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1. A collection of prints and a drawing collected by Horace Walpole to illustrate his copy of James Boswell's The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
- Creator:
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1787?]
- Call Number:
- 49 3069
- Image Count:
- 8
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A collection of prints and one drawing (tentatively attributed to Samuel Collings), mostly portraits of Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, mounted in Walpole's copy of James Boswell's The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson (London : Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, 1785).
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Also bound in are three prints described in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum; these are cataloged separately., and Original boards with new back but old hand-lettered label, uncut. With Horace Walpole's bookplate (BP2 later state) on half-title page. Large Strawberry Hill fleuron. Press-mark R.10, but apparently moved from the Round Tower to the Library in the Offices. Not in Walpole's Manuscript Catalogue of 1763. Bookplate of the Earl of Orford (1813-94), imitated from Horace Walpole's, and bookplate of John A. Spoor. Also with bookplate "AHA".
- Subject (Name):
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784,, Boswell, James, 1740-1795,, Boufflers, Marie Charlotte Hippolyte, countess of, 1725-1800,, Macpherson, James, 1736-1796,, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A collection of prints and a drawing collected by Horace Walpole to illustrate his copy of James Boswell's The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
2. Harrow school [graphic]
- Creator:
- Stadler, Joseph Constantine, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 June 1816]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Print shows a building at Harrow with four figures in the foreground and five in the distance
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The history of the colleges of Winchester, Eton, and Westminster. London : Printed for and published by R. Ackermann ..., MDCCCXVI [1816]., Joseph Constantine Stadler was a German painter and engraver who worked in London., Window mounted to 36 x 51 cm., Mounted opposite page 3 (leaf numbered '31' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and Imperfect; imprint statement partially worn away from sheet.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 1, 1816, at 101 Strand, for R. Ackermann's History of Harrow School
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Harrow School.
- Subject (Topic):
- Schools
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Harrow school [graphic]
3. The Right Hon. William Wyndham Grenville, Lord Grenville from an original picture by W. Owen, Esq. R.A. / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Agar, John Samuel, approximately 1770-approximately 1835, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 March 1815]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville, half-length, standing slightly to right, with head turned to look to left; wearing ornate gown of Chancellor of the University of Oxford, and lace cravat; curtain behind at left."--British Museum online catalogue and Half-length portrait of English statesman William Wyndham Grenville, facing slightly left
- Alternative Title:
- Right Honourable William Wyndham Grenville, Lord Grenville
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 324 (leaf numbered '147' 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:
- Published March 1, 1815, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, and Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Right Hon. William Wyndham Grenville, Lord Grenville from an original picture by W. Owen, Esq. R.A. / [graphic]
4. The Right Honble. Henry Lord Viscount Sidmouth [graphic]
- Creator:
- Scriven, Edward, 1775-1841, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1836]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Half-length portrait of British statesman Henry Addington Viscount Sidmouth, seated, facing front and "Portrait of Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, over half-length, seated to front, with hands folded, looking ahead; wearing dark double-breasted coat fastened with one button, light waistcoat, neckerchief and frill; curtain behind; octagonal design, bordered by three lines."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate from: Ryall, H.T. Portraits of eminent conservatives and statesmen. London : G. Virtue, [1836-46?]., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 616 (leaf numbered '51' 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:
- Pubd. 1836 by the proprietor H.T. Ryall, 3 Euston Sqr., also by J. Fraser, 215 Regent St. and F.G. Moon, Threadneedle St.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Right Honble. Henry Lord Viscount Sidmouth [graphic]