- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1725]
- Call Number:
- Portraits H427 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Engraving of the portrait of the novelist Eliza Haywood after the painting by Parmentier; oval bust, facing right, in rectangular frame
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756), English author and actress., and Mounted on wove paper with watermark: Whatman 1886.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Haywood, Eliza, 1693?-1756,
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors, British, and Actresses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Eliza Haywood [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1729]
- Call Number:
- Portraits B379 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Print, half-length portrait of Francis Beaumont, dramatist, engraving by George Vertue after an unknown artist."--Victoria and Albert Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Celsissimo Principi Leonello Duci de Dorset
- Description:
- Title and subtitle from text in image., Caption below image: "Celsissimo Principi Leonello Duci de Dorset &c. Nobilissimo Ordinis Periscelides Equiti. Hanc tabulum ad archetypum in ipsius adibus expressam. Humil. D.D.D. G. Vertue.", and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Beaumont, Francis, 1584-1616,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Francis Beaumont, Esq. obt. ao. aetat circitr XXX A.D. 1615 / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1748]
- Call Number:
- Portraits G475 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from text in image., Date of publication from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., and Place of publication from printmaker's place of activity.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Gill, John, 1697-1771,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Joannes Gill S.T.P [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1727]
- Call Number:
- Portraits G723 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of John Gower; bust, in profile to the right; wearing chaplet of roses around his head; in a rectangle frame, set within architectural details; a tablet below, with his three principal works in front, and a further book open to a page with an illustration of his monument in Southwark Cathedral; the portrait taken from his effigy on this monument."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text in image., Place of publication from printmaker's place of activity., Text below image: "Honoratiss Dno Ioanni Levison Gower Domino Gower; hanc effigiem humillime D.D. / G. Vertue." per image in British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: G,1.338., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed with loss of text below design., and In white paper frame with green gouche, yellow wash, and black ink frame: 420 x 360 mm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Gower, John, 1325?-1408,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Joannes Gower Armiger Anglorum poeta celeberrimus Chauceri poeta contemporar[...] / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1719]
- Call Number:
- Portraits P958 no. 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait, three-quarter length; seated slightly to left on a high-back chair, with head turned to look towards right; wearing a cap, long open coat over buttoned waistcoat, shirt with lace ruffles at the wrists, and cravat; his right arm resting on a table, holding a quill pen in his hand; his left hand inside breast of coat; after Richardson; touched impression."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Matthew Prior Esqr [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1724]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Engraving of Oliver Cromwell. Bust length with long hair, plain collar, and armour. Within an oval border with coat of arms on a pedestal below. With English inscription below."--Royal Collection Trust online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters "S" and "C" in artist's signature form a monogram., Frontispiece to an unidentified edition of: Kimber, I. The life of Oliver Cromwell ..., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of title from bottom edge. Complete title from impression in the Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 602205., and Mounted on page 147 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.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Common-wealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, &c. taken from an original picture Of S. Coopers in the possesion [sic] of Mr. Frankland / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1713?]
- Call Number:
- Portraits L793 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Place of publication from printmaker's known place of activity., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text., and In paper frame: 417 x 290 mm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Lloyd, William, 1627-1717,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Reverendus admodum in Christo pater Wilhelmus Lloyd permissione diviniâ asaphensis primum postea Lichefeldiensis demum Wigorniensis Episcopus anno Domini 1713, consecrationis 34 aetatis 86 [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1736?]
- Call Number:
- Portraits So695 no. 1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Sarah Duchess of Somerset, whole length; seated to right in front of a curtain on an elevated pedestal, looking to front; wearing pearl earrings, and fur-trimmed cape over low-cut dress with lace collar and jewels; pointing downwards with the index finger of her right hand; her left hand resting on a crown on a table, next to a closed book; pillar on right; after Quinckhard."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Text in image: "M.S.P. Sara Illustrissima Nuper Ducissa Somersetensis ... MDCXCII.", and After Jan Maurits Quinckhard.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Somerset, Sarah Alston Seymour, Duchess of, 1631-169,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sara illustrissima Ducissa Somersetensis ex gente Alstoniana in agro Bedfordiensi / [graphic]
9.
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1748]
- Call Number:
- Portraits G842a no. 1++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of Elizabeth I, as Princess (incorrectly identified as 'Lady Jane Grey'); half-length, to front, wearing a cap, small ruff, a double collar of pearls with two long strands, and an ermine-trimmed mantle, in an oval frame, forming part of a composition designed as a sepulchral monument, with an obelisk, a celestial crown and two inscribed labels suspended from garlands, a chair of state, to right, a mourning female supporting a shield of Lady Jane Grey's arms, and to left and right, fluted pilasters and urns topped by burning hearts.--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text in image., Printmaker from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: G,9.135., Text in lower left corner of image: This from an original in the possession of his Grace., Dedication below image: Inscrib'd to his most noble Grace, Algernon Seymour, Duke of Somerset by his Grace's most humble and most obedient servant Geo. Vertue 1748., and Numbered in upper right corner "Pl. V."
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Grey, Jane, Lady, 1537-1554, and Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Lady Jane Grey proclaimed Queen, she was daughter of Henry and Frances, Duke and Dutchess [sic] of Suffolk, married to Lord Guildford Dudley ... / [graphic]
10.
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1745?]
- Call Number:
- Portraits Ox98 no. 1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait, whole length; standing to front, with head turned towards right, looking to front; wearing a long wig, ermine-trimmed robes, lace cravat, breeches and stockings, and a sword hanging from a belt; holding a crown in his right hand; his left hand at his chest; on left, column wrapped in curtain bearing coat of arms with motto: 'Virtute et Fide'; on right, ornate vase in a niche; after Dahl."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Place of publication from printmaker's place of activity., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of last line of text., and In paper frame: 461 x 343 mm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Oxford, Edward Harley, Earl of, 1689-1741,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Right Honourable Edward Harley Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, son of Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain, &c engraved by the appointment of the Honble. Henrietta Cavendish-Hollis, Countess of Oxford and Mortimer / [graphic]