Volume 2. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and
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2
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still image
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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.
Volume 1, page 51. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
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1
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Alternative Title:
Figure of an ancient pair of buttons
Description:
Title from ink inscription above image., Signed with initials and dated in lower right corner; the artist "K. Mn." or "K Mx." is unidentified., and Mounted on page 51 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.
Volume 1, page 7. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
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1
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Title from contemporary manuscript annotation in ink below image, on mounting sheet., Date based on that of the printed work for which this design was made., Original drawing for the engraved frontispiece to v.1 of: Nicolai Triveti, Dominicani, Annales sex regum Angliae. Oxonii [Oxford] : E Theatro Sheldoniano, 1719-1722., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 7 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.
Volume 1, page 57. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
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1
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still image
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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.
Volume 2. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and
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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.
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.
Volume 2. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and
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2
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still image
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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.
Volume 2. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and
Image Count:
2
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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.
Volume 1, page 11. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
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1
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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.
