Volume 1, page 69. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Milton's cottage at Chalfont
Description:
Title from ink annotation on verso, in Horace Walpole's hand., Statement of responsibility and date written beneath title on verso, in an unidentified hand., and Mounted on page 69 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Subject (Geographic):
Chalfont St. Giles (England)
Subject (Name):
Milton, John, 1608-1674
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Dwellings
"View of the house with two men on horseback in the right foreground with their dog approaching to the house."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Kendal House, the property of Sir James Smith, near Uxbridge, Middlesex
Description:
Title engraved below image., Eighth in a series of twelve plates showing country seats outside London; the first plate bears the series title: Twelve views of gentlemens seats, in the environs of London., Plate numbered "8" in upper right corner., Mounted to 23 x 38 cm., and Leaf 55 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Published 12th Sepr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
View from the Thames of Lacy House, formerly in the County of Middlesex, with boats on the river in the foreground. Built in 1750 for James Lacy, co-owner of the Drury Lane Theatre, the mansion was later home to the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Angus, W. The seats of the nobility and gentry in Great Britain and Wales... [London] : Published by W. Angus, Gwynne's Buildings, Islington, Feby 1, 1787[-97]., "Pl. XXXVI"--Upper right corner., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm; mounted below is the page of descriptive letterpress text that accompanied the print in the volume., and Mounted opposite page 518 (leaf numbered '117' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs Novr. 1st, 1793, by W. Angus, No. 4 Gwynne's Buildings, Islington
Subject (Name):
Lacy, James, 1696-1774 and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
"View of large house from surrounding fields; a couple with a dog stands in foreground looking towards lodge to the right, sheep in field on the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Third in a series of twelve plates showing country seats outside London; the first plate bears the series title: Twelve views of gentlemens seats, in the environs of London., Plate numbered "3" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 39 cm., and Leaf 48 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Published 12th Septr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
"View of the villa with house to the left, the river to the right with bridge in the back; a cart in the river collecting water, two figures talking in the left, looking towards the river."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Eleventh in a series of twelve plates showing country seats outside London; the first plate bears the series title: Twelve views of gentlemens seats, in the environs of London., Plate numbered "11" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 38 cm., and Leaf 60 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Publish'd 12th Septr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Richmond (London, England), Richmond Bridge (Richmond upon Thames, London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Asgill, Charles, Sir, 1762-1823
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Rivers, Bridges, Dwellings, and Carts & wagons
"View of the grand house at Kenwood with walled garden, seen from the passing road; three figures on horseback riding by, a couple walking to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., "The design is attributed to [Jefferyes Hamett] O'Neale on stylistic grounds; the lively spotted dog is typical of his work"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.5592., Fourth in a series of twelve plates showing country seats outside London; the first plate bears the series title: Twelve views of gentlemens seats, in the environs of London., Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 38 cm., and Leaf 49 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Published 12th Septr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Hampstead (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793 and Kenwood House (Hampstead, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Estates, Dwellings, Garden walls, Horseback riding, and Dogs
"View of the mansion from across the lake, a couple in the foreground to the left looking at the house, a dog sniffing the grass near them."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Lake House, belonging to Sir James Tilney Long, on the Ilford Road, Essex
Description:
Title engraved below image., Tenth in a series of twelve plates showing country seats outside London; the first plate bears the series title: Twelve views of gentlemens seats, in the environs of London., Plate numbered "10" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 38 cm., and Leaf 57 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Published 12th Septr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Essex (England)
Subject (Name):
Tylney-Long, James, Sir, 1736-1794 and Wanstead House (England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Estates, Dwellings, and Lakes & ponds
"View of the villa, with Ionic portico at entrance; a fence surrounding grounds; in foreground a carriage passes on road."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., First in a series of twelve plates showing country seats outside London; at top is the series title: Twelve views of gentlemens seats, in the environs of London., Plate numbered "1" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 38 cm., and Leaf 46 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Published 12th Septr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Kentish Town (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Estates, Dwellings, Porticoes (Porches), Fences, and Carriages & coaches
View of a house supposedly near Putney Common, satirically called 'Bear's Den Hall', a rickety house with cracked plaster walls and a chimney-stack with broken brick, and with weeds growing from the cracks and on the roof. A key at the top references many of the features of the scene, including a bear is chained by the front door (B) at the left, birds in flight (K). The property is separated from the road in the foreground by a wicket fence, with a satircial armorial crest along the lower edge with portraits of Charles Christian and Skelton and Satire on social pretensions: a view of a dilapidated cottage set into a garden behind a wooden fence, with a mock coat-of-arms at the bottom.--From variant state in the British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at top of image., Printmaker identified as Charles Christian Reisen in the British Museum online catalogue. An alternative attribution to George Vertue derives from a contemporary marginal note on an impression in the Royal Collection (RCIN 701972)., Early state, before Greek motto added at bottom of image. For a later state with this added text, see no. 1695 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 2., Approximate date of publication from description of a later state in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "This cottage was the country residence on Putney Heath of C. C. Reisen, seal engraver and painter, and Skelton, upholsterer, and kept at their joint expense"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue (registration no.: 1847,0713.15)., and "The print is not a satire, but rather a jokey plate made for private distribution to friends"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue (registration no.: 1866,1110.1468).
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Reisen, Charles Christian, 1680-1725, and Skelton, Humphrey, active 1720s,