The ninth drawing in a series of twelve that follow a tradition of producing a series on modern morals, a tradition established earlier in the 18th century by artists such as William Hogarth. In this series, twin brothers are bestowed an equal fortune. One brother, Edward, husbands his wealth and on his death, passes on his fortune; whilst the other brother, Charles, squanders his, leaving his family destitute and In this ninth drawing, Edward is seated in a sedan chair covered in laurel leaves as he is carried in triumph down a city street by cheering crowds of happy citizens, one whom carries a flag with the words "Library & Free Election".
Description:
Title from pencil notation below title., Signed "Dodd" in lower left and numbered '9' in ink in the upper right., Date range based on artist's active dates., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Allegorical drawings, Crowds, Sedan chairs, Parables, and Political elections
Portrait of William Bagwell, a London merchant and astronomer; bust-length, wearing a cap. The portait is enclosed in an oval within a rectangle; six lines of quoted verse are written below, beginning: "In traffick first his youthfull time he spent ...".
Description:
Title from ink inscription at bottom of image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., A copy of a seventeenth-century engraving by William Faithorne, which was an illustration to Bagwell's Wit's extraction, conveyed to the ingenious in riddles (London, 1664)., On verso is another drawing: [William Somner]., Two drawings on one sheet, recto and verso., and For further information, consult library staff.
An album of engraved tickets, invitations, bookplates, and other designs, some in multiple impressions and states, one in proof, mostly black and white, with one in sepia ink, mostly engraved by Bartolozzi or his pupils. Other artists and printmakers include: I.C.B., G.B. Cipriani, E.F. Burney, B. West, L. Legoux, R.H. Cromek, H. Bunbury, Walker, Cook, Tresham, and Fittler. Most engravings are undated though some tickets are dated between 1778-1797; a few name printers and publisher: W. Hinton, G. Graglia, Mr. Sandby, J. Sewell
Description:
Title from printed t.p. with unsigned, undated engraving, mounted.
Elevation of a Cottage for the Honorable Horace Walpole, near Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title at top of sheet, scale drawn in below image., Artist's name inscribed by Horace Walpole, recto lower left corner: Robt Adam Architect 1766., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: (London Sale, Lot 1248): Ditto [drawings] Views of Strawberry Hill and of the Villa of Lady Diana Beauclerc at Twickenham, by J. Barrow, 1789, and 4 designs for a Cottage, etc. at Strawberry Hill, by Robert Adams, architect, 1767, etc."
Opposite page 28. Historic doubts, on the life and reign of King Richard the Third.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait drawing of Elizabeth Woodville, Queen consort of Edward IV, probably taken from the stained glass window at Canterbury Cathedral. She is shown half-length, nearly in profile to the left, head bowed and hands together in prayer
Alternative Title:
Elizabeth Queen of Edward IV
Description:
Title written in ink below image, on mounting page., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on publication date of the extra-illustrated volume into which this drawing was inserted., and Inlaid opposite page 28 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Historic doubts, on the life and reign of King Richard the Third. London : W. and S. Wybrow [etc.], 1822.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797. and Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492
Title below image., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: French, Elizabeth; Horns, human.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Anomalies, Abnormalities, Human, Horns (Anatomy), and Human curiosities
Volume 1, page 17. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Elizabeth Gray, Queen of Edward IV and Elizabeth Grey, Queen of Edward IV
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, in a contemporary hand., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 17 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):
England.
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492,
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1853]
Call Number:
Folio 64 B39 813
Collection Title:
Page 152d. Magna Britannia.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title inscribed in gold paint within a piece of the bottom border that has been trimmed from sheet and mounted below portrait; remainder of title written beneath border, on that same detached piece of the sheet., Signed by the artist in gold paint in lower left; first initial of signature was lost when most of the border was trimmed away., Date of production based on artist's death date., and Mounted on page 152d in an extra-illustrated copy of: Lysons, D. Magna Britannia. London : T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813.
Subject (Name):
Russell of Thornhaugh, Elizabeth Russell, Baroness, 1562-1611, and Woburn Abbey.
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Possibly from: Paris and Dover, or, to and fro, a picturesque excursion : being a bird's-eye notion of a few 'Men and things' / by Roger Book'em., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Second sheet with letterpress text attached to print: Embarkation, -Calais pier. the smiles of aurora, the smoothness of the still and glassy "purple main," and "looking towards England," ..., and Second sheet attached to print 9 x 17 cm.
Text begins: "Young and old, rich and poor, male and female, to prepare for their latter end ..., Last line: Necessary for all Christian families who have the least regard for their future salvation to have in their houses., Three woodcuts depict personifications of death and the crucifixion of Jesus., Mounted on leaf 30. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Topic):
Death, Grim Reaper (Symbolic character)., Death (Personification)., Crucifixions, Skeletons, Spears, Hourglasses, and Scythes