McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1757]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1819/1821); standing three-quarter length to left and leaning his right elbow on table, his right hand to his cheek, eyes to front, wearing plain coat and waistcoat, lace collar and cuffs; published second state. The ...
Alternative Title:
Horace Walpole : youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1757]
Call Number:
SH Contents R462 no. 10+ Impression 1 Box 200
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1819/1821); standing three-quarter length to left and leaning his right elbow on table, his right hand to his cheek, eyes to front, wearing plain coat and waistcoat, lace collar and cuffs; published second state. The ...
Alternative Title:
Horace Walpole : youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1757]
Call Number:
Portraits W218 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1819/1821); standing three-quarter length to left and leaning his right elbow on table, his right hand to his cheek, eyes to front, wearing plain coat and waistcoat, lace collar and cuffs; published second state. The ...
Alternative Title:
Horace Walpole : youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford
Portrait of Horace Walpole, full length, facing right, stooped forward slightly with bent knees, walking on tiptoe; wearing a lavender suit and tan stockings; holding a tricorne in front of him, his curled white wig exposed; woodwork, a vase, and a fr...
"Portrait of James Edward Oglethorpe, full-length, in profile to the left, seated on a stool with his legs crossed at the sale of Dr. Johnson's books, with a walking stick in his hand, reading a book, with a tricorne over his long curling wig, dressed...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Oglethorpe, James, 1696-1785,
Subject (Topic):
Stools, Staffs (Sticks), Books, Reading, and Daggers & swords
"View of the Gothic mansion with pinnacles on the battlemented roof and pointed arched windows, seen across the lawn to the right, surrounded by trees, with others to the left and two men in the left foreground, one sweeping the lawn, the other guidin...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
G.G. and J. Robinson
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Estates
"View of the Gothic mansion with pinnacles on the battlemented roof and pointed arched windows, seen across the lawn to the right, surrounded by trees, with others to the left and two men in the left foreground, one sweeping the lawn, the other guidin...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
G.G. and J. Robinson
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Estates
"Portrait, head and shoulders, of an old man with loose, curling hair to his shoulders, and a plain white collar, three-quarter to right, looking down to centre."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published Sepr. 30th, 1776, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
"Portrait bust of the sculptor's mother turned in profile to right on a ledge, the sitter with her head veiled and hair curled at front, her lips pursed, oval design; after a sculpture by Anne Seymour Damer, from a series of engravings after her work....
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs June 26, 1790, by James Roberts, Hogarth's Passage, Oxford; and J. Jones, No. 75 Great Portland Street, London
Composite image, set against a gray background pattern with images of leaves, flowers, and birds, including ten small rectangular views of English scenery, some drawn to overlap and partially obscure others. The scenes include: a view of a bridge and ...
Description:
Title written at bottom of image.
Subject (Topic):
Nature, Plants, Bodies of water, Cities & towns, and Dwellings
Watercolor drawing of the fictional archbishop in Lesage's novel Gil Blas; bust length, turned slightly right; overweight, with white hair and bushy white eyebrows; wearing a mitre, pectoral cross, and chasuble
An imagined view, based on Horace Walpole's description, of the arch at Stowe that was erected in honor of Princess Amelia. The trestled arch, covered in ivy or other greenery, rises up at the center of the image, a medallion of the princess at its ap...
View of a large house, perhaps meant to be Houghton Hall, rising from a hill in the middle distance. Trees and thick undergrowth obscure the lower floors of the house and provide a green backdrop for an ornate staircase in the foreground, upon which a...
Drawing of a stagecoach driving to the left down a dirt road, the four horse team in full gallop. Two passengers ride on top of the coach along with the driver and bugler; several passengers inside can be seen through the windows. Trees line the road,...
Lady Cecilia Johnston, shown three-quarter length, turns slightly left but looking back over her shoulder as she reaches for a carafe on an elaborately carved hutch in a fashionably decorated room. She wears a dress with lace sleeves, her hair up in a...
Description:
Title written below image, a quotation from Horace Walpole's letter to Lord Nunham, 7 July 1777 in reference to Lady Cecilia Johnston.
Depiction of the dream of Horace Walpole that inspired him to write The castle of Otranto. The fantastic scene involves a large armored hand perched atop an enormous staircase ascending four levels within a Gothic castle. Two suits of armor stand guar...
