"Portrait of Ben Jonson, bust seen in profile to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a draped coat; in an ornamental oval decorated with roses and laurel; below a young satyr holding a sceptre with a fool's head; books and a theatrical mask in lower right; state with publisher's address."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ben Jonson
Description:
Title from text in image., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., "In the collection of Dr. Mead"--Below image. The note refers to the miniature by Oliver from which this engraving was made., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 28 (leaf numbered '86' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Impensis I. & P. Knapton Londini
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637,, Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637., and Mead, Richard, 1673-1754
"Portrait of John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a neckerchief and brocaded jacket with star of the Order of the Garter; in an ornamental oval; an owl and books below."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Duke of Lauderdale
Description:
Title from text in image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "In the collection of the Right Hon. the Earl of Dysart"--Below image., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., and Mounted on page 48 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:
Impensis I. & P. Knapton, Londini
Subject (Name):
Lauderdale, John Maitland, Duke of, 1616-1682 and Dysart, Lionel Tollemache, Earl of, 1708-1770.
"Portrait of James Stuart, Duke of Richmond and fourth Duke of Lennox, half length in an oval frame, long hair, wearing broad lace collar, cloak, ribbon and medal."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Iames Stuart Duke of Richmond and Lenox
Description:
Title from text within image. and Text below image: "In the collection of the Rt. Honble. Sr. Paul Methuen."
"Portrait of James Stuart, Duke of Richmond and fourth Duke of Lennox, half length in an oval frame, long hair, wearing broad lace collar, cloak, ribbon and medal."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Iames Stuart Duke of Richmond and Lenox
Description:
Title from text within image., Text below image: "In the collection of the Rt. Honble. Sr. Paul Methuen.", and Mounted to 491 x 616 mm.
"Portrait of John Milton, bust in frontal view, wearing a ruff and buttoned jacket; in an architectural oval on a pedestal; a lyre and a book below"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Text below image: In the collection of the Right Hon. Arthur Onslow Esqr., Speaker of the House of Commons., and Print mounted in white matte frame, 490 x 616 mm.
"Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton, bust directed to right but looking at the viewer, wearing long wig; in an architectural oval on a pedestal with allegorical scene in a roundel; below scientific instruments and a scroll."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir Isaac Newton
Description:
Title from text in image., Publisher from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: P,8.223., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "In the possession of John Conduit Esqr."--Below image., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 714 (leaf numbered '167' 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:
John and Paul Knapton
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727, and Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.
"Portrait of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a feathered beret and collar of the Order of St Michel; in an architectural oval with draped curtain beyond and cartouche below; a weeping putto seated next to an axe and resting his hand on a crown below"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved in image., Caption below image: "In the collection of Mr. Richardson.", and Publisher from catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of prints and drawings in the British museum, v. 3, p. 340.