"Portrait of George IV after Lawrence (Garlick 325f); half-length looking to front, wearing a dark suit with fur collar and garter star, his left arm extended and resting over the back of the seat; border of ten lines around image; royal coat of arms below image, lettered with "1823" within wreath; proof before title."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
His most gracious Majesty King George IV
Description:
Title from later state., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge., and Bound in opposite page 635 (leaf numbered '81' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 1, 1824, by Hurst, Robinson & Co., printsellers to His Majesty, No. 8 Pall Mall, and 90 Cheapside and Printed by Jas. Lahee
"Portrait seen almost half-length to right, eyes to front, wearing plain dark coat, white cravat and frill and badge on ribbon around neck, his hair short; landscape seen beyond, behind raised curtain; proof before letters."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
James King Esqr. : Master of the Ceremonies at Bath & Cheltenham
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger; alternative title from lettered state., Artist and printmaker from statement of responsibility on lettered state: Painted & engraved by I [sic] I.R. Smith., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Publication information inferred from imprint on lettered state: London, Pub. Feb. 1, 1805, by I.R. Smith, 31, King Street, Covt. Garden, & R. Ackerman, 101, Strand., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 178 (leaf numbered '216' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Meyer, Henry Hoppner, 1783-1847, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[1826]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Major John Cartwright; aged 81, three-quarter length, seated in armchair, legs crossed, looking at viewer, his left arm resting on armchair, holding a closed scroll."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a different print of the same composition
Description:
Title from facsimile signature beneath image on later state., Printmaker from statement of responsibility on later state: Drawn & engraved by H. Meyer., Proof before letters. For a later state with the imprint "London, Published Feb. 21, 1826, for the proprietor Miss Cartwright by Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street," see National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG D13772)., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Early state of a plate from: The life and correspondence of Major Cartwright / edited by his niece, F.D. Cartwright. London : H. Colburn, 1826., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., Mounted opposite page 220 (leaf numbered '43' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and Sitter identified as "Major Cartwright (aged 81)" in ink on mounting sheet, in a later hand.
"Portrait; three-quarter length, standing in the open in naval uniform with sword, a rock and sea behind."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
John Willett Payne Esqr., Rear Admiral of the Red, Vice Admiral of the Coasts of Devonshire & Cornwall ...
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Artist from statement of responsibility on lettered state: John Hoppner Esqr. R.A. pinxt., Proof before letters. For a lettered state, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1856,0308.14., Publication information inferred from imprint on lettered state: London, Pub'd Novr. 12, 1813, by Colnaghi & Co., 23, Cockspur Street., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 402 (leaf numbered '14' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
"Portrait of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey, three-quarter length, standing to right on a hill beside a tree, looking towards the viewer, leaning on a stick held in his left hand, holding a tricorn hat in the right; wearing uniform, sash over waistcoat, sword and queue wig; river below."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another print of similar composition
Description:
Title from manuscript note in ink on mounting sheet., Engraved after a painting by Nathanial Dance; see description of another print of similar composition in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1920,1211.410. For a discussion of various versions of the painting produced by the workshop of Nathanial Dance, see description for NPG 39 in the online catalogue of the National Portrait Gallery, London., Proof before letters?, Approximate date of publication supplied by cataloger., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 1, page 451., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 382 (leaf numbered '197' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Clive, Robert Clive, Baron, 1725-1774,
Subject (Topic):
Government officials, British, and Military uniforms
"Portrait of John Russell, standing to right with arms folded, looking to front, next to a column on a pedestal, draped with curtain at top; holding papers of the reform bill in his right hand; wearing a buttoned coat with velvet collar, white standing collar and black neckerchief; after Hayter; scratched-letter state without title."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Right Honble. Lord John Russell, M.P. : one of His Majesties principal Secretaries of State, 1836 and Right Honourable Lord John Russell, M.P.
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger; alternative title from published state., Scratched-letter state, before title "The Right Honble. Lord John Russell, M.P. ..." added. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1841,1113.119., and Bound in opposite page 274 (leaf numbered '92' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published Augt. 1836 by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Pall Mall East, & Hodgson & Graves, Pall Mall
"Portrait of Comtesse de Genlis, half-length, head turned to the left, with frilly bonnet and ruff, and coat fastened with belt; after Cheradame."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Comtesse de Genlis
Description:
Title from lettered state. See Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Object Number: G2368, Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: Peint par Mme. Chéradame ; gravé par F. Lignon., Proof before letters. For a lettered state with the imprint "Se vend à Paris, chez Bouton, Md. d'Estampes, Boulevard Montmartre, No. 63" and the printer's statement "Imprime par Durand," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1879,0809.597., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., Mounted opposite page 516 (leaf numbered '113' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and Later ink annotation with the sitter's name "Madame de Genlis" below print, on mounting sheet.
Publisher:
Bouton and [Durand].
Subject (Name):
Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de, 1746-1830,
"Portrait after Gardner, half length to right, looking to front with arms crossed in lap; wearing a hat with slik trim, a neck tie with long fastening falling to the bow of her scarf, a light dress and dark shawl; trees blown in the wind behind and hills at right; oval."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from later state. See Goodwin., Possibly the second state of the plate as described by Goodwin. The British Museum impression, which is the exemplar of this state, is trimmed with probable loss of the imprint and plate numbering present here. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1870,0625.1152., Date of publication inferred from imprint on the third state, which includes a date of 20 April 1780. See Goodwin., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "No. I"--Lower left corner., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 1, page 518, no. 1., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., Mounted opposite page 191 (leaf numbered '233' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and Sitter identified in ink on mounting page, in a later hand: Lady Crewe (Francis Anne Greville).
Publisher:
Sold by J. Smith, 4 William Stt., Manchester Square
Worthington, William Henry, approximately 1795-approximately 1839, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 March 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait; three-quarters length seated directed slightly to left, looking directly towards the viewer, arms on the elbows of her chair, holding spectacles in a case in her right hand, wearing an empire line gown, a shawl with a decorated hem and a frilled bonnet and ruff, with an inkstand, candlestick and letter addressed to Mr. Wilberforce on a covered table to right and a curtain behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from later state., Early state, before title and "From the original picture in the possession of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland Bart. MP" added below image. For a later state bearing this additional text, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.1824. For an earlier state with the date "Decr. 11, 1823" in imprint, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Portraits M835a no. 1+., and Bound in opposite page 202 (leaf numbered '15' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published March 1, 1824, by J. Hudson, 85 Cheapside
Nugent, Thomas, active 18th century, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[1800]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Esther Jane Sheridan with her son Charles on her back, as a rustic figure carrying a jug towards a stream at right, donkeys in surrounding landscape."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Sheridan and son
Description:
Title from lettered state., Artist and printmaker from statement of responsibility on lettered state: Painted by J. Hoppner R.A. ; engraved by T. Nugent., State before any lettering. For a later state with the imprint "London, Published April 2, 1800, by T. Nugent, No. 21 Charles Street, Middlesex Hospital," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1871,1209.321., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Bound in as frontispiece (opposite title page) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and With title "Hester Jane, Second Wife of R.B. Sheridan" and artist statement "John Hoppner pinxt." added in pencil in lower margin, in a later hand. Printmaker's name "Nugent" written beneath image in lower right, in a contemporary hand.
Publisher:
T. Nugent
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Hester Jane, 1776-1817, and Sheridan, Charles Brinsley, 1796-1843,
Subject (Topic):
Country life, Donkeys, Pitchers, Mothers, and Children