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1. Bishop Wainfleet [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [1742]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 743 H432 Box 6 Folder 23 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Half-length, oval portrait of William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester and first Headmaster of Eton, looking slightly left and wearing the mitre and robes of his office; within a decorative border and frame ending with a coat of arms. The two drawings were created in preparation for the engraved portrait print engraved by Jacobus Houbraken and published by John & Paul Knapton in 1742
- Alternative Title:
- William Waynfleet Bishop of Winchester
- Description:
- Title from inscription on verso of drawing., Title from inscription on mount under the drawing, in the same hand: Wm. Wainfleet Bishop of Winchester., Also written on the mount under the drawing in block lettering and scored through: The Old Bishop., Portrait is unsigned, but the mount is decorated with a border in ink and wash and signed: H. Gravelot inv. et delin., Counter watermark in center of sheet used as the mount: IV., Local card catalog gives unverified attribution: after Holbein?, and One of ten watercolor portraits and other drawings included in George Vertue's set of engravings: The heads of the most illustrious persons of Great Britain (London : John and Paul Knapton). See all catalog records by searching call number: LWL Folio 724 743 H432 (Oversize).
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Waynflete, William, 1395?-1486,
- Subject (Topic):
- Bishops
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Bishop Wainfleet [art original].
2. Sr. John Smith [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [1744]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 743 H432 Box 6 Folder 10 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Half-length, oval portrait of Sir John Smith, scholar, diplomat, and political theorist, looking slightly left and wearing a hat and fur-trimmed coat; within a decorative border and frame ending with a coat of arms. The two drawings were created in preparation for the engraved portrait print engraved by Jacobus Houbraken and published by John & Paul Knapton in 1744
- Alternative Title:
- Sir John Smith
- Description:
- Title from inscription in ink on verso of drawing., Also written on the mount under the drawing in block lettering: Smith., Unsigned., The mount is probably by H. Gravelot based on similar signed drawing in the collection., After Hans Holbein the Younger. See published print., Counter watermark in center of sheet used as the mount: IV., and One of ten watercolor portraits and other drawings included in George Vertue's set of engravings: The heads of the most illustrious persons of Great Britain (London : John and Paul Knapton). See all catalog records by searching call number: LWL Folio 724 743 H432 (Oversize).
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Smith, Thomas, 1513-1577,
- Subject (Topic):
- Bishops
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sr. John Smith [art original].
3. [Portrait of George Griffith] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [17--?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 17 Box D155
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of George Griffith after Robert White, half length in an oval, long hair, wearing bands and gown, holding a book; curtain in the background to left, bookshelf to right, with inscribed motto 'Most gladly would I Learne & gladly Teach'.
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Date from unverified data from local record., Copy of 17th century engraving by Robert White. Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits, v. 2, p. 390., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- Griffith, George, 1601-1666,
- Subject (Topic):
- Portrait drawings and Bishops
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of George Griffith] [art original].