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1. Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire (general view) / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Varrall, John Charles, active 1818-1848, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 February 1824]
- Call Number:
- Babb-Beckford no. 78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- View of Fonthill Abbey from the south, across Bitham Lake
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate from: Neale, J.P. Graphical illustrations of Fonthill Abbey. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co. [etc.], 1824., and "Proof"--Lower right corner.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Feb. 1, 1824, by J.P. Neale, 16 Bennett St., Blackfriars Road, & Sherwood & Jones, Paternoster Row and Printed by J. Bishop
- Subject (Name):
- Beckford, William, 1760-1844 and Fonthill Abbey.
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts and Estates
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire (general view) / [graphic]
2. Illustrations for The Universal songster
- Creator:
- Marshall, J. R., active 1820-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1825]
- Call Number:
- 75 C889 825
- Image Count:
- 25
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A collection of 20 proof states of the 27 prints after George Cruickshank used as illustrations for The Universal songster; or, Museum of mirth. Most are signed with Marshall's initials 'JRM', with two signed 'J.R. Marshall' and most identify the artist as 'G.C.' (i.e. George Cruikshank) or G. Cruikshank'. One print based on William Hogarth's "O the roast beef of Old England, &c." includes the attribution "From Hogarth by G.C."
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., The Universal songster; or, Museum of mirth was first issued by John Fairburn in weekly numbers beginning in 1825, and then shortly afterwards by Jones & Co.; see Cohn., Printed on india paper with three additional prints, all duplicate impressions on a different paper stock and all faulty. One duplicate plate is annotated in the top margin: "3 blocks by G. Ck. 9 blocks by RC. 1 block by [illegible]. Rimil 1863 r/m/. Out of Universal songster. Bone has the others.", Bound in calf gilt, all edges gilt; two auction records tipped on first blank., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Illustrations for The Universal songster
3. Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool ob. 1828 : from the original by Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. in the collection of The Rt. Honble. the Earl of Liverpool / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Robinson, Henry, active 1827-1872, engraver
- Published / Created:
- [1 May 1835]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Three-quarter length portrait, standing, turned slightly right, with hands folded, looking to front; wearing dark jacket with star on the left breast; table at left, curtain behind
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Proof state, with "Proof" etched in lower right., Plate from: Lodge, E. Portraits of illustrious personages of Great Britain. London : Harding and Lepard, 1835., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 552 (leaf numbered '162' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Publisher:
- Published May 1, 1835, by Harding & Lepard, Pall Mall East
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828,
- Subject (Topic):
- Prime ministers and Politicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool ob. 1828 : from the original by Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. in the collection of The Rt. Honble. the Earl of Liverpool / [graphic]
4. The Wykeham or Winchester Tower. North east view part of the repairs, alterations and improvements of Windsor Castle, in the reigns of King George IV, King William IV, and Queen Victoria / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kernot, J. H., printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1841]
- Call Number:
- Topos B513 no. 2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- View of Winchester Tower, Windsor Castle, from the north east; two women and a dog on the terrace to the right; a gravel walkway in the foreground
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Proof state of a plate issued in: Wyatville, J. Illustrations of Windsor Castle. London : Published for the son in law and executors of Sir Jeffry Wyatville by John Weale, Architectural Library, 59, High Holborn, London, MDCCCXLI [1841]., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., The Lewis Walpole Library: From the Topographical Prints collection., and With contemporary notes in pencil indicating changes to be made to the plate; these changes include a softening of lines on parts of the tower, a clearing out of some of the windows of the tower, and an overall reduction in plate size. A desired removal of dark markings and evening out of the gravel walkway in the foreground is indicated by the addition of white paint(?).
- Publisher:
- John Weale
- Subject (Name):
- Windsor Castle,
- Subject (Topic):
- Castles & palaces
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Wykeham or Winchester Tower. North east view part of the repairs, alterations and improvements of Windsor Castle, in the reigns of King George IV, King William IV, and Queen Victoria / [graphic]
5. The Wykeham or Winchester Tower. North west view part of the repairs, alterations and improvements of Windsor Castle, in the reigns of King George IV, King William IV, and Queen Victoria / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Kernot, J. H., printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1841]
- Call Number:
- Topos B513 no. 1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- View of Winchester Tower, Windsor Castle, from the north west; the Norman Gate in the background on the left; trees below the tower in the foreground
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Proof state of a plate issued in: Wyatville, J. Illustrations of Windsor Castle. London : Published for the son in law and executors of Sir Jeffry Wyatville by John Weale, Architectural Library, 59, High Holborn, London, MDCCCXLI [1841]., The Lewis Walpole Library: From the Topographical Prints collection., and With contemporary notes in pencil indicating changes to be made to the plate, including a softening of lines on parts of the tower and an overall reduction in plate size. A desired change to the clouds in the sky is indicated by the addition of white paint(?).
