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136. [Mrs. Siddons] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Parkes, Robert Bowyer, 1830-, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1876]
- Call Number:
- Portraits Si568 no. 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Sarah Siddons, after Gainsborough; three-quarters length sitting directed and looking to left, wearing a striped gown and large feathered hat, set at an angle, her hands on a fur muff in her lap."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title, artist, printmaker, publisher, and date of publication from description of a later state in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1931,0509.124.
- Publisher:
- J. Noseda
- Subject (Name):
- Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831,
- Subject (Topic):
- Actresses and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Mrs. Siddons] [graphic].
137. [Portrait of Mrs. Yates as Jane Shore] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Meers, J., fl. 1776, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1776]
- Call Number:
- Portraits Y31 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of Mrs Yates as Jane Shore; bust in an oval frame. Her right arm is raised, her forehead rests against her raised arm; her eyes are half-closed and her hair loosely dressed up with tresses over the shoulders. She wears a low-necked dress
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Artist, printmaker, and publication information from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint., Another state with scratched inscription below the image reads: "T Parkinson Pinxt. / I. Boydell excudit / J. Meers fecit / London Printed for J. Boydell Cheapside & Publishd as the Act directs Nov. 15th 1776.", Mounted to 28 x 22 cm., and Figure identified in a contemporary hand at bottom of mount: Mrs. Mary Yates.
- Publisher:
- J. Boydell
- Subject (Name):
- Yates, Mary Ann, 1728-1787,
- Subject (Topic):
- Actresses and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of Mrs. Yates as Jane Shore] [graphic].
138. [Samuel Johnson L.L.D.] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Claussin, Ignace Joseph de, 1795-1844, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1813]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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".
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784,
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors, British, and Reading
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Samuel Johnson L.L.D.] [graphic]
139. [Sir Walter Scott, Bart.] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Robinson, John Henry, 1796-1871, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Octr. 1st, 1833.
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait after Lawrence (Garlick 707); seated almost three-quarter length slightly to left, looking to right, his left arm resting on a round inlaid table beside at right with papers and hankerchief, holding his pen in his left hand and with his walking stick resting against his arm; published state with revised publication line."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from later published state., Second published state, with imprint statement revised to include month and day of publication. For an earlier state lacking the month and day in imprint, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1839,1012.85. For a later state with added title and re-etched statements of responsibility and imprint, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1838,0725.1., and Bound in opposite page 134 (leaf numbered '182' 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:
- Published by Moon, Boys & Graves
- Subject (Name):
- Scott, Walter, 1771-1832,
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Sir Walter Scott, Bart.] [graphic]
140. [Skeggs, in the character of Seignor Bumbasto] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Houston, Richard, 1721?-1775, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1750s?]
- Call Number:
- Portraits Sk627 no. 1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Matthew Skeggs seated three-quarter length slightly to left, eyes to front, holding and 'playing' broom with bow as if it were a cello, music stand beside pillar and curtain at left; in the character of Signor Bumbasto; proof before letters."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from published state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: Thos. King pinxt. ; Richd. Houston fecit., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Publisher information from later state with the imprint "Sold by the proprietor M. Jackson the corner of Bride Court in Fleet Street, & M. Skeggs at the Hoop and bunch of Grapes in St. Albans Street"; see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date of publication based on activity dates of artist Thomas King and publisher Michael Jackson; see British Museum online catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark at bottom.
- Publisher:
- M. Jackson and M. Skeggs
- Subject (Name):
- Skeggs, Matthew, -1773,
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Skeggs, in the character of Seignor Bumbasto] [graphic].
141. [William Hayley] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Jacobé, Johann, 1733-1797, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1779]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of William Hayley; half-length leaning against a book; state after 'London 1779' added."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title supplied by cataloger., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted before page 219 (leaf numbered '41' 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:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Hayley, William, 1745-1820,
- Subject (Topic):
- Poets, Authors, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [William Hayley] [graphic]