Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[1790?]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 1 Box D170
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A richly dressed man stirkes a very dramatic theatical pose with one arm raised to full extension and his second arm crossed diagonally across his torso. Observers include a nearby onlooker with sword in hand and a full complement of lightly-armored soldiers carrying shields, polearms, and banners in the background
Description:
Title from caption inscribed in ink below image in the artist's hand., Date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Woodward., and For further information, consult library staff.
Opposite page 88. Memoires du comte de Grammont ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of the rope dancer Jacob Hall; long half-length, standing to the left; wearing floppy cap, billowing white shirt with bow tie; a comb on table to the left, his right hand raised towards chest; after Jacob van Oost
Description:
Title written below image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., After a painting by Jakob (Jacques) van Oost the Younger., Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound., and Mounted opposite page 88 in Richard Bull's extra-illustrated, interleaved copy of: Hamilton, A. Memoires du comte de Grammont ... Strawberry Hill, 1772.
Drawing of Jan Wyck (or John Wijck) (1566-1640), Flemish born painter, son of Thomas Wyck (ca. 1616-1677). Settled in England where he excelled at depicting battle scenes
Alternative Title:
Jan Wyck battle painter
Description:
Title from inscription in ink below image., Signed in ink, lower right: G. V., Inscription in pencil, lower left: [illegible]., Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Wyck in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed in the year MDCCLXIII, [1763], v. 3, opp. p. 133., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Volume 1, opposite page 95. Memoirs of Count Grammont.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Mary, Princess Royal of England and Princess of Orange and Countess of Nassau by marriage; half-length, turned to the right; her hair in curls; wearing a pearl necklace
Alternative Title:
Mary Princess of Orange, Countess of Nassau
Description:
Title written below image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound., and Bound in opposite page 95 in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Hamilton, A. Memoirs of Count Grammont. London : S. and E. Harding, [1793?].
Drawing of Jan Siberechts (ca. 1627-1703), Flemish born landscape painter who settled in England in the early 1670s and established a reputation for his portraits of country houses
Alternative Title:
Mr. John Sybrecht landscape painter
Description:
Title from inscription in ink below image., Signed in ink, lower right: G.V., Inscription in ink, lower right: ob. 1763 Ata 73. in possess. Mr. Van Ost., Inscription in ink, lower left: N. Langillire pinx., Engraving by T. Chambars in Anecdotes of painting identifies artist as: N. Largiliere pinx., Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Sybrecht in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed in the year MDCCLXIII, [1763], v. 3, opp. p. 102., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Title written on verso in contemporary, unidentified hand, partially loss of text. "No. C"., Signed and dated in image, bottom left: "WI.B D 1780"., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Unidentified artist., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Title from inscription in ink, in 18th century hand, Full inscription: "Mrs. Mary Beal. Paintress. Born 16[?]5 ob. 1700. Beale. fil. pinxit. Orig. in posses. Alex G[?] [L[?]." "Orig. in posses...." on fragment paste down in lower right corner., For an engraving based on this portrait after Charles Beale, refer to Early British portraits, v. iii, p. 67., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Volume 3, opposite page lxxx. Memoirs of Count Grammont.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Nell Gwyn, half-length to the front, head leaning to the left; her hair curled, a few locks falling over her left shoulder; a string of pearls around her neck; wearing a loose white frock with a low neckline
Description:
Title from note in pencil below image, on mounting page., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound., and Bound in opposite page lxxx in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Hamilton, A. Memoirs of Count Grammont. London : S. and E. Harding, [1793?].
Oval drawing of Nicholas Stone Senior (1586-1647), leading sculptor, master mason, and architect, in London in the mid-17th century
Description:
Title from inscription in ink, below image., Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Stone in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. [Strawberry-Hill] : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v. 2, opp. p. 23., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
A large portfolio assembled by Horace Walpole from various lots he acquired at the Vertue sale 16 March 1757 including rare prints and drawings, among which are Holbein drawings. In addition to the portfolio, is a small volume of eight portrait drawings taken from this collection and later acquired separately
Alternative Title:
Portfolio of original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views &c by Vertue and others
Description:
Title from item. Title from Hazen: Portfolio of original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views &c by Vertue and others., Two volumes and one solander box containing a drawing housed separately., and Some of these, about fifty, are now mounted and rebound in red morocco, with Horace Walpole's manuscript title-page preserved. Bookplate 1. Press-mark D.3.13 in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763; moved to the Round Tower. Bookplate of William Frederick, 9th Earl Waldegrave.