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1. John Armstrong M.D. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Fisher, Edward, 1722-approximately 1782, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1760 and 1789?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait seen almost half-length to right, head in three-quarter profile to right, wearing wig and partially open coat; after Reynolds (Mannings 73); lettered state after quotation re-arranged on two lines."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.2113., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Two lines of verse below title: The suffrage of the wise, the praise that's worth ambition, is attain'd by sense alone, & dignity of mind., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., Mounted opposite page 37 (leaf numbered '65' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and With small ink ownership stamp ("T.L" within a double-lined oval) in lower left beneath painter's name. Also with ink annotations on verso, in a contemporary or slightly later hand: "N16693" and "private plate" written in lower left, and "5 s." written in lower right.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Armstrong, John, 1709-1779,
- Subject (Topic):
- Poets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > John Armstrong M.D. [graphic]
2. [William Hayley] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Jacobé, Johann, 1733-1797, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1779]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of William Hayley; half-length leaning against a book; state after 'London 1779' added."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title supplied by cataloger., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted before page 219 (leaf numbered '41' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Hayley, William, 1745-1820,
- Subject (Topic):
- Poets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [William Hayley] [graphic]
3. Mr. Alexander Pope [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [between 1766 and 1774]
- Call Number:
- 49 3349
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 11. Bibliographical and literary anecdotes by William Bowyer, printer, F. S. A., and
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Medley print with a portrait of and verses by Alexander Pope. In the centre, a portrait of Pope in informal dress, presented as if lying above other prints, anti-clockwise from right: a coin of Quenn Anne; an extract from "The Rape of the Lock" with an illustration of "The Fop"; an extract from "Windsor Forest" with a view of formal gardens; decorative scroll work, lettered, "[G A] Delin. Sculp. 1731"; two columns of verse headed "An Encomium on Mr Pope and his Poems by his Grace ye late Duke of Buckingham"; country people dancing around a may-pole. Beneath lie a sheet of music, a sheet printed in gothic letter; two sheets of engraved lettering only partly visible."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Encomium on Mr. Pope and his poems / by his Grace [the] late Duke of Buckingham
- Description:
- Title from engraved text beneath portrait at center of design., Later state of a print published in 1731 by Henry Overton. Cf. No. 1880 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 2., "Sayer acquired the stock of Henry Overton II c.1764. This print must have been published after 1766 when Sayer's address changed to No.53 Fleet Street, but before 1774 when he went into partnership with John Bennett."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2000,0930.45., Mounted to 29 x 22 cm., and Bound in opposite page 11 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Nichols, J. Bibliographical and literary anecdotes by William Bowyer ...
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, at No. 53 in Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744,, Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714,, and Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
- Subject (Topic):
- Poets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Alexander Pope [graphic].
4. Ionathan Swift S.T.D. Dean of the Cathedral Church of St. Patrick's in Dublin / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Pelham, Peter, 1697-1751, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1717 and 1720?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Swift seen half length, within oval frame, panelled corners, directed towards left, facing towards and looking towards left, wig, bands, black gown; after face and title altered from Benjamin Pratt, and arms and inscriptions erased."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Jonathan Swift S.T.D.
- Description:
- this great genius shine, The scholar, poet
- Publisher:
- John Bowles
- Subject (Name):
- Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745, and Pratt, Benjamin, 1676 or 1677-1715.
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Ionathan Swift S.T.D. Dean of the Cathedral Church of St. Patrick's in Dublin / [graphic]