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1. [William Juxon] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 35. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Date supplied by cataloger., Beneath image is the ink annotation "Two heads of Archbp. Juxon", which refers to this drawing and another portrait drawing mounted on the same page., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 35 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Juxon, William, 1582-1663,
- Subject (Topic):
- Bishops
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [William Juxon] [art original].
2. [West front of Chichester Cross] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 61. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of the western front of Chichester Cross, a 15th-century market cross that stands in the center of the city of Chichester
- Alternative Title:
- West front
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Note in ink in upper left corner: The west front., Date supplied by cataloger., Sheet numbered "2" in upper right corner., Laid down on an ink line mount., Mounted on the following leaf (page 63) is a sheet on which an inscription about the erection and repair of Chichester Cross is reproduced in ink, beneath which is written "Inscription to west front"., and Mounted on page 61 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Chichester (England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Buildings, structures, etc
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [West front of Chichester Cross] [art original].
3. [Sr. Philip Sidney] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1740]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 743 H432 Box 6 Folder 15 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Half-length, oval portrait of Philip Sidney, English poet, courtier, scholar, and soldier, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a ruff and armour
- Alternative Title:
- Sir Philip Sidney
- Description:
- Title devised by curator, based on published print after this drawing., Artist unknown., After a painting by Isaac Oliver, which was described in 1741 as in the collection of Sir Brownlow Sherrard Bart. A related painted portrait by an unknown artist is in the National Portrait Gallery, London, inv. no. 5732., and One of ten portraits in oil and other drawings included in George Vertue's set of engravings: The heads of the most illustrious persons of Great Britain (London : John and Paul Knapton). See all catalog records by searching call number: LWL Folio 724 743 H432 (Oversize).
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586,
- Subject (Topic):
- Poets and Philosophers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Sr. Philip Sidney] [art original].
4. [South front of Chichester Cross] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 59. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of the southern front of Chichester Cross, a 15th-century market cross that stands in the center of the city of Chichester
- Alternative Title:
- South front and Chichester cross
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Sheet annotated in ink with "The south front" above image and "Chichester Cross" below image., Date supplied by cataloger., Sheet numbered "3" in upper right corner., Laid down on an ink line mount., Mounted on same page is a separate sheet on which the dedicatory inscription for the clock of Chichester Cross is reproduced in ink, beneath which is written "Inscription to south front"., and Mounted on page 59 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Chichester (England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Buildings, structures, etc
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [South front of Chichester Cross] [art original].
5. [Sketch of the painting in Hungerford Chapel, Salisbury] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- 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
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Date supplied by cataloger., With a description, written in ink, above and to the right of drawing: Painted on the wall in Hungerfords Chapple, Salisbury. This is painted on the wall within Hungerfords Chapple adjoyning to Salisbury Cathedral ..., Inscriptions from the painting are reproduced in ink below image, under the headings "over the gallant young mans head" and "writt over the figure of the sceleton"., and Mounted on page 49 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
- Subject (Name):
- Salisbury Cathedral.
- Subject (Topic):
- Tombs & sepulchral monuments and Skeletons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Sketch of the painting in Hungerford Chapel, Salisbury] [art original].
6. [Sir Edward Nicholas] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.2
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Date supplied by cataloger., Twenty-six lines of biographical information written in ink on verso, with the contemporary note at top: This is a portrait of Sr. Edward Nicholas, drawn from an old painting on wood by George Vertue., One of eight portrait drawings that were probably among the works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. A volume of ca. 50 additional drawings from this collection, now bound in red morocco, has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others., and Laid down on a wash-line mount, with a border of gold paint around the drawing. Sitter's name written in pencil at bottom of mount: Sr. Edd. Nicholas.
- Subject (Name):
- Nicholas, Edward, Sir, 1593-1669,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Sir Edward Nicholas] [art original].
7. [Samuel Clarke] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1729]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.2
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Date of production based on sitter's death date. This portrait was done from life, according to a contemporary annotation in ink on verso: This is the portrait of Dr. John Clarke, Rector of St. James Picadilly, drawn after life, by George Vertue., A second, later annotation in Horace Walpole's hand is also present on verso, offering a correction to the earlier note: I cannot help thinking that his name was Samuel & not John., One of eight portrait drawings that were probably among the works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. A volume of ca. 50 additional drawings from this collection, now bound in red morocco, has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others., and Laid down on a wash-line mount, with a border of gold paint around the drawing.