- Publisher:
- John Weale
- Subject (Name):
- Windsor Castle,
- Subject (Topic):
- Castles & palaces
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Wykeham or Winchester Tower. North west view part of the repairs, alterations and improvements of Windsor Castle, in the reigns of King George IV, King William IV, and Queen Victoria / [graphic]
6. [Album of proofs of illustrations for publications of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Coates, Thomas, approximately 1802-1883, collector
- Published / Created:
- [1834-1836]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 724 834C
- Image Count:
- 111
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An album compiled by Thomas Coates, solicitor and sometime secretary to the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, containing 340 proofs of wood engravings mounted on 68 leaves, with section titles and descriptions: Illustrations of the Hindoos / drawn on the blocks by Wm. Westall, A.R.A. 1835 (ca. [32] p.); British Canada 1835 ([8] p.); British costume ([3] p.); Old English sports ([8] p.); a group of 10 pages (some blank) with Roman ruins and other historic sites in Spain and Portugal; Illustrations of the Modern Egyptians / drawn on the blocks by the Author, Edwd. Wm. Lane Esq. 1836 (24 p.). Many of the ilustrations are captioned in blank ink by the same hand; others prints with pencil notations
- Description:
- Title from dealer's description., Bound in original black half morocco over marbled boards, spine decorate in gilt and upper cover with morocco label lettered "Scrap-book.", With the armorial bookplate of Thomas Coates. Below bookplate, slip of paper with the name and address of Mrs. Algernon Warren., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Canada., Canada, Egypt, India, Portugal, and Spain
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing and dress and Hindus
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Album of proofs of illustrations for publications of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge] [graphic].
7. [John Milton] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Harding, E. (Edward), 1755-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1796]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of the dramatist Sir William Killigrew; three-quarter length, standing, to the right, right hand under robe; with shoulder length hair, moustache, and short pointed beard; a column and tree in background."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
- Alternative Title:
- Sir William Killigrew
- Description:
- Title from later state., Proof before title; for a later state with title and additional lettering below image, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1908,0810.6., Publication information from imprint on later state: Published Decr. 1, 1796, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall., Proof state of a plate for: The biographical mirrour. London : Published by S. and E. Harding, Pall-Mall, 1795-[1814?]., Engraved after a copy of the painting by Anthony van Dyck in the Little Library of the Cottage at Strawberry Hill, which Horace Walpole believed to be a portrait of John Milton., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text from bottom edge., Mounted on page 201 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., and Annotated in pencil with the title "John Milton" below image and with the name "Mr. Bawtree" in lower right corner.
- Publisher:
- E. & S. Harding
- Subject (Name):
- Killigrew, William, Sir, 1606-1695,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [John Milton] [graphic]
8. [Proof sheets of illustrations for publications by William Davison of Alnwick [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [between 1820 and 1840]
- Call Number:
- 75 D285 820
- Image Count:
- 24
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A collection of 24 proof sheets, mostly eight images per sheet, surrounded by typographic border. The images include a wide range of insects, aquatic animals, and mammals, both those common in England as well as those found in Africa and parts of the British Empire; small country scenes by Bewick or in his style; battles, scenes showing a variety of human relationships and occupations, and other scenes designed to illustrate chapbooks and tales such as Robin Hood and Blue Beard and other tales. Also included are satirical prints such as Bewick’s ‘Clown’s Visit to the Moon’, or Davison’s publication on local history
- Description:
- William Davison (1781-1858), printer in Alnwick, as well as a pharmacist, newspaper produce and local philanthropist; a partner with John Catnach until 1808. Davison's output included notepaper and handbills, newspapers, chapbooks, an illustrated bible, and prayerbooks. He set up a small foundry to produce his own metal stereotypes, which according to his trade catalog, numbered 1082 cast-iron ornaments and wood types, many of these come from wood engravings by Bewick or from Davison’s own jobbing engravers after Bewick’s images., Title devised by cataloger., Date range for publication from dealer's description., Sheets numbered 1, 3-8, 11, 33-35, 37-42, 46, 48-50, 52, 54, 65; preserved in old frayed wrappers., Many of the images are reproduced in: Isaac, P. C. G. William Davisons's new specimen of cast-metal ornaments and wood types. London : Printing Historical Society, 1990., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Published by W. Davison, Bondgate Street, Alnwick
- Subject (Topic):
- Birds, Fairy tales, Fish, Insects, Landscapes, Mammals, and Reptiles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Proof sheets of illustrations for publications by William Davison of Alnwick [graphic].