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Vertue, George, 1684-1756
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Creator:
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 53. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Brass term sold at Lord Halifax sale
Description:
Title from ink inscription in lower right corner.
Subject (Topic):
Sculpture
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A brass term sold at Ld. Hallifax sale [art original] : made for one of the ...
Creator:
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 77. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Bulla of Pope Boniface IX
Description:
Title from ink inscription below image.
Subject (Name):
Boniface IX, Pope, approximately 1355-1404.
Subject (Topic):
Seals (Insignia)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A bulla of Pope Boniface the 9th licence & appropriation of the rectory of Gresham in Norfolk to the priory of the Holy Sepulchre in Thetford, 1399 or 1400. [art original]
Creator:
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 71. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from ink inscription at top of image.
Subject (Geographic):
Tottenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Coleraine, Henry Hare, Baron, 1636-1708
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Towers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A circular brick-tower at Tottenham 16-f. diameter, about 40 f. high in all : in the fore-part or court-yard at Lord Colerane's house, which has been built time out of mind / [art original]
Published / Created:
[approximately 1741]
Call Number:
Folio 724 743 H432 Box 2 Folder 11 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Oval portrait of Anne of Cleves, bust in frontal view, wearing a jewelled dress
Description:
Title from inscription in ink on verso of drawing.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Anne, of Cleves, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1515-1557,
Subject (Topic):
Queens
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Anne of Cleves [art original].
Creator:
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 23. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Bilson Bishop Winton and Bilson Bishop Winchester
Description:
Title inscribed in upper right corner.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Bilson, Thomas, 1546 or 1547-1616,
Subject (Topic):
Bishops
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bilson Bp. Winton [art original].
Published / Created:
[1742]
Call Number:
Folio 724 743 H432 Box 6 Folder 23 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length, oval portrait of William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester and first Headmaster of Eton, looking slightly left and wearing the mitre and robes of his office; within a decorative border and frame ending with a coat of arms. The two drawings ...
Alternative Title:
William Waynfleet Bishop of Winchester
Description:
Title from inscription on verso of drawing.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Waynflete, William, 1395?-1486,
Subject (Topic):
Bishops
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bishop Wainfleet [art original].
Creator:
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 9. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Bishop Wainfleet and Bishop Waynflete
Description:
Title written in pencil below image.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Waynflete, William, 1395?-1486,
Subject (Topic):
Bishops
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bp. Wainfleet [art original].
Creator:
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 39. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Bishop of Worcester
Description:
Title from note in ink below image.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Hough, John, 1651-1743,
Subject (Topic):
Bishops
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bp. of Worcester [art original].
Published / Created:
[approximately 1735]
Call Number:
Folio 724 743 H432 Box 4 Folder 10 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length, oval portrait of John Cambell, 2nd Duke of Argyle, Field Marshal and statesman. Created in preparation for the engraved portrait print engraved by Jacobus Houbraken and published by John & Paul Knapton in 1735
Alternative Title:
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and Greenwich
Description:
Title from lettering on image.
Subject (Name):
Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743,
Subject (Topic):
Statesmen and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > D. Argyle [art original].
Creator:
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 33. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from note in ink below image.
Subject (Name):
Fiddes, Richard, 1671-1725,
Subject (Topic):
Clergy
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Dr. Richard Fiddes [art original].
Published / Created:
[approximately 1740]
Call Number:
Folio 724 743 H432 Box 4 Folder 14 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length, oval portrait of Samuel Clarke, influential British metaphysician and Anglican clergyman, looking slightly leftt and wearing a clerical collar. Created in preparation for the engraved portrait print engraved by Jacobus Houbraken and publi...
Alternative Title:
Dr. Samuel Clarke and Samuel Clarke
Description:
Title from inscription on verso of drawing.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Samuel, 1675-1729,
Subject (Topic):
Clergy and Philosophers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Dr. Sam. Clarke [art original].
Creator:
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 5. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written in ink at top of image.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Edgar, King of England, 943 or 944-975,
Subject (Topic):
Kings
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Edgar [art original].
Creator:
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 5. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written in ink at top of image.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Edward, King of England, 962?-978,
Subject (Topic):
Kings
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Edward [art original].
Creator:
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 17. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Elizabeth Gray, Queen of Edward IV and Elizabeth Grey, Queen of Edward IV
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, in a contemporary hand.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492,
Subject (Topic):
Queens
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Elizabeth Gray, Queen of Edward the 4th from an old painting on board in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford / [art original]
Creator:
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 13. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Friar Bacon
Description:
Title written in block letters at top of image.
Subject (Name):
Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294,
Subject (Topic):
Monks
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Fryer Bacon [art original].
Creator:
Published / Created:
[1763?]
Call Number:
Portraits V568 no. 1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Bust of George Vertue with cap, in oval, looking left, after oil painting by Richardson
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Vertue, George, 1684-1756,
Subject (Topic):
Artists and English
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > George Vertue, engraver aetat. L. ann. MDCCXXXVIII / [graphic]
Creator:
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 7. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Harold
Description:
Title written in ink at top of image.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Harold II, King of England, 1022?-1066,
Subject (Topic):
Kings
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Haraud [art original].
