"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
The scene from Book 3, Chapter 8 in which Sancho is shown removing the fetters from Gines de Pasamonte's wrist. Quixote is on horseback, a lance braced under his arm as he confronts his opponent whose sword is posed to strike
Alternative Title:
Freeing of the galley slaves
Description:
Title etched below image., Title from Paulson: Freeing of the galley slaves., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Book 3rd. Ch: 8th"--Below title., "Vol. I. p. 129"--Below image, lower left., and On page 88 in volume 1. Trimmed to plate mark: 242 x 184 mm.
Publisher:
Robert Dodsley?
Subject (Name):
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Lancers, Rescues, Enslaved people, and Swords & daggers
The scene from Book 3, Chapter 8 in which Sancho is shown removing the fetters from Gines de Pasamonte's wrist. Quixote is on horseback, a lance braced under his arm as he confronts his opponent whose sword is posed to strike
Alternative Title:
Freeing of the galley slaves
Description:
Title etched below image., Title from Paulson: Freeing of the galley slaves., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Book 3rd. Ch: 8th"--Below title., and "Vol. I. p. 129"--Below image, lower left.
Publisher:
Robert Dodsley?
Subject (Name):
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Lancers, Rescues, Enslaved people, and Swords & daggers
"The adventure of Mambrino's helmet; Quixote on horseback, charging at the barber with his lance, the barber already having dismounted from his donkey and making an escape to right, the basin (mistaken for Mambrino's helmet) lying on the ground; Sancho on the back of his donkey, hailing Quixote from the top of a hill beyond; proposed illustration to 'Don Quixote' (unpublished)"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Adventure of Mambrino's helmet
Description:
Title etched below image., Title from Paulson: The adventure of Mambrino's helmet., Text following title: Book 3rd. Ch: 7th., "Vol. I. p. 155"--Lower left, below image. Should be p. 115., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
"The adventure of Mambrino's helmet; Quixote on horseback, charging at the barber with his lance, the barber already having dismounted from his donkey and making an escape to right, the basin (mistaken for Mambrino's helmet) lying on the ground; Sancho on the back of his donkey, hailing Quixote from the top of a hill beyond; proposed illustration to 'Don Quixote' (unpublished)"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Adventure of Mambrino's helmet
Description:
Title etched below image., Title from Paulson: The adventure of Mambrino's helmet., Text following title: Book 3rd. Ch: 7th., "Vol. I. p. 155"--Lower left, below image. Should be p. 115., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 88 in volume 1. Plate mark 243 x 186 mm.
"Portrait of Viscountess Dorothy Townshend; half length, head to left; wearing loose blouse; in oval; with facsimile of signature."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Dorothy, second wife of Charles Viscount Townshend
Description:
Title etched below image., Possibly after a painting by Jarvis that hung in the Great Parlour (Refectory) at Strawberry Hill., Plate from: Coxe, W. Memoirs of Horatio, Lord Walpole. London : Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1802., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of second line of title from bottom edge. Complete title supplied from impression in the British Museum., and Mounted on page 21 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Title etched above image., Date in British Museum catalogue: ca. 1700., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Placement instructions in lower left corner of plate: P. 163, Voll. 1., and Plate from: The works of Mr. Thomas Brown, serious and comical. 5th ed. London: Printed for Sam Briscoe ..., 1719, v. 1.
Publisher:
S. Briscoe
Subject (Topic):
Alligators, Astrology, Books, Experiments, Fish, Globes, Medical procedures & techniques, and Physicians
A crown of large feathers is placed on the head of Francis Drake in a native village before a crowd of native inhabitants of New Albion
Alternative Title:
King of new Albion
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom., and Plate from: D. Henry's Historical account of all the voyages round the world performed by English navigators. London : Printed for F. Newbury, 1774, v.1.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
New Jersey.
Subject (Name):
Drake, Francis, approximately 1540-1596. and Hioh, King of New Albion.
"Interior of the grand room in the palace; at far end a velvet canopy with royal arms; a chandelier hangs from centre of ceiling; men and women dressed in finery mill around room."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Drawing Room, Saint James's
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 76., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 113.
Publisher:
Pub. July 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand