- None3
You Searched For
« Previous
| 1 - 9 of 31 |
Next »
Search Results
1. Ecce homo [graphic].
- Creator:
- Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, atrributed name
- Published / Created:
- 1775.
- Call Number:
- 775.00.00.17
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Depicts a furious man (William Austin) on a sidewalk, shouting "Damn your foollish [sic] caricatures" as he attacks the windows of Matthias Darly's London printshop with his walking-stick. On his left arm he carries a portfolio as a shield (emblazoned with a broken anchor). From it fall papers and drawings, including a prescription (suggestive of madness) from Dr. Monrow (i.e. John Monro, physician of Bethlehem Hospital). One print in the shop window echoes the present image, while Austin's "Proposals for opening a museum of drawings" is trodden underfoot by a dog in the foreground
- Description:
- Title etched below text., Text beneath image: "Be it known to all men that I -- upon just cause before God and men do declare & pronounce war with and against all and every printshop and printseller within and without the city of London....", Text on shield is a quote from John Gay's My own epitaph: Life's a jest and all things show it. I thought it once, but now I know it., At bottom of plate: B--b--y., Attributed to Francesco Bartolozzi. See British Museum catalogue., and Cropped within plate mark. Numbered in ink by an unidentified hand: 46.
- Publisher:
- Published as the act directs by Danl. Demoniae
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Austin, William, 1721-1820., Darly, Matthias., and Monro, John, 1715-1791.
- Subject (Topic):
- Mental illness, Shields, Dogs, Coats of arms, Prints, Stores & shops, and Window displays
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Ecce homo [graphic].
2. The ball at the mansion house April XVII MDCCLXXV. The Right Honble. John Wilkes, Lord Mayor / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1775.
- Call Number:
- 775.00.00.04
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Depicts a semi-nude seated female figure holding a caduceus before whom dance three putti, while two putti in the air above approach bearing a basket and grape vine. Within an oval border of olive and oak leaves resting on a pedestal containing the text
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on one side., and Imperfect; trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, London., and London (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
- Subject (Topic):
- Balls (Parties), Caduceus, Children dancing, Cornucopias, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The ball at the mansion house April XVII MDCCLXXV. The Right Honble. John Wilkes, Lord Mayor / [graphic]
3. M. Darly P.O.A.G.B. [graphic].
- Creator:
- Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1775]
- Call Number:
- 775.00.00.07
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Right profile head in oval of the London engraver and printseller
- Alternative Title:
- M. Darly Painter of Ornaments to the Academy of Great Britain
- Description:
- Title from item., Trimmed within plate mark., and Engraver, publisher and date from O'Donoghue.
- Publisher:
- M. Darly
- Subject (Name):
- Darly, Matthias
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > M. Darly P.O.A.G.B. [graphic].
4. An emblem of a modern marriage [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament June 15, 1775.
- Call Number:
- 775.06.15.01 Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A couple stand side by side before a rectangular tomb. The male figure is a skeleton wearing a feathered hat, a coat, and a sword; the lady wears a cloak. The tomb is decorated with the skull and crossbones and inscribed with the words "Requiescas in pace'. They stand on a road which leads to a Palladian portico, decorated with a baron's coronet. Above the couple a cupid hides his face in his hands as he turns away
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Attributed to Gillray in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Also attributed to "Miss Hartley, daughter of Dr. Hartley" by Horace Walpole in his Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality., Inscribed below image in two rows, a quote from Lord Hervey's Reply to Hammond's Verses to Miss Dashwood: ... no smiles for us the God head wears! His torch inverted & his face in tears!, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and 1 print : etching with stipple, on laid paper ; sheet 234 x 204 mm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Cupids, Marriage, Skeletons, Skull & crossbones, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An emblem of a modern marriage [graphic]
5. [Invitation to a dinner with the governors of the Magdalen Hospital].
- Creator:
- Magdalen Hospital (London, England)
- Published / Created:
- [1775]
- Call Number:
- File 66 775 L984+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Abstract:
- Invitation to dine with the governors of the Whitechapel Magdalen Hospital at Merchant Taylors' Hall, following a sermon in the chapel of the hospital
- Alternative Title:
- Sir, your company is desired to dine with the Right Honourable the Earl of Hertford, President; the Vice Presidents, Treasurer, and the rest of the governors of the Magdalen Hospital, at Merchant Taylors-Hall, Treadneedle-Street, on Thursday the 4th of May, 1775
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., With an engraved vignette, presumably depicting a Magdalen sister, at top; a quote from Psalm 51:3 is engraved within a ribbon at the bottom of the vignette: "I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me." The details of the event are printed in letterpress within the open space beneath the vignette., Additional information printed at the bottom, including the names of six "Stewards"; the stipulation "N.B. No servants, but those of the President ... will be admitted ..."; and the notice that "This ticket will admit to the Chapel and Hall.", and Mounted on recent card sheet; sealing wax to upper right corner. For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Magdalen Hospital (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Charity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Invitation to a dinner with the governors of the Magdalen Hospital].
6. Joconda in the gallery at Houghton / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Michel, Jean-Baptiste, 1748-1804, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [25 March 1775]
- Call Number:
- Drawer 775.03.25.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Text below title, in lower left: Size of the picture, 2 f. 1 1/2 i. by 2 f. 8 3/4 i. in height., Etched coat of arms below image bearing the motto: Fari quae sentiat., Plate VII from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia. London: J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 1., After the painting "Mona Vanna," formerly attributed to da Vinci and now generally given to his workshop or specialically to Andrea Salai., and On same sheet: The prodigal son.
- Publisher:
- Published Mar. 25th, 1775, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Joconda in the gallery at Houghton / [graphic]
7. The prodigal son in the gallery at Houghton / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Michel, Jean-Baptiste, 1748-1804, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [25 March 1775]
- Call Number:
- Drawer 775.03.25.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Text below title, in lower left: Size of the picture, 6 f. 6 1/3 i. by 8 f. 4 1/4 i. in height., Etched coat of arms below image bearing the motto: Fari quae sentiat., Plate VIII from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia. London: J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 1., and On same sheet: Joconda.
- Publisher:
- Published Mar. 25th, 1775, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The prodigal son in the gallery at Houghton / [graphic]
8. Sir Thomas Wyatt from a picture in the possession of John Thane / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Ogborne, John, 1755-1837, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 March 1775]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sir Thomas Wyatt from a picture in the possession of John Thane / [graphic]
9. South view of Strawberry-Hill, the seat of the Honble. Mr. Walpole [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rooker, Michael Angelo, 1746-1801, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Augt. 1st, 1775.
- Call Number:
- 49 2523
- Collection Title:
- Third leaf following title page. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- View from the south lawn of Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, with a couple and two children and their two dogs walking to the right
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Mounted on third leaf following title page in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 22, copy 3., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 16.0 x 19.7 cm, inlaid to 21 x 27 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Published according to act of Parliament G. Kearsly, at No. 46 in Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Twickenham.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Dwellings, and Estates
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > South view of Strawberry-Hill, the seat of the Honble. Mr. Walpole [graphic]
