"Portrait of James Edward Oglethorpe, full-length, in profile to the left, seated on a stool with his legs crossed at the sale of Dr. Johnson's books, with a walking stick in his hand, reading a book, with a tricorne over his long curling wig, dressed in an elegant frockcoat and breeches, a sword at his waist."--British Museum online catalogue and Full-length portrait of James Oglethorpe, English general and philanthropist, seated, in left profile
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with imprint burnished from plate. For an earlier state with the imprint "Publishd. Septr. 9, 1785, by I. Cary, No. 188, Strand", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1887,0406.58., Date of publication inferred from 1823 watermark., Picture caption, printed under image: Died 30th June 1785 Aged 102 said to be the oldest General in Europe - Sketch'd from life at the sale of Dr. Johnsons books Feby. 18, 1785 where the Genl. was reading a book he had purchas'd without spectacles - In 1706 he had an Ensigns commission in the Guards & remember'd to have shot snipes in Conduit mead where Conduit Street now stands., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, page 368., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 21.5 x 16.5, on sheet 27 x 20.8 cm., Window mounted to 39 x 28 cm., and Bound in as page 42 in volume 4 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world. London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Oglethorpe, James, 1696-1785,
Subject (Topic):
Stools, Staffs (Sticks), Books, Reading, and Daggers & swords
Foyle, William A. (William Alfred), 1885-1963, collector
Published / Created:
[early 20th century]
Call Number:
Folio 64 Es75 768 Index
Container / Volume:
Index
Image Count:
30
Abstract:
A manuscript index to William A. Foyle's extra-illustrated copy of Philip Morant's History and antiquities of the county of Essex 1768 London edition, listing 868 prints, drawings, and maps used to expand the already illustrated two volume work into five folio volumes. The additional plates included maps (included some hand-colored maps), portraits of kings, nobility, criminals, and other significant personalities; views, scenery, and plans of towns; historical monuments, ruins, castles, manors, and country houses; churches and abbeys; tombs and monuments, coats of arms, genealogies, and antiquities; some satires and a print of teh Fairlop Fair. In addition to 21 original drawings, the collection includes representative examples of a range of mediums used in printmaking since the 17th-century and into the late 19th-century: woodcuts, mezzotints, aquatints, steel engravings, stipple engravings, etching, aquatint, lithography, and wood engraving, including many that are hand-colored or, for later production processes, colored as issued; also included are images from London magazine and the Universal magazine as well as privately printed plates. Some of the earlier mezzotints and engravings are in proof states and The entries in the index reference the artist and printmaker when known and lthe list inlcudes: George Vertue, Jacobus Houbraken, William Smith, Bernard Baron, James Smith, Simon Watts, Lucas Vorsterman, William Byrne, Charles Turner, Vitor Maire Vicot, George Hawkins, W.H. Byrne, John Claude Nattes, James McArgell, William Franklin, T. Athow, Andrea Freschi, R. Cooper, Samuel Buck, John Coney, Richard Houston, Thomas Nugent, John Simon, Henry Shaw, John Faber, Charles Mosley, Pierre Charles Canot, Edward Harding, Jospeh Ryland, Isaac Beckett, Thomas Wright, and Pierre Lombart. The artists of the original art included are: T. (Thomas) Athow and John Laporte, as well as several unidentified artists
Description:
Index is on 28 unnumbered leaves, with blanks before and following.
"Portrait of the singer, performing at Vauxhall; holding sheet music, resting on ballustrade in front of him; an orchestra in background; in oval with ornaments at top."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mr. Darley as performing in the orchestra at Vauxhall
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from signature on earlier state: Barlow sculp., Later state, with printing plate cut down on right and left sides, removing part of the ornaments above portrait. Title has also been re-etched to fit the new dimensions, with printmaker's signature and imprint statement removed from the plate in the process. For the earlier state with the imprint "Published as the act directs by W. Locke, Septr. 1st, 1792", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1862,1011.643., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 10., Inlaid to 55 x 38 cm., and Mounted on page 35 in an album containing material relating to Spring Gardens, Vauxhall, with the spine title: Vauxhall miscellany.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Darley, William, approximately 1756-1809, and Vauxhall Gardens (London, England)
A man stands in a room holding a caduceus decorated comic mask, saying ''When I do stare, see how the subjects quacke'." He is surrounded with bills and a bag of coins on the table, both suggesting corruption. At sign hanging from the table reads "Alexandrian Memorial, A loss is no benefit. No committee." Below on the floor, another discarded scroll reads "Rejected with prejudice." At his foot is an animal (a fox?) holding a sign "Designs [ca]refully copied, civilly returned, and he carries in his hand a piece of paper "I perceive the trick & will avoid the cheat. Na-th." Behind him hangs a sign, "The exact-u-trick is safe or 22d Sept." On the wall is a picture of the facade of a theater. Probably a satire on an unidentified theater manager
Alternative Title:
Managerial puff!!
Description:
Title from text above and below image., Approximate date of publication suggested in dealer's description., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
People associated with arts, entertainment & sports, Caduceus, and Corruption
A fire-and-brimstone preacher haranguing an unhappy-looking audience. An assistant holds up a parasol to shelter him
Description:
Title from text below image., Possibly after Thomas Rowlandson. An apparent earlier state of this print, without the title and with a thicker border, is attributed to Rowlandson in the Philiadelphia Museum of Art collection database (Accession Number: 1960-139-85)., Date of publication suggested in dealer's description., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Title from item., Handbill, on card stock., Verso blank., Printed card advertising a Regency private theatrical performance. A location of London is suggested by the identity of one of the performers. "Mrs. Weippart," Penelope Weippert, née Blane (-1846), wife of John Michael Weippart (1775-1831), harpist, was a professional actress connected with the Theatre Royal on the Strand., Signed at the end: Stage carpenter, Mr. Riordan., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777. and Colman, George, 1762-1836.
Caption title., A report on a speech of Lord Brougham, who led Queen Caroline’s defence during her trial at the House of Lords between August and November 1820., First line: This day her Majesty did not arrive in St. James's-square till twelve o-clock ..., and Partially edge-mounted. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
H. Ruff, printer
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868.
Title from top line of text., A letter addressed to 'Madam' describing the copy and the quality of its work with attestations from the Royal family., and With three blind offical stamps on lower edge.
"Portrait, three-quarter length; seated in an armchair in front of a wall with fluted pilasters; directed towards right, facing front; wearing a long dark fur-trimmed coat over light waistcoat, shirt, breeches and stockings; his left hand resting on an open book on a covered table, next to other volumes of books; curtain on right; coat of arms below image lettered with motto "Deo Juvante"; after Howard; lettered state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 576 (leaf numbered '5' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, Viscount, 1745-1816,
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Published / Created:
[after 1827]
Call Number:
File 652 F852 827
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Speech of his late Royal Highness the Duke of York in the House of Lords, April 25th, 1825
Description:
Caption title., Handbill with ornamental border, printed in gold., Possibly issued by the Protestant Union as they had a copy printed in gold on vellum for presentation to the Duke., The Duke of York declared his opposition to any Catholic concession with a speech in the House of Lords was greeted by anti-Emancipationists as the charter of their cause. Following the Duke’s intervention, emancipation for Catholics had to wait for the Catholic Relief Act passed in 1829., and For further information, consult library staff.