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1. Abrahamus Cowleius Anglorum Pindarus flaccus maro deliciae decus desiderium aevi sui / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1730?]
- Call Number:
- Portraits C875 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Title from caption below image
- Alternative Title:
- Abrahamvs Cowleius
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Text at top of image: "pindarici fontis qui non expalluit haustus" and "ob. 1667, aet. 49.", Date and place of publication surmised from data on similar print from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: K,59.4., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667,
- Subject (Topic):
- Poets and English
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Abrahamus Cowleius Anglorum Pindarus flaccus maro deliciae decus desiderium aevi sui / [graphic]
2. Dominus Gulielmus Temple Eques Baronettus [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1720]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Sir William Temple, half-length to right, with head turned to front, looking towards left; wearing a wig, loose gown, and lace cravat; in an oval frame decorated on top with Acanthus leaves and ribbon lettered with motto "Servare modum [...] sequi.", placed on a pedestal, with coat of arms in front."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Frontipiece to: The works of Sir William Temple. London : Printed for A. Churchill, T. Goodwin, J. Knapton, R. Smith, B. Tooke [and 6 others in London], 1720., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Three lines of Latin text below title: Sermi. et Potmi. Mag. Brittanniae Regis ad Ords. Faedti. Belgÿ̈ Legatus ..., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 76 (leaf numbered '125' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Publisher:
- A. Churchill, T. Goodwin, J. Knapton, R. Smith, B. Tooke, and 6 others
- Subject (Name):
- Temple, William, 1628-1699,
- Subject (Topic):
- Diplomats, British, and Authors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Dominus Gulielmus Temple Eques Baronettus [graphic]
3. Inutilis & sine fructu labor, non est legis, effectus [graphic].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1733]
- Call Number:
- 730.00.00.20+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Tree of law in a frame decorated with a garland of leaves, surmounted by a portrait of Robert Price in an oval, wearing a long wig and judges' robes and bands, with banner lettered 'Legum Decus Patriae Que Is Erat'; to left and right, two female allegorical figures standing on pedestals; lettered in Latin on pedestals, banners and branches of tree."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Inutilis et sine fructu labor, non est legis, effectus
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1873,0809.1492, Portrait of Robert Price based on that by Kneller; see British Museum online catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Sold by Ph. Overton in Fleet Street and J. King in the Poultry, Printsellers entered in the Hall Book, London
- Subject (Name):
- Raymond, Robert Raymond, Baron, 1673-1733,
- Subject (Topic):
- Trees and Law & legal affairs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Inutilis & sine fructu labor, non est legis, effectus [graphic].
4. Maria Scotorvm Regina [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1715 and 1756]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, half-length, in an oval surmounted by a crown and thistles and two armorials, slightly turned to the right, dressed in a gown heavily embroidered with flowers and a high collar, a crucifix about her neck, an axe and a sceptre to the foreground lying on the plinth."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Maria Scotorum Regina
- Description:
- Title engraved at bottom of image., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of all image and text apart from the oval portrait. Description based on impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1871,1209.1558., Mounted on page 60 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., With wash-line mount (11.8 x 9.9 cm) on which is written: Reduc'd by G. Vertue, from F. Zucchero's origl. Chiswick., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Maria Scotorvm Regina [graphic]
5. Reverendus admodum Humphredus Gower S. theol. pro Dna. Margareta in Acao, Cantabr Professor Coll, Sti. Johannis Evang., praefectus ecclesia Elyensis canonicus &c. / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1719.
- Call Number:
- Portraits G723a no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Humphrey Gower; half-length, slightly to right, looking towards left; wearing a wig, fur-trimmed robes and clerical bands; in an oval frame with a ribbon on top, and decoration of oak leaves around, placed on a pedestal; after Fellows."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text in image. and Place of publication based on printmaker's known place of activity.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Gower, Humphrey, 1638-1711,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Reverendus admodum Humphredus Gower S. theol. pro Dna. Margareta in Acao, Cantabr Professor Coll, Sti. Johannis Evang., praefectus ecclesia Elyensis canonicus &c. / [graphic]
6. [Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Sunderland] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1729]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Sunderland; half-length to the right, in an oval frame with ornaments
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Engraved after a painting by Van Dyck; see Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appeared., Plate from: Waller, E. The works of Edmund Waller, Esqr., in verse and prose. London : Printed for I. Tonson ..., 1729., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of printmaker's signature from bottom right. Missing text supplied from impression in the National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG D30565., Mounted on page 54 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., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- I. Tonson
- Subject (Name):
- Sunderland, Dorothy Sidney, Countess of, 1617-1684
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Sunderland] [graphic]
7. [Portrait of Nicholas Trivet] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3636 no. 7+ (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Literam Libri Manuscripti initialem pulcherrimé ...
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Date of publication based on printmaker's death date., Text below image: Literam Libri Manuscripti initialem pulcherrimé depictam et Authoris Icona hoc modo exhibentem., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Annotated by Horace Walpole in ink on verso: Trivet.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Trivet, Nicholas, 1258?-1328,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of Nicholas Trivet] [graphic]