Worthington, William Henry, approximately 1795-approximately 1839, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 March 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait; three-quarters length seated directed slightly to left, looking directly towards the viewer, arms on the elbows of her chair, holding spectacles in a case in her right hand, wearing an empire line gown, a shawl with a decorated hem and a frilled bonnet and ruff, with an inkstand, candlestick and letter addressed to Mr. Wilberforce on a covered table to right and a curtain behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from later state., Early state, before title and "From the original picture in the possession of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland Bart. MP" added below image. For a later state bearing this additional text, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.1824. For an earlier state with the date "Decr. 11, 1823" in imprint, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Portraits M835a no. 1+., and Bound in opposite page 202 (leaf numbered '15' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published March 1, 1824, by J. Hudson, 85 Cheapside
Nugent, Thomas, active 18th century, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[1800]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Esther Jane Sheridan with her son Charles on her back, as a rustic figure carrying a jug towards a stream at right, donkeys in surrounding landscape."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Sheridan and son
Description:
Title from lettered state., Artist and printmaker from statement of responsibility on lettered state: Painted by J. Hoppner R.A. ; engraved by T. Nugent., State before any lettering. For a later state with the imprint "London, Published April 2, 1800, by T. Nugent, No. 21 Charles Street, Middlesex Hospital," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1871,1209.321., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Bound in as frontispiece (opposite title page) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and With title "Hester Jane, Second Wife of R.B. Sheridan" and artist statement "John Hoppner pinxt." added in pencil in lower margin, in a later hand. Printmaker's name "Nugent" written beneath image in lower right, in a contemporary hand.
Publisher:
T. Nugent
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Hester Jane, 1776-1817, and Sheridan, Charles Brinsley, 1796-1843,
Subject (Topic):
Country life, Donkeys, Pitchers, Mothers, and Children
"Portrait of Mrs Frances Wrighten, half-length, directed to right, facing to front, holding sheet music, hair high and decorated with pearls; oval frame with lettering underneath and a motif of musical instruments that intrudes into the frame; after Dighton, from a set of twelve theatrical portraits."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from later state. and Lettered state before title. For a later state with title, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.3004.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs March 1st, 1780, by W. Richardson, No. 68 High Holborn
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 1 March 1777]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 53. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on bookmaking: a portly man grins as he makes a note in a small book as another scowls miserably, hands in pockets; on the left, three dogs bark at the pair, above them the wall has been chalked "45" and "[Wil]kes" (alluding to John Wilkes, see 1868,0808.4315) and a sign reads, "No Thouroughfare Here"; behind the men is the wall of a house, from an upper window of which appears a man's leg clad in a dark stocking (a "blackleg" or swindling bookmaker (OED)), below the window a gallows with a hanged man has been crudely drawn on the wall, a notice reads "Whoso Lays ... will be prose[cuted]" (presumably alluding to infringement of gambling regulations); from another window, above which is the sign "Catchpenny Alley", hangs the head of a goose, a small dog jumps up trying to reach it; another dog is seated at right; a pair to British Museum Satires No. 4719."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Catchpenny Alley
Description:
Title from later state., Early state, with artist and printmaker signatures only. For a later state with title, publication line, and drypoint shading of the image added, see no. 4717 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Date inferred from publication line on later state: Publish'd 1st March 1777., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., Campanion print to: Newmarket : a shot at a pigeon., Temporary local subject terms: Newmarket., and Mounted on page 53 of: Bunbury album.
White, Charles William, active 1775-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1783]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 99. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young woman standing whole-length to front in a checked skirt, head turned in profile to left and wearing a bonnet, holding a straw hat in her right hand and the other resting at her waist; after a drawing by Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title from earlier state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on earlier state: H.W. Bunbury Esqr. delt. ; C.W. White sculpt., Later state, with image reduced to an oval and background elements added. For an earlier state published 28 March 1783 by C.W. White, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1940,1109.114., Sheet trimmed to oval shape along border of image, with possible loss of text., Illustration to John Gay's Trivia, or, The art of walking the streets of London., and Mounted on page 99 of: Bunbury album.
