McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1762?]
Call Number:
Portraits T753He no. 1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (?); standing almost half-length to right beside a bust, eyes to front, hat under his left arm and his hand inside his coat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Probably after a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds; see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Date from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1849,0328.40., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Arms and three lines of biographical information engraved below title: Died in the 26th year of his age (June 24th, 1762) of the wounds which he received in the battle fought that day at Wilhelmstahl ..., Mounted on board to 51 x 41 cm., and Artist's name "Sir J. Reynolds" added in pencil beneath lower left corner of image.
Purcell, Richard, approximately 1736-approximately 1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1762 and 1766]
Call Number:
Portraits G41 no. 5+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of David Garrick after Reynolds (Mannings 700); standing three-quarter length between Comedy and Tragedy, smiling towards the latter, but allowing the former to tug him towards her; landscape behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Charles Corbutt was a pseudonym used by Richard Purcell., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.1321., Text below title: Reddere Personae scit convenientia cuique., and For a larger version by Purcell, published by Sayer and Carington Bowles, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Ee,5.144. See also: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, v. 3, no. 31, page 1016.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
publish'd according to act of Parliament October 1st 1762.
Call Number:
762.10.01.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An old man in a fur hat and a fur-trimmed coat sits in front of a fireplace. In the foreground, his daughter kneels in front of fire using bellows to keep it going. In the background, his young son offers his father a bowl of steeming broth
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Four lines of verse below image: In life's last scene the hoary man of years, emblem of Winter, wrapt in furr appears ...
Publisher:
Printed for Henry Parker, opposite Birchin Lane in Cornhill
Subject (Topic):
Children, Domestic life, Families, Fathers, and Older people
"Portrait, half-length facing front, looking to left, wearing a robe trimmed in ermine with ropes of pearls tied at the shoulders, strings of pearls around her neck, a cruciform jewel at her throat, hair dressed up with a lace veil and a tiara; lettered state before publisher altered to Boydell."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publication date surmised from listed dates of similar works in Catalogue of engraved British portraits., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818,
Portrait, half-length facing front, looking to left, wearing a robe trimmed with lace and ropes of pearls tied at the shoulders with bows, strings of pearls around her neck, a cruciform jewel at her throat and another jeweled crucifix pendant at her bosom, hair dressed up with a lace veil and a tiara; lettered state before publisher altered to Boydell
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Name of publisher from the Engraved British portraits and based on Hatton Garden address on print.
Publisher:
Published according to act of Parliament May 24th 1762, and sold at the Golden Head in Hatton Garden
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818,
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1544); standing three-quarter length to left with right hand resting on anchor, left on hip, eyes to front, wearing uniform and sword; sea visible beyond at left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker, artist, imprint, and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1831,0111.03., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed to plate mark with loss of text., and Mounted on paper support: 403 x 319 mm
Publisher:
Sold by Ryland & Bryer, at the Kings Arms Cornhill
"Double portrait of the ladies Yorke after Reynolds (Mannings 1956); as children, whole-length to front, in garden beside sphinx on pedestal; Lady Annabel Grey standing at left with dove perched on her right hand, Lady Mary Jemima running towards her holding another dove, dog at her heels."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ladies Yorke and Two daughters of Philip Yorke Viscount Royston and the Marchioness of Grey, 1761
Description:
Title and publisher from British Museum description., Title, imprint, and date from Smith: Ladies Yorke., Sheet trimmed with loss of imprint., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in probable loss of imprint. Bottom corners trimmed at an angle., and With title added in Horace Walpole's hand below image: "The two daughters of Philip Yorke Viscount Royston and the Marchioness of Grey, 1761." Also added in his hand are the names of the two girls below each portrait: "Lady Annabella married Lord Polwarth" and Lady Mary married Lord Grantham."
Publisher:
Publish'd accordg. to act of Parliament by Ed. Fisher in Great Newport Street, Leicester Square
Subject (Name):
Grantham, Mary Jemima Robinson, Lady, 1757-1730, and De Grey, Amabel Hume-Campbell, Countess, 1751-1733,
"Portrait of the actress Kitty Clive; three-quarter length seated directed to left, a book of music held open in her lap, right elbow resting on velvet cushion on a table beside her, wearing a gown with a bow at the breast, hair up with a coil over left shoulder."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Clive : from the picture at Strawberry Hill and Of all the arts that sooth the human breast, music (blest power) the sweetest is confest ...
Description:
Title engraved below image, on either side of verses., Alternative title from later state; see Russell., After a painting by Jeremiah Davison that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Round Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Date "1735" has been removed and title and publication line have been added to the plate; these changes constitute the second state according to Smith, amended to the fourth state by Russell., Date of publication based on publisher's street address. See British Museum online catalogue., Four lines of verse engraved below image: Of all the arts that sooth the human breast, music (blest power) the sweetest is confest ..., Imperfect; sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge and imprint statement has been erased. Imprint statement supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: K,58.180., Plate numbered "319" in lower left corner., and Mounted on page 220 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.
Publisher:
Printed for C. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Name):
Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 July 1762]
Call Number:
762.07.25.01++ Box 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A full-length female figure holding a vase in her hands stands before a large, leafed-out tree, a open landscape in the distance. At her side, stands the small figure of her brother as Cupid holding her dress and looking off to the left
Description:
Title from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits. and Second state, with letters.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, July 25th 1762 ; sold at the Golden Head in Covent Garden
Subject (Name):
Crewe, Frances Anne, 1748-1818,, Greville, William Fulke, -1837,, and Cupid (Roman deity)
"Portrait of Frances Greville and her brother after Reynolds (Mannings 443); as Psyche, standing three-quarter length to left under a tree, head turned to face front, holding up vase in both hands, her brother William (?) as Cupid stands beside her to left, grasping the scarf flowing around them with his right hand."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1903,1115.14., Print under Purcell in J.C. Smith., Mounted on leaf numbered 28 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.