Creator:
Published / Created:
[1789]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 69. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Milton's cottage at Chalfont
Description:
Title from ink annotation on verso, in Horace Walpole's hand.
Subject (Geographic):
Chalfont St. Giles (England)
Subject (Name):
Milton, John, 1608-1674
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Dwellings
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > House near Chalfont in Buckinghamshire, whither Milton retired during the plague [art original]
Creator:
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 49. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Hungerfords Chapel
Description:
Title written in ink below image.
Subject (Name):
Salisbury Cathedral.
Subject (Topic):
Tombs & sepulchral monuments and Skeletons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Hungerfords Chapple [art original].
Published / Created:
[approximately 1740]
Call Number:
Folio 724 743 H432 Box 3 Folder 19 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Oval portrait of John Milton as a young man, bust in frontal view, wearing a ruff and buttoned jacket
Description:
Title devised by curator, based on published print after this drawing.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Milton, John, 1608-1674,
Subject (Topic):
Poets
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > John Milton [art original].
Published / Created:
[ca. 1739]
Call Number:
Folio 724 743 H432 Box 2 Folder 6 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length, oval portrait of John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, Lord High Admiral. Created in preparation for the engraved portrait print engraved by Jacobus Houbraken and published by John & Paul Knapton in 1739
Description:
Title from inscription on verso of drawing.
Subject (Name):
Russell, John, Earl of Bedford, approximately 1485-1555,
Subject (Topic):
Diplomats and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > John the first Earl of Bedford [art original].
Creator:
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 55. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from note in ink below image.
Subject (Name):
William I, King of England, 1027 or 1028-1087.
Subject (Topic):
Buildings
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Kitchen of William the Conquerer at Caen in Normandy pulled down in 1763. [art original]
Creator:
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 39. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Lake Bishop Bath Wells
Description:
Title inscribed in upper right corner.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Lake, Arthur, 1569-1626,
Subject (Topic):
Bishops
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Lake Bp. Bath Well[s] [art original].
Creator:
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 33. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Lord Fortescue
Description:
Title from note in ink below image.
Subject (Name):
Fortescue-Aland, John, 1670-1746,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Ld. Fortescue [art original].
Creator:
Call Number:
744.00.00.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
An autographed letter signed (partially rubbed off) discussing family matters and financial concerns to his relative the Hon. Thomas Symonds at his seat at Pengethly in Herefordshire. Written on the verso of Vertue's engraving of "The west prospect o...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Name):
Vertue, George, 1684-1756. and Symonds, Thomas, Dr.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Letter : to Dr. Thomas Symonds, [London], Plough Lane, Carew Street near Lincolns Inne, 1744 September 15.
Creator:
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 37. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Mr. Baker of St. Johns College Oxon and Mr. Baker of St. Johns College Cambridge
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, on mounting sheet. The correct university name "Cambridge" has been added in pencil beneath "Oxon."
Subject (Name):
University of Cambridge. and Baker, Thomas, 1656-1740,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Baker of St. Johns Colledge Oxon [art original]
Creator:
Published / Created:
[ca. 1719]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 7. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from contemporary manuscript annotation in ink below image, on mounting sheet.
Subject (Name):
Trivet, Nicholas, 1258?-1328,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Nicholas Trivet engraved before his history. [art original]
Creator:
Published / Created:
[ca. 1757]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581
Container / Volume:
v.1
Image Count:
53
Abstract:
A large portfolio assembled by Horace Walpole from various lots he acquired at the Vertue sale 16 March 1757 including rare prints and drawings, among which are Holbein drawings. In addition to the portfolio, is a small volume of eight portrait drawin...
Alternative Title:
Portfolio of original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views &c by Vertue and others
Description:
Title from item. Title from Hazen: Portfolio of original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views &c by Vertue and others.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Buildings and Portraits
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others [art original].
Creator:
Published / Created:
[ca. 1757]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581
Container / Volume:
v.2
Image Count:
16
Abstract:
A large portfolio assembled by Horace Walpole from various lots he acquired at the Vertue sale 16 March 1757 including rare prints and drawings, among which are Holbein drawings. In addition to the portfolio, is a small volume of eight portrait drawin...
Alternative Title:
Portfolio of original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views &c by Vertue and others
Description:
Title from item. Title from Hazen: Portfolio of original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views &c by Vertue and others.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Buildings and Portraits
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others [art original].
Creator:
Published / Created:
[ca. 1757]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581
Image Count:
60
Abstract:
A large portfolio assembled by Horace Walpole from various lots he acquired at the Vertue sale 16 March 1757 including rare prints and drawings, among which are Holbein drawings. In addition to the portfolio, is a small volume of eight portrait drawin...
Alternative Title:
Portfolio of original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views &c by Vertue and others
Description:
Title from item. Title from Hazen: Portfolio of original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views &c by Vertue and others.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Buildings and Portraits
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others [art original].
