Richard Plantagenet and the Earl of Somerset stand beside a rose-bush under a large tree, with Suffolk, Warwick, Vernon and another lawyer, each urging them to show their support for whichever party they believe has told the truth, to pick a rose, white for Plantagenet, red for Somerset
Alternative Title:
First part of King Henry the sixth. Act II. Scene IV
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Lettered below the image with title: "Shakspeare. First part of King Henry 6th. Act II. Scene IV.", with nine lines of quotation in English: 'Plant. Since you are tongue ty'd, & so loth to speak [...] From of this briar pluck a white rose with me. / Som. Let him that is no coward, nor no flatterer [...] Pluck a red rose from off this thorn with me.'
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1, 1795 by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No. 90 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
"Richard Plantagenet and the Earl of Somerset stand beside a rose-bush under a large tree, with Suffolk, Warwick, Vernon and another lawyer, each urging them to show their support for whichever party they believe has told the truth, to pick a rose, white for Plantagenet, red for Somerset. Trial proof with open figures."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
First part of King Henry the sixth. Act II. Scene IV
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and 'Shakspeare' in open letters below imprint.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 24, 1790 by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
"Portrait, three-quarter length, turned slightly to right, in widow's robe, seated in a chair before a curtain, holding gloves; after Richardson after Van Dyck."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Frances Brydges Countess of Exeter
Description:
Title in scratched letters below image., Proof state with scratched lettering. For published state with title, statements of responsibility, and publication line re-etched, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: P,3.308., Engraved after a copy by Richardson, as indicated by the text "from a picture by Richardson after Van Dyke in the possession of I. Thane" on published state of the plate. The original painting by Van Dyck, formerly owned by Richardson, was acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., Year of publication from imprint statement on published state: Pub. March 1st, 1777, by J. Thane, Gerrard Street, Soho., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark and imprint statement erased from sheet. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum., Mounted on page 144 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., Note in pencil beside image, on mounting sheet: This is a copy, the original has sold for 12 guineas; she is wrong plac'd here., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pub. March 1st by J. Thane
Subject (Name):
Exeter, Frances Brydges, Countess of, 1580-1663, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait, three-quarter length, turned slightly to right, in widow's robe, seated in a chair before a curtain, holding gloves."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Frances Brydges Countess of Exeter
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., The original painting by Van Dyck, formerly owned by Richardson, was acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 110 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., and Annotated by Horace Walpole in brown ink below title: The original, which was Richardson's, is now at Strawberry Hill.
Publisher:
Pub. March 1st, 1777, by J. Thane, Gerrard Street, Soho
Subject (Name):
Exeter, Frances Brydges, Countess of, 1580-1663, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Mrs Jordan as Peggy in 'The Country Girl' after Romney, standing three-quarter length with her hands clasped together in front of a doorway and column; state after title changed, before engraver's name altered."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Second state, with title altered from "Mrs. Jordan in the Character of the Romp". For the earlier state, see Yale Center for British Art accession no.: B1970.3.341.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 24th, 1788, by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816, and Garrick, David, 1717-1779.
"Sin interposes herself between Satan on the left and his son Death on the right to stop them attacking each other, revealing their relation to each other, with a portcullis gate in upper right, attached by a chain in the foreground; copy of a print by Charles Townley after a design by Hogarth."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Text following title: From Milton's Paradise lost, Book the 2d. The original picture by Hogarth is in the possession of Mrs. Garrick. This from a painting in Chiaro-Scuro by R. Livesay., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., On page 203 in volume 3., and Inscribed in plate under title: From Milton's Paradise Lost, Bok the 2d. The original picture by Hogarth is in the possession of Mrs. Garrick. This from a painting in chiaro scuro by R. Livesay. Note: plate mark visible at bottom.
"Portrait of Thomas Wyatt, bust, three-quarter to left, eyes looking up, with a long curly beard, a lion head on the collar; after Holbein's woodcut prefixed to Leland's 'Naeniae' (1542)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 105 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:
Publish'd Mar. 1st, 1775, by J. Thane, printseller & medalist, Gerrard Street, Soho
Subject (Name):
Wyatt, Thomas, Sir, 1503?-1542, and Thane, John, 1748-1818
"Portrait of Thomas Seymour of Sudeley; bust, to the right, with badge of garter, wearing cap."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Thomas Seymour, Lord Sudeley
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: The original picture is in the possession of the Marquis of Buckingham. This from a fine miniature after it by Lady Lucan, which is at Strawbery [sic] Hill., and "Ob. 1549"--Below oval border of image, centered.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 15, 1786, by I. Thane, Rupert Street, Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Sudeley, Thomas Seymour, Baron, 1508?-1549, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Thomas Seymour of Sudeley; bust, to the right, with badge of garter, wearing cap."--British Museum online catalogue, descriptioin of a later state
Alternative Title:
Thomas Seymour, Lord Sudeley
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on later state: H. Holbein pinx. ; J. Ogborne sculp., Early state, before text added below image border and above imprint statement. For later state, see the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: G,6.107., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Text below title: The original picture is in the possession of the Marquis of Buckingham., According to text on later state, this plate was engraved after a miniature by Lady Lucan at Strawberry Hill, which in turn was made after the original by Holbein., and Mounted on page 192 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:
Pub. Feb. 15, 1786, by I. Thane, Rupert Street, Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Sudeley, Thomas Seymour, Baron, 1508?-1549, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Thomas Seymour of Sudeley; bust, to the right, with badge of garter, wearing cap."--British Museum online catalogue, descriptioin of a later state
Alternative Title:
Thomas Seymour, Lord Sudeley
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on later state: H. Holbein pinx. ; J. Ogborne sculp., Early state, before text added below image border and above imprint statement. For later state, see the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: G,6.107., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Text below title: The original picture is in the possession of the Marquis of Buckingham., According to text on later state, this plate was engraved after a miniature by Lady Lucan at Strawberry Hill, which in turn was made after the original by Holbein., Mounted on page 243 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., 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper ; oval image 8.6 x 6.8 cm, on sheet 13.6 x 9.9 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 15, 1786, by I. Thane, Rupert Street, Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Sudeley, Thomas Seymour, Baron, 1508?-1549, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
