- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1725]
- Call Number:
- Portraits H427 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Engraving of the portrait of the novelist Eliza Haywood after the painting by Parmentier; oval bust, facing right, in rectangular frame
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Haywood [née Fowler], Eliza (1693?-1756), English author and actress., and Mounted on wove paper with watermark: Whatman 1886.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Haywood, Eliza, 1693?-1756,
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors, British, and Actresses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Eliza Haywood [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1729]
- Call Number:
- Portraits B379 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Print, half-length portrait of Francis Beaumont, dramatist, engraving by George Vertue after an unknown artist."--Victoria and Albert Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Celsissimo Principi Leonello Duci de Dorset
- Description:
- Title and subtitle from text in image., Caption below image: "Celsissimo Principi Leonello Duci de Dorset &c. Nobilissimo Ordinis Periscelides Equiti. Hanc tabulum ad archetypum in ipsius adibus expressam. Humil. D.D.D. G. Vertue.", and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Beaumont, Francis, 1584-1616,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Francis Beaumont, Esq. obt. ao. aetat circitr XXX A.D. 1615 / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1748]
- Call Number:
- Portraits G475 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from text in image., Date of publication from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., and Place of publication from printmaker's place of activity.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Gill, John, 1697-1771,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Joannes Gill S.T.P [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1727]
- Call Number:
- Portraits G723 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of John Gower; bust, in profile to the right; wearing chaplet of roses around his head; in a rectangle frame, set within architectural details; a tablet below, with his three principal works in front, and a further book open to a page with an illustration of his monument in Southwark Cathedral; the portrait taken from his effigy on this monument."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text in image., Place of publication from printmaker's place of activity., Text below image: "Honoratiss Dno Ioanni Levison Gower Domino Gower; hanc effigiem humillime D.D. / G. Vertue." per image in British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: G,1.338., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed with loss of text below design., and In white paper frame with green gouche, yellow wash, and black ink frame: 420 x 360 mm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Gower, John, 1325?-1408,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Joannes Gower Armiger Anglorum poeta celeberrimus Chauceri poeta contemporar[...] / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1715 and 1756]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, half-length, in an oval surmounted by a crown and thistles and two armorials, slightly turned to the right, dressed in a gown heavily embroidered with flowers and a high collar, a crucifix about her neck, an axe and a sceptre to the foreground lying on the plinth."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Maria Scotorum Regina
- Description:
- Title engraved at bottom of image., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of all image and text apart from the oval portrait. Description based on impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1871,1209.1558., Mounted on page 60 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., With wash-line mount (11.8 x 9.9 cm) on which is written: Reduc'd by G. Vertue, from F. Zucchero's origl. Chiswick., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Maria Scotorvm Regina [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1719]
- Call Number:
- Portraits P958 no. 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait, three-quarter length; seated slightly to left on a high-back chair, with head turned to look towards right; wearing a cap, long open coat over buttoned waistcoat, shirt with lace ruffles at the wrists, and cravat; his right arm resting on a table, holding a quill pen in his hand; his left hand inside breast of coat; after Richardson; touched impression."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Matthew Prior Esqr [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1724]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Engraving of Oliver Cromwell. Bust length with long hair, plain collar, and armour. Within an oval border with coat of arms on a pedestal below. With English inscription below."--Royal Collection Trust online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters "S" and "C" in artist's signature form a monogram., Frontispiece to an unidentified edition of: Kimber, I. The life of Oliver Cromwell ..., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of title from bottom edge. Complete title from impression in the Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 602205., and Mounted on page 147 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.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Common-wealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, &c. taken from an original picture Of S. Coopers in the possesion [sic] of Mr. Frankland / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1719.
- Call Number:
- Portraits G723a no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Humphrey Gower; half-length, slightly to right, looking towards left; wearing a wig, fur-trimmed robes and clerical bands; in an oval frame with a ribbon on top, and decoration of oak leaves around, placed on a pedestal; after Fellows."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text in image. and Place of publication based on printmaker's known place of activity.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Gower, Humphrey, 1638-1711,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Reverendus admodum Humphredus Gower S. theol. pro Dna. Margareta in Acao, Cantabr Professor Coll, Sti. Johannis Evang., praefectus ecclesia Elyensis canonicus &c. / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1713?]
- Call Number:
- Portraits L793 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Place of publication from printmaker's known place of activity., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text., and In paper frame: 417 x 290 mm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Lloyd, William, 1627-1717,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Reverendus admodum in Christo pater Wilhelmus Lloyd permissione diviniâ asaphensis primum postea Lichefeldiensis demum Wigorniensis Episcopus anno Domini 1713, consecrationis 34 aetatis 86 [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1736?]
- Call Number:
- Portraits So695 no. 1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Sarah Duchess of Somerset, whole length; seated to right in front of a curtain on an elevated pedestal, looking to front; wearing pearl earrings, and fur-trimmed cape over low-cut dress with lace collar and jewels; pointing downwards with the index finger of her right hand; her left hand resting on a crown on a table, next to a closed book; pillar on right; after Quinckhard."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Text in image: "M.S.P. Sara Illustrissima Nuper Ducissa Somersetensis ... MDCXCII.", and After Jan Maurits Quinckhard.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Somerset, Sarah Alston Seymour, Duchess of, 1631-169,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sara illustrissima Ducissa Somersetensis ex gente Alstoniana in agro Bedfordiensi / [graphic]