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1. George Bridges Rodney Esqr., Rear Admiral of the Blue ... Granades &c. &c. 1762 [graphic]
- Creator:
- Watson, James, 1740-1790, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1762]
- Call Number:
- Portraits R694 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "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
- Subject (Name):
- Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > George Bridges Rodney Esqr., Rear Admiral of the Blue ... Granades &c. &c. 1762 [graphic]
2. The fair songster [graphic]
- Creator:
- Van Haecken, Alexander, 1701-1757, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1762]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The fair songster [graphic]
3. Strive not Tragedy nor Comedy to engross a Garrick, who to your noblest characters does equal honour [graphic]
- Creator:
- 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
- Subject (Name):
- Garrick, David, 1717-1779,
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Strive not Tragedy nor Comedy to engross a Garrick, who to your noblest characters does equal honour [graphic]
4. James Earl of Waldegrave, 1762 Knight of the Garter / [graphic]
- Creator:
- McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1762]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1808); half-length in profile to left, wearing star and sash with short wig."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a proof state
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Engraved after the painting kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 108 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:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Waldegrave, James Waldegrave, Earl, 1715-1763, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > James Earl of Waldegrave, 1762 Knight of the Garter / [graphic]
5. Lieutenant Colonel Henry Townshend [graphic]
- Creator:
- 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.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Townshend, Henry, 1737-1762,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Lieutenant Colonel Henry Townshend [graphic]
6. Maria, Countess of Waldegrave [graphic]
- Creator:
- McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd as the act directs, Jany. 1st, 1762.
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1896); half-length to right, head almost in profile, wearing a flowered dress and a turban, a plait of hair over her left shoulder; published state."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Final state of the plate with title, artist and printmaker names, and publication line present; this represents the third state according to Smith, amended to the fourth state by Russell., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Engraved after the painting kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 108 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:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Maria, Duchess of Gloucester, 1736-1807, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Maria, Countess of Waldegrave [graphic]
7. [Frances Anne Greville and brother as Hebe and Cupid] [graphic]
- Creator:
- 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)
- Subject (Topic):
- Hebe (Greek deity)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Frances Anne Greville and brother as Hebe and Cupid] [graphic]
8. [James Earl of Waldegrave, 1762, Knight of the Garter] [graphic].
- Creator:
- McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1762]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1808); half-length in profile to left, wearing star and sash with short wig; proof before letters."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from later state; see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on later state: J. Reynolds pinxt. ; J. McArdell fecit., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Proof before letters., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Engraved after the painting kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 140 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:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Waldegrave, James Waldegrave, Earl, 1715-1763, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [James Earl of Waldegrave, 1762, Knight of the Garter] [graphic].
9. [Maria, Countess of Waldegrave] [graphic]
- Creator:
- McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1762]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1896); half-length to right, head almost in profile, wearing a flowered dress and a turban, a plait of hair over her left shoulder; proof before title and publication line."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from later state; see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Early (proof?) state with artist and printmaker names present but before title and publication line added; this state, undescribed by Smith, represents the third state according to Russell., Date of publication based on later state with the imprint statement "Publish'd as the act directs, Jany. 1st, 1762." See: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Engraved after the painting kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 139 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:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Maria, Duchess of Gloucester, 1736-1807, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Maria, Countess of Waldegrave] [graphic]
