of the pictures at Strawberry Hill".
Publisher:
Published Decr. 1st, 1781, by V. Green, No. 29, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London
Subject (Name):
Waldegrave, Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave, Countess, 1760-1816,, Euston, Charlotte Maria Waldegrave, Lady, 1761-1808,, Seymour, Anne Horatia Waldegrave, Lady, 1762-1801,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Members of the Dilettanti Society after Reynolds (Mannings 511); seven men sitting around a table, from left to right: Lord Mulgrave looking to front, Lord Dundas standing examining ring in his raised right hand, Lord Seaforth looking at ring held in his right hand, Charles Greville almost in profile to right, toasting with John Charles Crowle turned to left looking down and the Duke of Leeds, almost in profile, Sir Joseph Banks at front of table to right, holding a ring in his right hand; pillars and curtain behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title supplied by cataloguer based on British Museum online catalogue's description of similar print, registration no.: and 1902,1011.4121., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1830,0613.7., Place of publication surmised from printmaker's place of activity., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Two pieces of tape at top on verso.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Phipps, Constantine, Sir, 1656-1723,, Dundas of Aske, Thomas Dundas, Baron, 1741-1820,, MacKenzie, Kenneth, of Seaforth,, Greville, Charles Francis, 1749-1809,, Crowle, John, 1738-1811,, Leeds, Francis Godolphin Osborne, Duke of, 1751-1799,, Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820,, and Society of Dilettanti (London, England)