A glass urn painted with pictures of boys(?). The vessel on which the image is based was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
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Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Text "e vitro" etched near bottom of plate, in lower left., "Tab. IV"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 51 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 22.2 x 20.3 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Depiction of an engraved patera, or shallow libation bowl, of bronze. This object was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
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Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Ex aere" etched below image., "Tab. XV"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 145 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 23.5 x 18.9 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Depiction of an engraved patera, or shallow libation bowl, of bronze. This object was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Ex aere" etched below image., "Tab. XV"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 185 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 21.9 x 17 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
"Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon, bust length in an oval, wearing open shirt."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Philippus Melanthon Germanice dictus Schwartzerd
Description:
Title from text within oval border of image., Printmaker from the British Museum online catalogue., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Sleidanus, J. The general history of the Reformation of the Church ... London : Printed by Edw. Jones for Abel Swall and Henry Bonwicke, 1689., Biographical details etched on tablet beneath image: Natus Brettae, Anno 1497, 17 February, Augustanam Confessionem ..., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of page number from top edge. Missing numbering supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1868,0808.2442., "Pag. 127"--Upper right corner., and Mounted on page 101 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
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Printed by Edw. Jones for Abel Swall and Henry Bonwicke
Depiction of an antique painting in fresco. Six figures either sit or stand and the head of a seventh figure, surrounded by ornamentation, is above them. This painting was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
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Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Tab. I"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 180 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 18.1 x 21 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Depiction of an antique painting in fresco. Six figures either sit or stand and the head of a seventh figure, surrounded by ornamentation, is above them. This painting was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Tab. I"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 264 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 16.4 x 19.7 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of printmaker's signature from lower right and plate numbering from upper right., and For further information, consult library staff.
Depiction of several antiquarian objects, five of which have Roman numeral numbering above. These include a small eagle statue of bronze (II); an ewer of bronze (III); and a small votive foot of bronze (IV). All were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Ex aere" etched in lower right corner, below object numbered "IV"., "Tab. XX"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 145 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 24 x 20.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Depiction of several antiquarian objects, five of which have Roman numeral numbering above. These include a small eagle statue of bronze (II); an ewer of bronze (III); and a small votive foot of bronze (IV). All were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Ex aere" etched in lower right corner, below object numbered "IV"., "Tab. XX"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 186 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 23.2 x 19.4 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Depiction of four glass vessels with sepulchral functions. The two flask-shaped vessels at top were apparently used to hold oils and the pot-shaped vessels below used to hold ashes. These vessels were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Text "e vitro" etched at bottom of plate., "Tab. VII"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 34 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 22.7 x 20.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.