Depiction of three antiquarian objects, each with Roman numeral numbering above. These include ivory covers of a Roman pocket-book (I); a bronze statue of a sacrificing priest (II); and a bronze statue of a bagpiper (III). All were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Ex ebore" etched below object numbered "I"; "ex aere" etched twice, once beside object numbered "II" and once beside object numbered "III"., "Tab. IX"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 184 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., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 11.8 x 18 cm., Imperfect; only the image of the ivory covers of a Roman pocket-book is present, with the rest of the print trimmed away., and For further information, consult library staff.
Portrait of James Gibbs; head in profile to the right, wearing wig; in medallion set in decorative frame, with oak leaves; headpiece to an unidentified publication
Alternative Title:
Jacobus Gibbs architectus
Description:
Title and date engraved around image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On page 143 in volume 2.
Short half-length portrait of the architect James Gibbs, looking to the right, in an oval, decorated frame
Alternative Title:
Jacobus Gibbs architectus A.M. & F.R.S. 1750
Description:
Title and date engraved below image., State from Paulson. Burin work on face could be work of Hogarth., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand at top of page: See Nichols's book, 3d edit. p. 288., and On page 143 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed within plate mark to: 27.7 x 20 cm.
A statue of an ibis; neck craned backwards, head pointed to the sky; standing on a cylindrical pedestal. After the statute that was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Text "ex aere" is etched at the bottom of the plate., "Tab. X"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 119 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 25.5 x 19 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.
A statue of an ibis; neck craned backwards, head pointed to the sky; standing on a cylindrical pedestal. After the statute that was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Text "ex aere" is etched at the bottom of the plate., "Tab. X"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 150 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., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 24.2 x 17.8 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Zacharias writes the name of his son John on a tablet
Description:
Title from item., Alternate title supplied by curator., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication based on printmaker's place of residence., From: The Life of John the Baptist., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
John, the Baptist, Saint., Zacharias (Father of John the Baptist)., and Elizabeth (Mother of John the Baptist), Saint.
Subject (Topic):
Childbirth, Medicine in the Bible, Postnatal care, Mothers, Saints, Infants, Midwifes, Bathing, Writing, and Cooking
Weiditz, Hans, approximately 1495-approximately 1536, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1559]
Call Number:
Print00922
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text in lower margin., From: Francisci Petrarche, des hochweisen fürtrefflichen Poeten und Oratorn, zwei Trostbücher, Von Artznei und Rath beyde im guten und widerwertigen Glück, Frankfurt am Main: Egenolff, 1559., Image is from Cap. CXI, page XCVII verso., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Title from item., In margin upper right: B66., From Meisner, Daniel. Thesaurus Philo-Politicus, 1624-1626., City depicted in background is labeled Xeres., Caption is in Latin and German., Information about print taken from the website of Real Biblioteca, Spain., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Eberhard Kieser
Subject (Geographic):
Jerez de la Frontera (Spain).
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Book burning, Cities & towns, Cauldrons, Fires, Books, Cookery, and Chickens