Plate [136] 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 Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans, bust-length to left, looking towards right, wearing a tall dark hat, lace ruff, and cloak over ornate doublet; in an oval on stepped pedestal, with scene from classical mythology at the front, within rectangular frame; illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Portrait of Lord Chancellor Bacon
Description:
Title from text within image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [136] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
"Interior of the Fleet Prison with the House of Commons committee appointed to enquire into the state of gaols (after Hogarth's painting of c.1729 in the National Portrait Gallery); to left, James Oglethorpe, Chairman of the Committee, confronts the warden of the Fleet, Thomas Bambridge; in the foreground, a prisoner (probably Jacob Mendes da Sola) kneels in shackles."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published June 1st, 1803 by G. & J. Robinson, Paternoster Row, London
Subject (Name):
Oglethorpe, James, 1696-1785, and Bambridge, Thomas, active 1729.
"Portrait of Bampfylde Moore Carew, half-length, standing, directed towards right, facing and looking towards front, with chin-length hair, wearing a tattered coat and a neckerchief, holding a little dog in his right arm, the elbow resting on a table, looking over his shoulder towards the viewer."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below image: From the original picture in the possession of Thos. Carew Esqr. of Crowcombe in Somersetshire., Date and place of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.1267., and For further information, consult library staff.
Portrait after Reynolds; three-quarter length to front, head turned in three-quarter profile to left, her left arm leaning resting on her robes, right hand holding her left wrist; clouds and pillar behind.--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1833,0515.15., Mounted on leaf numbered 43 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
"The head of Sheridan in a similar position to that of Fox in British Museum Satires No. 8450, scowling and deeply furrowed, looking to the left. Sheridan is compared with the shifty, self-seeking Barère. Cf. British Museum Satires No. 8440."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Sayers in the British Museum catalogue., One of eight satirical portraits in the series "Illustrious heads designed for a new history of republicanism ..."; see British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "2" in upper right corner., and Mounted on page 91 with one other print.
Publisher:
Publd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 and Barère, B. 1755-1841. (Bertrand),
"The head of Sheridan in a similar position to that of Fox in British Museum Satires No. 8450, scowling and deeply furrowed, looking to the left. Sheridan is compared with the shifty, self-seeking Barère. Cf. British Museum Satires No. 8440."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Sayers in the British Museum catalogue., One of eight satirical portraits in the series "Illustrious heads designed for a new history of republicanism ..."; see British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "2" in upper right corner., 1 print : soft-ground etching on wove paper ; plate mark 21.4 x 17.7 cm, on sheet 23.6 x 19.8 cm., Perhaps a later impression from a worn plate; plate number is lightly printed and barely visible., and Mounted on leaf 73 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Publd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 and Barère, B. 1755-1841. (Bertrand),
"The head of Sheridan in a similar position to that of Fox in British Museum Satires No. 8450, scowling and deeply furrowed, looking to the left. Sheridan is compared with the shifty, self-seeking Barère. Cf. British Museum Satires No. 8440."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Sayers in the British Museum catalogue., One of eight satirical portraits in the series "Illustrious heads designed for a new history of republicanism ..."; see British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "2" in upper right corner., and Mounted to 37 x 30 cm.
Publisher:
Publd. 12th May 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 and Barère, B. 1755-1841. (Bertrand),
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1267); almost half-length to right within oval frame, eyes to front, wearing dress with fringes, bow, pearls and sash, pearls in her hair; published state after title altered to 'Countess'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Mounted on leaf numbered 31 in an album of 50 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
"Portrait of Benjamin Hoadly, bust-length, in an oval, in profile to the right, dressed in a chimere over his rochet with a powdered bob-wig on his head and bands about his neck with his Garter badge hanging at his chest."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Benjamin Hoadly, D.D.
Description:
Title from text on pedestal within image., After a wax model by Isaac Gosset that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Green Closet at Strawberry Hill., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., Text above image: Engraved for the Universal magazine., Mounted on page 66 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11., 1 print : etching and engraving on wove paper ; sheet 14.4 x 9.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge and text above image from top edge.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Hinton, at the King's Arms in Pater Noster Row
Subject (Name):
Hoadly, Benjamin, 1676-1761 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)