"The "Bedroom of the heart of Voltaire" in Ferney: a bedroom with alcove bed on the far right, portraits hung on the walls, and to the left a pyramid-shaped altar in an alcove; ... with small bust of Voltaire in the lower margin."--British Museum online catalogue, description of the original engraving
Description:
Title from text below image., Plate from: Le Livre; revue du monde littéraire. Paris, A. Quantin [etc.], v. 6 (10 October 1885)., Printer's statement in lower left; periodical name and number in lower right: Le Livre, VIe. année., Photoengraved reproduction of a 1781 print by François Denis Née after a drawing by Gaspard Duché de Vancy; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1870,1008.910., and Text reproduced from original engraving: "Dessiné par Duché, d'après nature au Chateau de Ferney en 1781" beneath lower left corner of image; "Gravé par Neé" beneath lower right corner of image.
Publisher:
Imp. A. Quantin
Subject (Geographic):
France and Ferney-Voltaire.
Subject (Name):
Voltaire, 1694-1778 and Château de Ferney (Ferney-Voltaire, France)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Interiors, Bedrooms, Canopy beds, and Portraits
Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770-1863, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1822]
Call Number:
Babb-Beckford no. 74
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image; title etched a second time in small letters at bottom edge of image, preceding printmaker signature., Date of publication from: Millington, J. Engravings of Fonthill. In: The Beckford journal, v. 7 (Spring 2001), page 47., Plate from: The gazette of fashion, and magazine of the fine arts and belle lettres. London : Published for C.M. Westmacott by Hoffman, and Sams, 1822-, "Engraved expressly for the Gazette of Fashion."--Below title., and Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill.
Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770-1863, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1822]
Call Number:
Babb-Beckford no. 75
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image; title etched a second time in small letters at bottom edge of image, preceding printmaker signature., Date of publication from: Millington, J. Engravings of Fonthill. In: The Beckford journal, v. 7 (Spring 2001), page 47., Plate from: The gazette of fashion, and magazine of the fine arts and belle lettres. London : Published for C.M. Westmacott by Hoffman, and Sams, 1822-, "Engraved expressly for the Gazette of Fashion."--Below title., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 13.8 x 20.4 cm, on sheet 19.0 x 27.0 cm., and Watermark, partially trimmed: J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1822[?].
Title etched below image., Date of publication from that of the periodical for which the print was issued., Plate from: The gentleman's magazine. London : John Nichols and Son, v. 92 (September 1822), and "Gent. Mag. Sept. 1822, pl. I, p. 201."--Upper right corner.
Title from text etched at bottom of plate; the name "Wm. Beckford" in title is an etched facsimile of Beckford's signature., Date of publication from that of the periodical in which the plate appeared., Plate from: The lady's magazine. London : S. Robinson, v. 3 (New Series) no. 12, December 1822., Two images on one plate, each with a caption etched below; upper image is captioned "View from the great western entrance" and lower image is captioned "S.E. view.", 1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 21.3 x 13.0 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges.
Title from text etched at bottom of plate; the name "Wm. Beckford" in title is an etched facsimile of Beckford's signature., Date of publication from that of the periodical in which the plate appeared., Plate from: The lady's magazine. London : S. Robinson, v. 3 (New Series) no. 12, December 1822., and Two images on one plate, each with a caption etched below; upper image is captioned "View from the great western entrance" and lower image is captioned "S.E. view."
"A coach entering Fonthill, passing under the arch, two men on horseback holding torches in front of the coach, a soldier standing by the arch; other coaches in front and a group of figures under a marquee to the right celebrating."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from that of the periodical for which the print was issued., Plate from: The gentleman's magazine. London : John Nichols, v. 71 (April 1801), "Gent. Mag. April 1801, pl. I, p. 289"--Upper right corner., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right and left edges.
Opposite page 1. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the east front of Strawberry Hill, looking from the Thames. A gentleman and lady converse on the left. On the right a workman tends the lawn with a scythe
Description:
Title engraved below image., Publisher and date of publication from contemporary manuscript note "From The weekly miscellany no. 11, 1772, very inaccurately taken" in upper margin. The weekly miscellany was a continuation, from 1773 onward, of: An appendix to the Sherborne mercury, or, The weekly magazine. [Sherborne] : [R. Goadby], 1772-., Plate from: An appendix to the Sherborne mercury, or, The weekly magazine. [Sherborne] : [R. Goadby], 1772., A later state of the plate, with volume number added in upper left, was published in: New display of the beauties of England. London : R. Goadby, 1773., Sheet trimmed to / within plate mark., "P. 22"--Above image in upper right., Cf. Gascoigne, B. Images of Twickenham. Richmond-upon-Thames : Saint Helena Press, 1981, 254., Mounted opposite page 1 in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 22, copy 3., and Inlaid to 27 x 21 cm.
Publisher:
R. Goadby
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
"View inside the grand conservatory; plants growing to either side of a central paved walkway, pillars supporting roof, a fountain at far end by entrance."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: La Belle assemblée, new series v. 4 (August 1811)., Text preceding imprint: Engraved exclusively for La Belle assemblee., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Folded to 25.8 x 16 cm; mounted to 27.1 x 20.9 cm., and Mounted opposite page 268 in volume 4 part 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
Published by John Bell, Southampton Str. Strand, London
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Carlton House (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Greenhouses, Plants, Fountains, Ceilings, Columns, and Windows
Title etched below image., Date of publication based on that of the periodical in which the plate appeared., and Plate from: The universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure. London : J. Hinton, v. 47 (July 1770).