- Subject (Name):
- Clarke, Samuel, 1675-1729,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Samuel Clarke] [art original].
8. [Samuel Butler] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.2
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Date supplied by cataloger., One of eight portrait drawings that were probably among the works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. A volume of ca. 50 additional drawings from this collection, now bound in red morocco, has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others., and Laid down on a wash-line mount, with a border of gold paint around the drawing.
- Subject (Name):
- Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Samuel Butler] [art original].
9. [Robert Sidney] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 15. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Inveniam viam avt faciam and Inveniam viam aut faciam
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Motto in upper left portion of image: Inveniam viam avt faciam., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 15 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
- Subject (Name):
- Sidney, Robert, 1563-1626,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Robert Sidney] [art original].
10. [Plan of the clock and cross] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- 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:
- Clock & plan : plan above at the clock and Plan of the cross : at the bottom
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Two images comprising one drawing, each with an ink inscription at bottom., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 53 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
- Subject (Topic):
- Architectural drawings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Plan of the clock and cross] [art original].
11. [John Locke] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1704]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.2 Box 1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Date of production based on sitter's death date. This portrait was completed shortly before Locke's death, according to a contemporary annotation in ink on verso: This is a portrait of Mr. John Lock, author of the Letters on Toleration, the Essay on Human Understanding, on Coinage, & many other valuable pieces, sketch'd from a painting & afterwards (not long before his decease) finished up from the life, by George Vertue., One of eight portrait drawings that were probably among the works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. A volume of ca. 50 additional drawings from this collection, now bound in red morocco, has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others., and Laid down on a wash-line mount, with a border of gold paint around the drawing.
- Subject (Name):
- Locke, John, 1632-1704,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [John Locke] [art original].
12. [Henry VIII] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 19. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Date supplied by cataloger., A grid has been added in pencil, presumably to assist with proportions while copying. Fourteen small sketches in ink, representing details within the image, are present in the margins., and Mounted on page 19 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547,
- Subject (Topic):
- Kings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Henry VIII] [art original].
13. [Heneage Finch, Earl of Winchilsea] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1725]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.2
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Contemporary annotation in ink on verso: This is a portrait of the Right Honourable Earl of Winchelsea, drawn from the life by George Vertue, 1725., One of eight portrait drawings that were probably among the works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. A volume of ca. 50 additional drawings from this collection, now bound in red morocco, has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others., and Laid down on a wash-line mount, with a border of gold paint around the drawing.
- Subject (Name):
- Winchilsea, Heneage Finch, Earl of, 1657-1726,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Heneage Finch, Earl of Winchilsea] [art original].
14. [George Vertue's drawings of items in the collection of Edward Harley, Earl of Oxford] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1741]
- Call Number:
- 49 2359
- Image Count:
- 26
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A group of drawings by George Vertue of items in the Earl of Oxford's collection, many presumably sold in the sale of 1741-2. Among the items depicted are urns, busts and statues, various fragments with Greek inscriptions, a medal, an ossuary, and a sarcophagus. The group of drawings ends with a copy the portrait by Van Dyck of Sir Kenelm Digby and his family, and it begins with Vertue's original drawing for the engraved frontispiece to: A catalogue of Greek, Roman and English coins, medallions and medals, of the Right Honourable Edward Earl of Oxford, deceased
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Bound by George Vertue in a volume with Harleian catalogues and plates., and Original mottled calf, rebacked. Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis's notes on back endpaper.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, London., and England.
- Subject (Name):
- Oxford, Edward Harley, Earl of, 1689-1741, Digby, Kenelm, 1603-1665,, and Digby, Venetia Stanley, Lady, 1600-1633,
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections, Art, Private collections, Sculpture, Portraits, Urns, Medals, and Sarcophagi
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [George Vertue's drawings of items in the collection of Edward Harley, Earl of Oxford] [art original].
