A portrait of Thomas Morell, a classical scholar and friend of Hogarth's, shown "in the character of a Cynic Philosopher"; behind him, an organ aprtially hidden behind a curtain; in front of him on a table is an ink well, brush, and a pile of books; he sits at the table, pen in hand poised above a sheet of paper, with the word "Thesaurus" written on the top. On the wall near the door hangs a watch on a ribbon; over it a coat of arms
Alternative Title:
Thomas Morell
Description:
Title engraved below image., State, date, and publisher from Paulson., and This state was used as the frontispiece to Morell's Thesaurus Graecae Poeses ... Eton : Joseph Pote ; London : T. Pote in Fleet Street, 1762.
A portrait of Thomas Morell, a classical scholar and friend of Hogarth's, shown "in the character of a Cynic Philosopher"; behind him, an organ aprtially hidden behind a curtain; in front of him on a table is an ink well, brush, and a pile of books; he sits at the table, pen in hand poised above a sheet of paper, with the word "Thesaurus" written on the top. On the wall near the door hangs a watch on a ribbon; over it a coat of arms
Alternative Title:
Thomas Morell
Description:
Title engraved below image., State, date, and publisher from Paulson., This state was used as the frontispiece to Morell's Thesaurus Graecae Poeses ... Eton : Joseph Pote ; London : T. Pote in Fleet Street, 1762., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 21.7 x 15.2 cm, on sheet 22.5 x 16.5 cm.
"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)
"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,
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)
Oval portrait of Henry Fielding; half length, profile to left. Finished state used as the frontispiece to Murphy's edition of 'The Works of Henry Fielding'.
Description:
Title, state, artist, date, and printmaker from Paulson., Sheet trimmed., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand beneath image: Proof given by Basire to Hogarth., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's above print: See Nichols's book 3d. edit. p. 385., and On page 194 in volume 2.
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)
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)
"The marriage of Henry VII, the crowned king in his ermine-lined robes of state over a heraldric tabard holding his sceptre and accompanied by the bishop to the right and Elizabeth of York in an embroidered floral gown accompanied by a bearded priest in long robes to the left, the ornamented arches of the cathedral above them and the interior view stretching away into the distance."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Marriage of Henry VII and Marriage of Henry the Seventh
Description:
Title from published state of the plate., Artist from statement of responsibility on published state: John Mabuse p., Early (proof?) state, before title and artist's name added to plate. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0822.6094., Publication information from that of the volume in which a later state of the plate appeared., A later state of this plate was published in: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780]., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Engraved after the painting hung by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 107 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., and Title "Marriage of Henry 7th" and statement of responsibility "J. Mabuse pinx." added by Horace Walpole in brown ink below image.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509,, Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Henry VII, King of England, 1465-1503,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)