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
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.
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,
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(?).
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(?).
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
"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.
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