15. [George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 11. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Georgivs Dvx Clarentia : Cons. Cast. de Qveenebvrgh and Georgius Dux Clerentia
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Inscription in upper right corner of image: Georgivs Dvx Clarentia Cons. Cast. de Qveenebvrgh ..., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 11 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
- Subject (Name):
- Clarence, George, Duke of, 1449-1478,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence] [art original].
16. [Geoffrey Chaucer] [art original]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.2
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Signed by the artist in pencil in lower right corner, using his monogrammatic initials., Date supplied by cataloger., Contemporary annotation in ink on verso: [Thi]s is a portrait of Geofery Chaucer, the father of English poetry, drawn after [an ol]d painting on wood by George Vertue., One of eight portrait drawings that were probably among the works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. A volume of ca. 50 additional drawings from this collection, now bound in red morocco, has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others., and Laid down on a wash-line mount, with a border of gold paint around the drawing.
- Subject (Name):
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Geoffrey Chaucer] [art original]
17. [Edward III] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- 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
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 9 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377,
- Subject (Topic):
- Kings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Edward III] [art original].
18. [Edward Harley, Earl of Oxford] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1725]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.2
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Contemporary annotation in ink on verso: This is the portrait of the Right Honorable Edward Harlay Earl of Oxford & Earl Mortimer, the great collecter, drawn from life by George Vertue, 1725., One of eight portrait drawings that were probably among the works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. A volume of ca. 50 additional drawings from this collection, now bound in red morocco, has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others., and Laid down on a wash-line mount, with a border of gold paint around the drawing.
- Subject (Name):
- Oxford, Edward Harley, Earl of, 1689-1741,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Edward Harley, Earl of Oxford] [art original].
19. [East front of Chichester Cross] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 57. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of the eastern front of Chichester Cross, a 15th-century market cross that stands in the center of the city of Chichester
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Date supplied by cataloger., Note in ink in upper left corner, partially trimmed from sheet: The east [front?]., Mounted on page 57 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Chichester (England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Buildings, structures, etc
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [East front of Chichester Cross] [art original].
20. [East front of Chichester Cross] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 57. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of the eastern front of Chichester Cross, a 15th-century market cross that stands in the center of the city of Chichester
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Date supplied by cataloger., Note in ink in upper left corner, partially trimmed from sheet: The east [front?]., Mounted on page 57 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Chichester (England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Buildings, structures, etc
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [East front of Chichester Cross] [art original].
21. [Design for the tomb of Thomas de Braunstone] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 43. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Date supplied by cataloger., Decorative border contains an inscription in French., and Mounted on page 43 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
- Subject (Name):
- Braunstone, Thomas de, Sir, -1401. and St. Peter and St. Paul (Church : Wisbech, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Tombs & sepulchral monuments
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Design for the tomb of Thomas de Braunstone] [art original].
22. [Chichester Cross] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 65. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of Chichester Cross, a 15th-century market cross that stands in the center of the city of Chichester
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Date supplied by cataloger., Scale within a banner drawn in upper left corner., Portions of the drawing were done on smaller pieces of paper integrated into the larger sheet; the image of the clock is drawn on a sheet 65 x 27 mm that is pasted onto the larger sheet at the center of the composition, while the image of the top of the structure is drawn on a sheet 72 x 32 mm that is pasted into an area at the top of the composition where the larger sheet has been cut away., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 65 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Chichester (England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Buildings, structures, etc
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Chichester Cross] [art original].
23. [Anthony Wood] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.2
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Date supplied by cataloger., Contemporary annotation in ink on verso: This is the portrait of Antony Wood, the biographer of Oxford, drawn after a painting by George Vertue., One of eight portrait drawings that were probably among the works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. A volume of ca. 50 additional drawings from this collection, now bound in red morocco, has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others., and Laid down on a wash-line mount, with a border of gold paint around the drawing.
- Subject (Name):
- Wood, Anthony à, 1632-1695,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Anthony Wood] [art original].
24. Walter de Merton, Bishop of Rochester & Lord Chancellor [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- 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
- Description:
- Title from contemporary note in ink below image., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 13 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
- Subject (Name):
- Walter, de Merton, approximately 1200-1277,
- Subject (Topic):
- Bishops
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Walter de Merton, Bishop of Rochester & Lord Chancellor [art original].
