"Portrait of George Granville, Baron Lansdowne, half-length to left, with head turned to look at viewer, wearing cap, open coat and shirt, his left hand inside the breast of his coat; coat of arms below image."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appeared., Frontispiece to: The genuine works in verse and prose, of the Right Honourable George Granville, Lord Lansdowne. London : Printed for J. Tonson and L. Gilliver, 1732., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with slight loss of statements of responsibility. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: Q,1.14., Mounted on page 72 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., and For further information, consult library staff.
Gardiner, W. N. (William Nelson), 1766-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:
[20 September 1793]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of George Hamilton, half-length, in an oval, his head slightly turned to the right, with extremely long curling hair, in armour with etched pauldrons and a lace jabot and a black ribbon knotted about his neck."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Hamilton, A. Memoirs of Count Grammont ... A new translation, with notes and illustrations ... London : Printed for S. and E. Harding, [1794]., and Mounted on page 62 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.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sep. 20, 1793, by E. & S. Harding, No. 102 Pall Mall
Half-length portrait of George Isaac Huntingford, seated and wearing robes, slightly turned to the left but gazing directly at the viewer; lower half and right side sketched in.
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted in paper frame: 35.2 x 28.2 cm.
Publisher:
Published Feb. 4, 1813 by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
"Portrait of George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, half-length, standing facing to left reading a book, wearing coat with star, sash, waistcoat, neckerchief and frill."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right and left sides., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 698 (leaf numbered '151' 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 March 1, 1809, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, and Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834.
"Portrait of George Montagu, half-length, directed to the left, looking at the viewer, wearing coat with lar cuffs, right hand in coat, hat under left left arm."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title engraved below image., Later state, with year at end of imprint statement altered. For an earlier state published in 1840, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1943,0410.1761., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published by Richard Bentley
Subject (Name):
Montagu, George, 1712-1790, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait, half-length to left, looking to front; wearing ecclesiastical robes, bands and hat; in an oval frame decorated with Acanthus leaves on top, placed above a pedestal, with crest in front; two books and scroll with ground plan of a building on right; curtain above on left, and bishop's hat above frame on right"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Publisher and date from British Museum online catalogue., and Text below image: "In the Collection of the Honble. Lieutenant General Dormer at Rowsham."
Title etched below image., Possibly a plate from: Kirby's wonderful and eccentric museum; or, Magazine of remarkable characters. London : R.S. Kirby, 1803-20., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right edge.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 31, 1805, by R.S. Kirby, 11 London House Yard
Scott, James, approximately 1809-approximately 1889, printmaker
Published / Created:
1865.
Call Number:
Portraits Se469 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Title from caption below image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from another state with the same imprint but which is signed 'J. Scott' and lacks the text below title., Text below title: From the original picture in the possession of Lord Taunton., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on two sides.
Publisher:
Henry Graves & Compy., 6 Pall Mall
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Selwyn, George Augustus, 1719-1791,, Mount Edgcumbe, Richard Edgcumbe, Earl of, 1716-11761,, and Williams, George James, 1719-1791,
"Portrait, bust, in a mock oval frame, in profile to right, wearing a lacy cravat and a wig with a curling queue; after Gardner."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
George Simon Harcourt, Viscount Nuneham
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge with loss of imprint. Imprint statement supplied from impression in the British Museum., and Mounted on page 40 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.