Copy of a seventeenth-century engraved portrait of William Somner, an antiquarian scholar and author. The portait is enclosed in an oval revealing an unfinished scrollwork pattern
"William Pitt; three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing three-quarter to left, looking towards three-quarter to right, holding a letter in right hand, resting left elbow on chair to right; ink pots on table to extreme left; drapery in backgroun...
"Portrait of William Beckford after Reynolds (Mannings 149); head and shoulders facing to left, in cravat and plain coat."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.:1876,1209.45.
Watercolor painting with a title inscription in the lower center, "Mokelume River," which depicts a placer mining scene along the Mokelumne River in California with miners using sluice boxes and hoses for hydraulic mining as well as two Chinese Americ...
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
California, Mokelumne River, Mokelumne River (Calif.), and West (U.S.).
Subject (Name):
Burgess, George Henry, 1931-1905., Richardson, Edward., and Sprague, George H.
Subject (Topic):
Chinese Americans, Gold miners, Gold mines and mining, Hydraulic mining, Placer mining, and Women
"A sculptured monument to Sir George Savile against a stone wall. A life-like half length figure of Savile looking to the right is set in an alcove with inscriptions above and below. Above: 'The Guardian Genius of that Good Man and Upright Senator \ S...
Description:
Title, printmaker, and questionable date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
"A sculptured monument to Sir George Savile against a stone wall. A life-like half length figure of Savile looking to the right is set in an alcove with inscriptions above and below. Above: 'The Guardian Genius of that Good Man and Upright Senator \ S...
Description:
Title, printmaker, and questionable date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
