"Triple three-quarter length portrait of the three Waldegrave sisters, seated beside one another at a small work-table; Lady Anna Horatia at right embroidering, with Lady Charlotte Maria at left, her head turned towards front, winding silk from skein which Lady Elizabeth Laura, centre, is holding; a curtain, pillars and trees behind them; after Reynolds (Mannings 1810); proof before letters, but with scratched production and publication detail."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ladies Waldegrave
Description:
Title from later state; see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Engraved after the painting, now in the National Gallery of Scotland (NG 2171), that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Great Parlour (Refectory) at Strawberry Hill., With Horace Walpole's manuscript annotations in brown ink in lower margin identifying the sitters and their relationships and a note: "The original picture at Strawberry Hill.", and Sheet trimmed within plate mark: sheet 50.5 x 58.4 cm.
Publisher:
Published Decr. 1st, 1781, by V. Green, No. 29, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London
Subject (Name):
Waldegrave, Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave, Countess, 1760-1816,, Euston, Charlotte Maria Waldegrave, Lady, 1761-1808,, Seymour, Anne Horatia Waldegrave, Lady, 1762-1801,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Members of the Dilettanti Society after Reynolds (Mannings 511); seven men sitting around a table, from left to right: Lord Mulgrave looking to front, Lord Dundas standing examining ring in his raised right hand, Lord Seaforth looking at ring held in his right hand, Charles Greville almost in profile to right, toasting with John Charles Crowle turned to left looking down and the Duke of Leeds, almost in profile, Sir Joseph Banks at front of table to right, holding a ring in his right hand; pillars and curtain behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title supplied by cataloguer based on British Museum online catalogue's description of similar print, registration no.: and 1902,1011.4121., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1830,0613.7., Place of publication surmised from printmaker's place of activity., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Two pieces of tape at top on verso.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Phipps, Constantine, Sir, 1656-1723,, Dundas of Aske, Thomas Dundas, Baron, 1741-1820,, MacKenzie, Kenneth, of Seaforth,, Greville, Charles Francis, 1749-1809,, Crowle, John, 1738-1811,, Leeds, Francis Godolphin Osborne, Duke of, 1751-1799,, Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820,, and Society of Dilettanti (London, England)
Drawing, full-length, of King Richard III and his Queen, in robes and crowned
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Possibly after a drawing from painted glass by George Vertue, which formerly hung in the blue breakfast room at Strawberry Hill., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 55 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.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485,, Anne, Queen, consort of Richard III, King of England, 1456-1485,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Lady Diana Beauclerk's two daughters sitting on a bench, Elizabeth, later Lady Herbert, in profile to left, drawing in a sketch-book leaning on her knees; her younger sister Mary, later Countess Jenison Walworth, seated behind on left facing front; curtain, pillar and landscape in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., State from Calabi and de Vesme catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 71 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th, 1780, by F. Bartolozzi, No. 1 Bentinck Street, in Berwick Street, Soho
A double portrait depicting the daughters of John Crewe, Esq., M.P. for Cheshire. The identity of each sitter is uncertain, but it has been suggested that Elizabeth is on the right and Emma is on the left
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., State from British mezzotinto portraits., After Joshua Reynolds's painting, ca. 1766., and Numbered in manuscript upper left: 75. Printed on gilt-edged paper.
Publisher:
Published Septr. 30th, 1782, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
A small scale, full-length portrait in landscape format. Husband and wife gather around an ornate table in an architecturally setting with columns and empty niches that is open to the exterior grounds of the country estate. Sir Robert Walpole in ceremonial robes sits at left. The Chancellors seal and the busts of King George I and King George II signifiy Walpole’s role as first Minister to them. Lady Walpole stands at the opposite end of the table where flowers, shells, a palette and pencils mark her love of the arts. Their hounds in the left foreground are painted by the sporting artist John Wooton who may also have painted the view of Walpole’s Norfolk estate, Houghton, in the distance. The posthumous portraits are based on lifetime miniatures by Zincke
Alternative Title:
Double portrait of Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (1776-1745) and Lady Walpole (circa 1682-1737)
Description:
Title devised by curator., Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal: Double portrait of Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (1776-1745) and Lady Walpole (circa 1682-1737)., From the 1774 Description: ... over the chimneypiece ... In a frame of black and gold carved by Gibbons, Sir Robert Walpole and Catharine Shorter; small whole lengths; by Eckardt, after Zinck: the hounds and view of Houghton by Wootton. Sir Robert is sitting; by him, on a table, is the purse of chancellor of the exchequer, leaning against busts of George 1st. and 2d. to denote his being first minister to those kings: by lady Walpole are flowers, shells, a pallet and pencils, to mark her love of the arts. Formerly located in the Blue Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill., In an ornate black and gold frame deeply carved with fruit and flowers by a follower of Grinling Gibbons. The family coat of arms set at center top. Walpole attributed the frame to Gibbons himself., Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A very interesting and valuable picture, Portraits of Sir Robert Walpole and Catherine Shorter, Lady Walpole, small whole lengths, the former in his robes sitting, on a table near him is the purse of the Chancellor of the Exchequer leaning against busts of George I. and II., to denote his being First Minister to those kings; near Lady Walpole are flowers, shells, a pallet and pencils to mark her love of the arts; their favourite hounds in the foreground and a view of Houghton in the distance. This painting is from the united efforts of Eckardt and Wootton, and is considered a masterpiece of art; the Portraits of Sir Robert and Lady Walpole are from the miniatures by Zincke, the hounds and view of Houghton by Wootton. The black and gold frame enclosing the picture, one of the finest specimens carving, is by Gibbons, displaying with wonderful effect the arms of the family, enriched with Cupid figures as supporters, birds, fruit, grapes and foliage, most beautifully designed and perfect as a work of art. Eckardt and Wootton., and For further information, see library staff.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Walpole, Catherine, Lady, 1681 or 1682-1737,
"Portrait of Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel, three-quarter length, standing to right in front of a large rock, holding a baton in his right hand, the left on the shoulder of his grandson; coat of arms below image; after Anthony van Dyck."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
D. Alonso Perez de Guzman el Bueno I. Señor de Sanlucar de Barrameda, y Fundador de la Casa de Medina Sidonia
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Place of publication inferred from printmaker Manuel Salvador Carmona's country of residence in 1789; he returned to Madrid from Paris in 1762 and remained there until his death. See British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 45 x 31 cm., and Bound in after page 214 in volume 3 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of: A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Arundel, Thomas Howard, Earl of, 1585-1646, and Howard, Philip Thomas, 1629-1694,
At center a portrait of an Indian Groom, flanked by three British Children with Ponies and two dogs set in a landscape, possibly Calcutta or Patna
Alternative Title:
Triple portrait of three children and their ponies and Three children with ponies, groom and dogs
Description:
Title devised by curator., Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal: Triple portrait of three children and their ponies, Dated in Christie's appraisal: Circa 1840., and Unidentified artist, Anglo-Indian School. Formerly attributed to Chinnery.
Full length full-face portrait of Sir Francis Molyneux on the left and the much shorter Robert Quarme in profile on the right. Both were ushers in the House of Lords
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., Publisher worked in London. See Maxted., and Publisher's name is omitted from description in the British Museum catalogue.
