Four oval portraits, one occupying each quadrant of the plate, of the 41st through 44th Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller (Knights of Malta). The sitter's name is engraved within the surrounding border of each portrait. A decorative cross fills the space in the center, as do the Roman numerals XLI-XLIV, which number the portraits
Alternative Title:
F. Guido de Blanchefort ; F. Fabritius de Carretto ; F. Philippus de Villers Lisle Adam ; F. Perinus de Ponte
Description:
Titles from text within the borders of the portraits., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Statuta Hospitalis Hierusalem. Rome : [Populus Romanus], [1586-]1588., Imperfect; only the portrait in the lower left quadrant is present, with the rest of the plate trimmed away. Description based on a more perfect impression., Mounted on page 148 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., Mounted beside a sheet (5.5 x 15.2 cm), trimmed from the bottom of a different portrait plate, with the engraved title: Philippe Villiers de L'isle-Adam, Grand Prieur de France ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Populus Romanus
Subject (Name):
Blanchefort, Guy de, 1446-1513, Carretto, Fabrizio del, 1455-1521, Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Philippe, 1464-1534, and Ponte, Piero del, 1462-1535
"Old woman and a boy with candles; he leans over her shoulder from the right to light his candle; she holds a basket and shields the flame with her hand."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Quis vetet apposito, lumen de lumine tolli, mille licet capiant, deperit inde nihil
Description:
Title devised by curator; alternative title from text below image., Second state of the plate, with retouchings by Paulus Pontius. See British Museum online catalogue., Place of publication inferred from primary city of activity for Rubens and Pontius; date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: S.7263., Four lines of text in lower right corner: Cum Privilegiis Regis christianissimi serenissime infantis et ordinum confederat., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with slight loss of text from bottom edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Mounted on page 36 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., With note ink in Richard Bull's hand, below image on mounting sheet: This print is supposed to have been engraved by Rubens and is very scarce., and For further information, consult library staff.
"Portrait of Marie de Bretagne, Duchess of Montbazon, bust-length, slightly turned to the left, with curly hair, pearl earring, pearl necklace, and dress with square neckline."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
A Madame la Duchesse de Montbazon
Description:
Title engraved below image., Publisher and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.3886., Dedication to the Duchess of Montbazon by Jean Leblond engraved below image: Quoy qu'il ne soit pas possible, Madame, que l'art puisse bien representer l'extreme beauté ... Vostre tres-humble, et tres-obeissant seruiteur Iehan le Blond ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 63 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:
Jean Leblond
Subject (Name):
Montbazon, Marie d'Avaugour, duchesse de, 1610-1657,
Portrait of Anne Marie Louise de Bourbon, daughter of Gaston Duke of Orléans; half-length, slightly turned to right and looking towards the viewer, wavy hair tumbling about her shoulders, and a gown with a lace collar
Alternative Title:
Anne Marie de Bourbon ...
Description:
Title engraved within oval border., Place and date of publication supplied by cataloger., Ten lines of verse engraved below image, five on either side of the Duke of Orléans's arms: Resource de nos lis, fille de St. Louis, que tout le monde honore ..., "A.D.V. Sr. de Champ-courtois"--Lower right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 63 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):
Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de, 1627-1693,
"Portrait of Catherine of Braganza, three-quarter length, holding gloves before a curtain."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Carolo IIo. D. G. Mag. Brit. Fr. et Hib. Regi &c. Hanc Sereniss Reginae Catharinae Effigiem humillime consecrat, G. Faithorne
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: P,5.38., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Cum Privilegio Reg."--Bottom of plate, below dedication., Probably engraved after the painting (NPG 2563) that was later acquired by Horace Walpole and hung in the Great North Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 209 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):
Catherine, of Braganza, Queen, consort of Charles II, King of England, 1638-1705, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Portrait, half-length, in an oval border surrounded by laurel; adorned at the top with streamers and supported below by angels sitting on a pedestal
Alternative Title:
Elle sçait les beaux Arts, elle est noble elle est belle ...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Four lines of verse etched within pedestal at bottom of image: Elle sçait les beaux Arts, elle est noble elle est belle; mais outre sa beauté sa douceur ses appas, on trouve cent vertus en elle, que ce portrait n'exprime pas., Printmaker from Les graveurs de portraits en France., Date of publication based on printmaker's death date., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 250 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., Mounted in the center of a wash drawing (23.2 x 33 cm) entitled: View of Rochers, the country house of Madame Sevigné, in Britagne., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Longueville, Anne Geneviève de Bourbon-Condé, duchesse de, 1619-1679
"Portrait of Richard Tompson, half-length in an oval, long hair, wearing neckcloth and robe."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Richard Tompson
Description:
Title engraved below image., Third state, with previous publisher's name "P. Tempest" burnished from plate and "I. Smith" engraved in its place. See: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1950,0520.183., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 199 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.
Watercolor drawing depicting a green caterpillar at top, a pupa in the middle, and a gold-colored moth at bottom
Description:
Title from local catalog card., Attributed to Alexander Marshal based on association with a similar drawing labelled "Marshall" in manuscript. For other drawings by Marshal of moths and caterpillars, see: Collection 941. Alexander Marshal Insect Watercolors. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia., Place and date of production based on the artist's country of residence and death date., Small remnant on verso of a trimmed manuscript annotation in the artist's hand., Formerly laid in with three other drawings at page 51 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted together with three other drawings to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
"Portrait of Thomas Thynne; half length in an oval frame, wearing long wig, lace cravat, and gown; coat of arms below, in frame decorated with skulls and crossbones."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Thomas Thynne of Longleate ...
Description:
Title engraved below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: P,6.29., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 55 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:
Sold by R. White in Bloomsbury Markett near the Golden Heart
Watercolor drawing depicting a gray caterpillar at top, a pupa in the middle, and a yellowish-brown and white moth at bottom
Description:
Title from local catalog card., Artist's name written in ink in an unidentified hand in lower right corner., Place and date of production based on the artist's country of residence and death date., Trimmed manuscript annotation in the artist's hand on verso. For other drawings by Marshal of moths and caterpillars, some with similar annotations on verso, see: Collection 941. Alexander Marshal Insect Watercolors. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia., Formerly laid in with three other drawings at page 51 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted together with three other drawings to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
