publish'd according to act of Parliamt. June 20th, 1746.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 32. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 32. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
David Garrick in the role of Richard III, awakening from his troubled dream in the tent before the battle of Bosworth Field
Alternative Title:
Garrick in the character of Richard III
Description:
Title etched below image., Title in Paulson: Garrick in the character of Richard III., State and publisher from Paulson., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 41.8 x 52.4 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 32 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779 and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
publish'd according to act of Parliamt. June 20th, 1746.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 32. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 32. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
David Garrick in the role of Richard III, awakening from his troubled dream in the tent before the battle of Bosworth Field
Alternative Title:
Garrick in the character of Richard III
Description:
Title etched below image., Title in Paulson: Garrick in the character of Richard III., State and publisher from Paulson., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 41.8 x 52.4 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 32 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779 and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Smith, J. (John), 1652-1743, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[1710]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of William Congreve, standing half length to the right, face turned forward, wearing wig, open collar, and coat; trees in background
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 188 (leaf numbered '230' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
J. Smith
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Congreve, William, 1670-1729, and Congreve, William, 1670-1729.
Caption title., With a woodcut portrait of Queen Caroline above two columns of text, within a mourning border., First line: In what rapid succession has death been making its inroads upon the Royal Family of England! ..., and Laid on to cream card. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed by P. White, 25, New-street, Bishopsgate, for the Religious Tract Society, and sold by J. Davis, at their Depository, 56, Paternoster-row; and J. Nisbet, 15, Castle-street, Oxford-street
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821,
A head and shoulders profile portrait of Miami chief Pacanne, holding a tomahawk across his chest, with bracelets on his upper arms and jewellery in his ears, nose and across the crown of his head
Description:
Title in scratched letters at top of image, partially in reverse; the individual letters are printed correctly but the words themselves run right to left on the print., Printmaker attribution and date from impression at the Library and Archives Canada (Acc. No. 1938-223-42), on which the contemporary statement of responsibility "by Mrs. Simcoe 1794" is written in ink., After a drawing by British Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton, who travelled with Pacanne during the American Revolution. The original drawing is now housed at the Houghton Library at Harvard., A slightly later date is suggested by a contemporary ink annotation beneath plate mark on Lewis Walpole Library impression: An Indian Chief N. America of the Miamis tribe (from life 1795)., and Presumably one of only two small plates etched by Simcoe, which were sent to England in 1794 and printed in Bristol and London; see Dictionary of Canadian Biography, entry for Elizabeth Posthuma (Simcoe) Gwillim.
"Portrait of Richard Cumberland; half length, seated, to the right, with short white hair over ears, wearing jacket fastened over waistcoat and high-necked shirt; a vignette."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 30 (leaf numbered '88' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published April 12, 1814, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
Subject (Name):
Cumberland, Richard, 1732-1811, and Cumberland, Richard, 1732-1811.
"Portrait of Francis Rawdon Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings and 2nd Earl of Moira, after Reynolds (undescribed by Mannings); half-length, standing slightly to left against background of cloudy sky, with head turned and slightly tilted to look towards the viewer; wearing military uniform with epaulette on his right shoulder, dark neckerchief and white frill; in an oval, bordered by stippled line."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Right Honourable Francis Rawdon Hastings
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Joshua Kirby Baldrey; see description of the earlier state in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 462, no. 11., Later state, with altered title and new publication line, of a print published 1 June 1784 by Joshua Kirby Baldrey. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1840,0808.93., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 656 (leaf numbered '105' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Publish'd August 9, 1800, by Anthy. Molteno, printseller to Her Royal Highness the Dutchess of York, 29 Pall Mall
Subject (Geographic):
India and India.
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826,, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826., Great Britain. Army, and Great Britain. Army.
Subject (Topic):
Officers, Governors general, Armed Forces, Governors, and British
Obverse: In center, full-length portrait of Jeffery Dunstan facing right; legend inscription with Dunstan's name and title as Mayor of Garrat. Reverse: In center, six lines of inscription with T. Hall's address and date, the penulitimate line is much larger letters than the others and the legend inscription advertising Hall's taxidermy services
Alternative Title:
T. Hall, Citty Road near Finsbury Square, London, 1795
Description:
Title from text on obverse side of token., Text from reverse side: T. Hall, Citty Road near Finsbury Square, London, 1795. The first artist in Europe for preserving birds, beasts, &c., Edge: plain., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Thomas Hall
Subject (Name):
Hall, Thomas (Taxidermist), Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797., and Dunstan, Jeffery, 1759?-1797,
"Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton, bust directed to right but looking at the viewer, wearing long wig; in an architectural oval on a pedestal with allegorical scene in a roundel; below scientific instruments and a scroll."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir Isaac Newton
Description:
Title from text in image., Publisher from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: P,8.223., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "In the possession of John Conduit Esqr."--Below image., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 714 (leaf numbered '167' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
John and Paul Knapton
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727, and Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.
publish'd according to act of Parlimt. March 17th, 1771.
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait bust in a partial oval frame, turned slightly to the right, lower part of frame only visible, and looking towards the viewer; wearing a dark robe, bands and shoulder-length powdered wig
Description:
Title engraved below image., Attributed to John Dixon in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Dedication engraved beneath title: From an original painting in the possession of Sr. John Parnell, to whom this plate is dedicated by his very humble servant, Thomas Davies., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 129 (leaf numbered '177' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Thomas Davies?
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Parnell, Thomas, 1679-1718, and Parnell, Thomas, 1679-1718.