Volume 1, page 33. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from note in ink below image., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 33 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
SH Contents L572 no. 1 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 34
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Portrait of Horace Walpole, age 10, shown half-length, in a long powdered wig, cravat, and blue velvet coat
Alternative Title:
Portrait of Horace Walpole, age 10
Description:
Title from note on verso in Charles Bedford's hand., Artist unknown, possibly by Bernard Lens., and No. 228 in the Catalogue of Framed Pictures in the Lewis Walpole Library.
Maria Walpole (1725?-1801) illegitimate daugher of Sir Robert Walpole, prime minister and his mistress Maria Skerrett; the daughter later became the wife of Colonel Charles Churchill. She is wearing ermine, an indication of noble status that she did not have until her father obtained for her a patent of precedence as the daughter of an earl in 1742. This portrait may have been made to mark this event., Title, date, and artist assigned by curator., Framed in antique carved wood., Formerly (and purchased as) a portrait of the Duchess of Gloucester, Edward Walpole's daughter Maria (1735-1807), who married the 2nd Earl Waldegrave before marrying the Duke of Gloucester. Mis-identified as such in the print version of Neil Jaffares's Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800. In 2008, re-attributed in the online edition: http://www.pastellists.com/Articles/Hoare.pdf., and For further information, consult library staff.
SH Contents H217 no. 1 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 33
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Portrait of Margaret Smith, wife of Sr. Charles Bingham ...
Alternative Title:
Margaret Smith, wife of Sir Charles Bingham, an excellent paintress
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's note on verso: Margaret Smith, wife of Sr. Charles Bingham, an excellent paintress, by Hamilton 1774., Also with a poem on verso in Walpole's hand: Without a rival long on painting's throne, Urbino's modest artist sat alone. At last a British fair's unerring eyes, in five short moons contests the glorious prize, Raphael by genuis nurs'd by labour gain'd it, Bingham but saw perfection, and attain'd it. H.W.", Hugh Douglas Hamilton, English portrait and subject painter, 1739-1808., and No. 20 in the Catalogue of Framed Pictures in the Lewis Walpole Library.
Drawings R961 no. 1 Framed, shelved in Object Room Bin 1
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave
Description:
Title devised by curator., John Russell (1745-1806) was a British portrait painter. He was elected to the Royal Academy in ..., and No. 232 in the Catalogue of Framed Pictures in the Lewis Walpole Library. For further information, consult library staff.
A half-length portrait of the artist’s daughter’s Mary and Elizabeth who sit in close proximity. A large, fluted column in the right background defines the space. The two women are seated. One in profile holds a book in one hand. The other is raised with one finger pointed a gesture to underscore a point as she reads to her sister who leans in with an attentive ear. Both wear caps
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal., Date from unverified data in local card catalog record., and Related print: Bartolozzi, F. Portrait of Lady Diana Beauclerk's daughters sitting on a bench. [London] : Publish'd May 15th, 1780, by F. Bartolozzi, No. 1 Bentinck Street, in Berwick Street, Soho, [15 May 1780]. See Lewis Walpole Library impression in copies 4 and 11 of Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Folio 33 30).
Subject (Name):
Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734-1808., Walworth, Mary Beauclerk, 1766-1851,, and Pembroke, Elizabeth Beauclerk, Countess of, 1766-1793,
Portrait of Mrs. Porteus (sometimes Porteous), wife of Bishop Beilby Porteus, Bishop of Chester 1776-1787 and Bishop of London 1787-1809. The couple were intimate friends of Hannah More who introduced them to Horace Walpole
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed by the artist lower right: J. Downman 1790., John Downman, British artist, 1750-1824., and No. 73 in the Catalogue of Framed Pictures in the Lewis Walpole Library.
Drawings Un58 no. 83 Framed, shelved in Object Room Bin 6
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Portrait of Kitty Clive
Alternative Title:
Catherine Raftor Clive and Mrs. Clive
Description:
Title devised by curator., Artist unidentified., Engraved British portraits refers to the engraving of this image by C. Mosley., and No. 33 in the Catalogue of Framed Pictures in the Lewis Walpole Library. For further information, consult library staff.
Portrait of Bishop Beilby Porteus (sometimes Porteous), Bishop of Chester 1776-1787 and Bishop of London 1787-1809. He and his wife were intimate friends of Hannah More who introduced them to Horace Walpole
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed by the artist lower right: J. Downman 1790., John Downman, Britsh artist, 1750-1824., and No. 72 in the Catalogue of Framed Pictures in the Lewis Walpole Library.
