Manuscript, in a single hand, with the title in Horace Walpole's hand, containing 49 drawings in red ink of medals, many of them erotic
Description:
In English and Latin., Title from title page in Horace Walpole's hand., Binding: old red morocco, with gold tooling on boards and six stamps between bands on spine., Note on verso of flyleaf in Horace Walpole's hand: "Bought at the sale of Sr. Clement Cotterel's Library, 1764., On front pastedown: armorial bookplate in red morocco, gold stamped with arms and the name "Edward Hailstone"., Armorial bookplate of Oliver Brett on recto of front flyleaf., Not listed in: A catalogue of the genuine and elegant library of the late Sir Clement Cottrell Dormer, ... which will be sold by auction, ... by Samuel Baker. [London, 1764]., and Old red morocco. No bookplate and not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763. Bookplates of Edward Hailstone and Oliver Brett.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy and Rome.
Subject (Name):
Tiberius, Emperor of Rome, 42 B.C.-37 A.D.
Subject (Topic):
Medals, Roman, Erotic art, Sex in art, Medals, Nudes, and Sex
Title written in ink on lower left corner., Signature and date not in Rowlandson's hand., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1795]
Call Number:
Print00056
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Souls and bodies, cured without loss of time!
Description:
Title inscribed below image., Signed by the artist in grey ink., Original work created: ca. 1795., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[before 1809]
Call Number:
Print00887
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title inscribed below image., Signed by the artist in ink at lower left., Date based on artist's date of death., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Nannies (Children's nurses), Grandparents, Urination, Grandparent and child, and Child care
Title from inscription in artist's hand., Date supplied by curator., Drawing is by an anonymous British 19th century artist, from a letter addressed to Mrs. S.S. Stevens., Inscription continues: Dr. Thomas Jowl. Fellow of the Royal Col. of Physicians, late of Corpus.-Cantab: &c, &c, &c.-- A gentleman popularly proficient in appreciating the multifarious conditions of disease, and in correctly estimating medical evidences, which are far too complex and voluminous for the capacity of the common herd of Pracitioners.--, and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Name):
Corpus Christi College (University of Cambridge).
Subject (Topic):
Royal College of Physicians of London, Physicians, and Eyeglasses
Volume 5, after page 344. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A bird's-eye view of Eton College, as seen from across the Thames
Alternative Title:
View of Eton College
Description:
Title written in brown ink below image., Attribution to Bernard Lens from note in pencil on verso: Eton. Drawing by B. Lens - from H. Walpole's collection, bot. at Strawberry Hill Sale. [signed] Gibbs., Date of production based on artist's death date., "From Strawberry Hill collection"--Note in pencil below image, in lower left corner of sheet., and Mounted after page 344 (leaf numbered '55' in pencil) in volume 5 of an extra-illustrated copy of Joseph Spence's Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Volume 5, after page 344. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A bird's-eye view of Eton College, as seen from across the Thames
Alternative Title:
View of Eton College
Description:
Title written in brown ink below image., Attribution to Bernard Lens from note in pencil on verso: Eton. Drawing by B. Lens - from H. Walpole's collection, bot. at Strawberry Hill Sale. [signed] Gibbs., Date of production based on artist's death date., "From Strawberry Hill collection"--Note in pencil below image, in lower left corner of sheet., and Mounted after page 344 (leaf numbered '55' in pencil) in volume 5 of an extra-illustrated copy of Joseph Spence's Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Volume 4, after page 282. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Windsor Castle, sitting atop its terraced hill, as viewed from across the Thames
Description:
Title written in brown ink below image., Attributed to Bernard Lens by curator. A similar drawing, titled "A view of Eaton College" in the same hand, is mounted in volume 5 of the same extra-illustrated set and has a previous owner's note on the verso identifying Lens as the artist., Date of production based on artist's death date., and Mounted after page 282 (leaf numbered '65' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of Joseph Spence's Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Title in ink at lower left corner., Date based on artist's date of death., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