25. Walter Ralegh Knight [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 25. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Walter Raleigh Knight
- Description:
- Title inscribed in ink below image., Date supplied by cataloger., After a painting by an unidentified artist, with the date "1602" inscribed both below image and in upper left corner. The original painting is now in the National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG 3914)., and Mounted on page 25 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
- Subject (Name):
- Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618, and Raleigh, Walter, 1593-1618,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Walter Ralegh Knight [art original].
26. Thomas Candish, navigator from Ld. Oxford's collection. [art original]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 21. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Thomas Cavendish, navigator
- Description:
- Title from contemporary notes below image., Date supplied by cataloger., With a partly legible pencil annotation in upper right corner: Ao. 1594 [...?]., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 21 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
- Subject (Name):
- Cavendish, Thomas, 1560-1592,
- Subject (Topic):
- Explorers and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Thomas Candish, navigator from Ld. Oxford's collection. [art original]
27. The west prospect of St. Martin's Church in the Fields, Westminster [graphic].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1744]
- Call Number:
- 744.00.00.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View of the west front of the church, a graveyard to the right; in sky a scroll with a dedication to Browne Willis Esq; a flag flying from the top of the tower."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Printmaker identified in the British Museum online catalogue., Written on the back of the print is an autographed letter signed by George Vertue to the Hon. Thomas Symonds, at his seat at Pengethly, near Ross in Herefordshire, and dated 15 September 1744., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Church : Westminster, London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Church buildings and Churches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The west prospect of St. Martin's Church in the Fields, Westminster [graphic].
28. The monument for Sr. Robt. de Hungerford [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 41. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Monument for Sir Robert de Hungerford
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Date supplied by cataloger., Inscription below title, in a different hand: This monumental inscription is cutt in brass, and sett in black marble, fixt into the south wall of a small chapple joyning to the church of Hungerford. Comm. Berks., Inscription at bottom of sheet: There formerly lay under it, the figure of a man in armour cross legg'd, but that is remov'd into another part of the church and is much defaced., and Mounted on page 41 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
- Subject (Name):
- Hungerford, Robert Hungerford, Baron, approximately 1429-1464. and Salisbury Cathedral.
- Subject (Topic):
- Tombs & sepulchral monuments
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The monument for Sr. Robt. de Hungerford [art original].
29. The heads of the most illustrious persons of Great Britain taken from the best original paintings in the royal palaces, and the collections of noblemen and gentlemen, with proper ornaments to each plate, designed, and engraven by the best masters : number I[-XIX]. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [between 1727 and 1752?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 743 H432 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 146
- Abstract:
- A collection of 10 portrait paintings in oil and three drawings of designs for frames around the portraits in preparation for the engravings that were made for Thomas Birch's The heads of the most illustrious persons of Great Britain published by John and Paul Knapton between 1727 and 1752
- Alternative Title:
- Illustrious persons of England
- Description:
- Title from paper wrappers., Plates engraved by Houbraken and Vertue with the titles and the dates engraved on the plates., Many with original wrappers, autographed by G. Vertue., Multiple impressions, in various stages of proof., With 10 of the original drawings on which the engravings were based, and 3 of the original border decorations by Gravelot. Portraits in oil: John Russel, Ann of Cleves, Sir Thomas More, John Milton, John Campbell, Samuel Clarke, Sir John Smith, Henry Howard, Sir Philip Sidney, and William Wainfleet., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Printed for John and Paul Knapton
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The heads of the most illustrious persons of Great Britain taken from the best original paintings in the royal palaces, and the collections of noblemen and gentlemen, with proper ornaments to each plate, designed, and engraven by the best masters : number I[-XIX]. [graphic]
30. The habit of an English gentleman about 1660 [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 73. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title written in ink in upper left corner., Date supplied by cataloger., With four lines of verse in ink to the left of the depicted figure: Time swift doth run, to judgment thou must come; prepare for Death lest hee send theto woe & miserie., Also with nineteen numbered notes in ink below image, describing various aspects of the depicted figure's dress., and Mounted on page 73 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The habit of an English gentleman about 1660 [art original].