Plate 35. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Paul before Felix, showing St. Paul (left) on trial before Felix, governor of Caesarea; Felix, his wife Drusilla (a Jewess), and two priests on a dais, one sitting, asleep, beside the governor; two clerks in front of the bench at which St. Paul stands, with a small group of women looking up at Paul; the figure of Tertullus with a scroll in his hand stands at a bench to the right; a soldier to the left with a spear; and two figures carrying fascae either side of the dais. A group of spectators look down from a balcony on the left high above the scene
Alternative Title:
And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled
Description:
Title from Paulson: Paul before Felix., Added title from caption engraved below image., State inferred from Paulson. State with altered publication line (Paulson's state 2) but without added quotations (Paulson's state 3). No gap in publication line caused by the curlicue under 'trembled'., 1 print : engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 42 x 52.5 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 35 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Israel and Caesarea.
Subject (Name):
Paul, the Apostle, Saint
Subject (Topic):
Biblical events, Courtrooms, Judicial proceedings, Soldiers, and Roman
Plate 34. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Paul before Felix, showing St. Paul on trial before Felix, governor of Caesarea; the Saint to right, Felix and two priests on a dais, one sitting, asleep, beside the governor, two clerks in front of the bench at which St Paul stands, a figure with the Roman standard and a scroll to left, a soldier to right and two figures carrying fascae either side of the dais ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled
Description:
Title, publisher and state from Paulson., Added title from caption below image., Quotation from Acts 24-25 engraved below image: And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and Judgment to come, Felix trembled., Text below quotation: From the original painting in Lincoln's Inn Hall painted by Wm. Hogarth., State with quotation from Warton, printmaker's name, and date of publication eliminated., Copy of Hogarth's print of the same title, with fewer figures and distinquished because it is not the reverse of the original painting., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 42.1 x 52.6 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 34 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Paul, the Apostle, Saint,
Subject (Topic):
Biblical events, Judicial proceedings, and Parables
"Portrait of Samuel Johnson, half length, to the right, reading a book, holding it close to his face; after Northcote."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from later state., Artist from statement of responsiblity on later state., Proof with scratched engraver's name only. For a later state with title "Samuel Johnson L.L.D." and statements of responsibility "J. Northcote R.A. pin." and "J.J. De Claussin sculp." added, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: K,61.51., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., Mounted opposite page 110 (leaf numbered '162' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., With contemporary pencil annotations; printmaker's name "Claussins" written beneath lower right corner of image, and "Proof 32 A.W. 1813" written on verso., and Later annotations in ink, written below print on mounting page, identify the sitter as "Samuel Johnson" and give the production details "Published by Baldwyn, Catherine Street".
After page 50. Anecdotes of painters, who have resided or been born in England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Illustration from Don Quixote
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Plate from: Cervantes S. The life and exploits of the ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated ... by Charles Jarvis ... London : Printed for J. and R. Tonson [etc.], 1756., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of plate number from lower right and partial loss of volume and page numbers from lower left., Plate numbered "12" in lower right corner., "Vol. 1, p. 97 "--Lower left corner., Folded to 23.3 x 16.7 cm., and Bound in after page 50 in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Edwards, E. Anecdotes of painters, who have resided or been born in England. London : Printed by L. Hansard & Sons, for Leigh and Sotheby [etc.], 1808.
Publisher:
J. and R. Tonson etc.
Subject (Name):
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616., Quixote, Don (Fictitious character),, and Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character),
Plate 63. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 48. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A group of scholars at Oxford stare with vacant expressions at a lecturer holding an open book with title "Datum Vacuum". He is identified by Paulson as William Fisher. All are wearing square trencher caps. See Paulson
Description:
Title from Paulson., Hogarth's initials form a monogram., Variant of Paulson's state 2; imprint for state 2 in Paulson: "Published by W. Hogarth, March 3d 1736.", Lower right, below image: Price six pence., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 21.7 x 18.5 cm, on sheet 27.2 x 22.3 cm., Mounted on leaf 59 x 46 cm., and Plate 63 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.