Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames, numbered respectively No. IV and No. V, of a Mrs. Ann G--n--r and Jeffrey, Lord Amherst
Alternative Title:
Americanus
Description:
Title from Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. and Plate from: "Histories of the tête-à-tête annexed" in Town and country magazine. London : Printed for A. Hamilton, Jr., v. 1 (1769), p. 57.
"Portrait of Elizabeth, Countess of Chesterfield, seated three-quarter length to front, with head tilted to left, looking to front; her right arm resting on chair arm and left hand on the back of a dog, leaning on her knee; wearing a loose satin robe with shawl and pearl jewellery; curtain behind at right, sculpture of two playing putti at left."--from British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and printmaker's name from Catalogue of engraved British portraits. and Plate from: Beauties of the Court of Charles II. London : Colburn & Bentley, 1831. Lely cited as the artist for this publication.
Title and artist from similar print in the British Museum. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0822.1998. and Date of publication based on age of sitter.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Gramont, Elizabeth Hamilton, comtesse de, 1641-1708,
Title from similar print in the National Portrait Gallery. and Plate from: Court beauties of the reign of Charles II. London : John Camden Hotten, [1872].
"Portrait of the Duchess of Somerset; three-quarters length standing to left, head tilted to right and glancing towards the viewer, resting her right arm on a ledge and lifting a fold of her gown, with a staff in her left hand, wearing a low-necked loose gown and pearls; after Lely."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and Plate from: Court beauties of the reign of Charles II. London : John Camden Hotten, [1872].
Volume 2, opposite page 178. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depiction of the finely carved chair, the back ornamented with grotesque heads and the center bearing the date 1601, that was owned by Horace Walpole and sold in lot 117 on the seventeenth day of the 1842 Strawberry Hill Sale
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., At top of sheet is a small (30 x 50 mm) pen and ink drawing showing the details of the coat of arms carved into the backrest of the chair., and Bound in opposite page 178 in volume 2 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Title supplied by cataloger., Date based on other prints in this series., and Plate from: Court beauties of the reign of Charles II. London : John Camden Hotten, [1872].
Plate [180] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; portrait medallions of Calamy, Wilkins, Owen, Pearson, More and Sherlock on a plaque surmounted by a woman kneeling over body of a dying man with bible and chalice, pointing up to the light streaming from clouds above."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [180] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Plate [185] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; portrait medallions of Baxter, Tillotson, Stillingfleet, Benfridge and South on a ruined gothic arch, beside which a shepherd sits at left, his flock in a field in background, water in the foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [185] in a volume bound to 50 cm.