Plate [2] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of George surrounded by Muses in vignette above text and "Dedication sheet to George III; five allegorical female figures, three standing to left, one casting incense on a fire, before a plaque with a bust portrait of the king, while a triton sits in front of it, another female holding a scroll raises a crown above the king's head and another female sits writing history to right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Dedication to the King
Description:
Title from first line of text., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., 1 print : engraving on wove paper; sheet 46.4 x 31.9 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Watermark: 1801 J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by R. Bowyer, at the Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
"Pitt the elder falls back after speaking in the House of Lords; on the walls are the tapestries of the defeat of the Spanish Armada."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Death of the Earl of Chatham
Description:
Title from dedication below image. and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs May 1st 1791 by J.S. Copley, no. 24 George Street Hanover Square
Title supplied by cataloger., Plate possibly from: XII sonate a violino e basso. London: Welcker, [1765]., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text.
Portrait of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, almost full length, standing facing left looking to the left in coat with decoration on the chest, sash and hat; stick in right hand; soldier on horseback at the right in the background
Description:
Title from British Museum online catalogue., Date of publication from similar print from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1982,U.3169., Place of publication based on printmaker's main place of activity., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text., and Mounted in paper frame: 383 x 263 mm.
In a winter landscape, a man smoking a pipe carries an axe under one arm as he walks down a path in a field, a dog walking beside him; in his belt is a large knife, and in the distance on the left is a thatched cottage beyond a fence and stone wall
Description:
Title from published state. See: British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1941,1011.3. and Artist, printmaker, and publication information from statement of responsibility and imprint on published state: Barker pinxt. ; F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculpt. London, Published June 1, 1792, by Thos. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street.