Key plate to the print of the Death of the Earl of Chatham, in the Upper Chamber of the Palace of Westminster, 1778, with 55 members identified
Description:
Title engraved at top of image., John Singleton Copley's oil painting on which the engraving was based, was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1780 and is now held at the Tate Gallery, London., and Mounted on linen, bordered in silk; rolled with silk ties.
Publisher:
Published by John Singleton Copley, R.A., Decr. 26, 1791, and sold at Parr's Print Warehouse, No. 52 Pall Mall
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Copley, John Singleton, 1737-1815., Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778., and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords,
"Interior with an MP standing on the left, addressing the house of Commons, the speaker sitting in the centre, the gallery crowded with people looking down and two men in the foreground, standing beside the benches and looking down the hall; a lists of the speakers from 1259 to 1747 on either side."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides., and Masking tape on edges on verso.
Publisher:
J. Pine
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and Westminster Palace (London, England)
Embossed: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten" and Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission."
Subject (Name):
Adams, Diana and Laing, Hugh
Subject (Topic):
Ballet dancers, Choreographers--United States, and Dancers
"Group portrait of three artists, Carlini on the left, mallet in right hand, looking towards the viewer, Bartolozzi sitting leaning on portfolio of prints, right hand resting on the edge holding an engraving tool, looking towards Cipriani, who sits in profile to left, looking towards the audience, holding a palette and lifting a brush in right hand to the easel behind his friends, which bears a canvas with a cartoon of Fame; after Rigaud."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title in scratched letters below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1871,1209.593., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on sheet, 444x 550 mm; three pieces of tape on verso.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Carlini, Agostino, approximately 1718-1790,, Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815,, and Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727-1785,
