"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1475); whole-length, standing turned to right, eyes to front, wearing robes, with his right arm leaning on back of the chair to left, and his left hand upon a book resting on table to right with tapestry cover and inkstand; column, drapery and clouds behind; state without publisher's address."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publisher's name and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.2444., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Note in ms. at lower right corner: 63. Mounted on sheet: 44.3 x 31.7 cm.
publish'd according to act of Parliamant, Novr. 22d, 1765.
Call Number:
Folio 49 3588 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 57. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 585); half-length turned slightly to right, head and eyes to left, in Van Dyck costume; pillar behind; state with publication line, before final alteration of title."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., "Sold at the Golden Lamp in Berwick Street, price 5s."--Lower right corner of plate., Mounted on page 57 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality., and "Earl of Buchan" added in ink below title, in Horace Walpole's hand.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, Earl of, 1742-1829,
Half-length portrait in oval, directed to front with head turned and looking three-quarters to right, wearing shirt with open collar, cloak draped over right shoulder and soft cap
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., On page 208 in volume 3., and Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above row of three impressions of this print: William Bullock. See Mr. Nichols's Book, 3d edit., p 407.
Publisher:
Pub. June 1st, 1781 by I. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market
Subject (Name):
Bullock, William, approximately 1657-approximately 1740,
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1755?]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of John Pine (engraved and herald) seen half-length to left in rectangular frame, eyes to front, wearing cap, earring and fur-trimmed coat, hands folded on the knob of his cane, to left
Description:
Title etched beneath image., Printmaker from Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d. edit. p. 434., and On page 126 in volume 2.
Publisher:
Printed for Geo. Pulley at Rembrandt's Head, the corner of Bride Court, Fleet Street
Title etched below image., Imprint and date from Paulson., The portrait is actually of the painter Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, copied from G. White's mezzotint (after G. Kneller). See Paulson., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Printed for T.W. for D. Browne, J. Walthoe, J. Knapton and 15 others
Subject (Name):
Monnoyer, Jean Baptiste, approximately 1636-1699, and Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Title etched below image., Imprint and date from Paulson., The portrait is actually of the painter Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, copied from G. White's mezzotint (after G. Kneller). See Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Sheet partially trimmed. Tipped on the t.p. for the work, which has contemporary annotations on verso.
Publisher:
Printed for T.W. for D. Browne, J. Walthoe, J. Knapton and 15 others
Subject (Name):
Monnoyer, Jean Baptiste, approximately 1636-1699, and Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
"Portrait of the actress Kitty Clive; three-quarter length seated directed to left, a book of music held open in her lap, right elbow resting on velvet cushion on a table beside her, wearing a gown with a bow at the breast, hair up with a coil over left shoulder."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Fair songster and Mrs. Clive : from the picture at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title from verses engraved below image., Alternative titles from later states; see Russell., After a painting by Jeremiah Davison that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Round Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill., State from Russell., Date "1735" following printmaker's signature has been removed from plate; see description of first state in: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Verses below image continue: ... heightens our joys, suspends our fiercest pains, this each one proves who hears they heavnly strains., Tipped in at page 195 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., and Sitter identified as "Mrs. Clive" in lower margin, in brown ink in a contemporary hand.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
In an oval, a portrait of Samuel Butler, turned to the right and looking at viewer, wearing open jacket with cravat and with loose shoulder length hair
Alternative Title:
Samuel Butler author of Hudibras
Description:
Title etched below image., Date from British Museum online catalogue., False attribution to Hogarth. See Catalogue of engraved British portraits., On page 208 in volume 3., and Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Butler. See Mr. Nichols's Book, 3d. edit, p. 442.