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61.
John Milton [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].

62.
John the first Earl of Bedford [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].

63.
Sir Thos. More [art original].

Published / Created:
[1741]
Call Number:
Folio 724 743 H432 Box 3 Folder 3 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length, oval portrait of Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor, classical scholar, philospher, later canonized, looking slightly right and wearing the Collar of Esses, with the Tudor rose badge of Henry VIII; within a decorative border with an elabora...
Alternative Title:
Sir Thomas More
Description:
Title from inscription on verso of drawing.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535,
Subject (Topic):
Philosophers and Saints
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sir Thos. More [art original].

64.
Sr. John Smith [art original].

Published / Created:
[1744]
Call Number:
Folio 724 743 H432 Box 6 Folder 10 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length, oval portrait of Sir John Smith, scholar, diplomat, and political theorist, looking slightly left and wearing a hat and fur-trimmed coat; within a decorative border and frame ending with a coat of arms. The two drawings were created in pr...
Alternative Title:
Sir John Smith
Description:
Title from inscription in ink on verso of drawing.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Smith, Thomas, 1513-1577,
Subject (Topic):
Bishops
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Sr. John Smith [art original].

65.
The Earl of Surrey, ae. 22 [art original].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1750]
Call Number:
Folio 724 743 H432 Box 6 Folder 13 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length, oval portrait of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, an English nobleman, was one of the founders of English Renaissance poetry. Created in preparation for the engraved portrait print engraved by Jacobus Houbraken and published by John & Paul K...
Description:
Title from inscription on verso of drawing.
Subject (Name):
Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of, 1517?-1547,
Subject (Topic):
Poets and England
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Earl of Surrey, ae. 22 [art original].

66.
The figure of an antient pair of buttons [art original] : joined together by one firme solid neck ...

Published / Created:
[1707]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 51. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Figure of an ancient pair of buttons
Description:
Title from ink inscription above image.
Subject (Topic):
Buttons (Fasteners)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The figure of an antient pair of buttons [art original] : joined together by one firme solid neck ...

67.
The heads of the most illustrious persons of Great Britain taken from the best original paintings

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...
Alternative Title:
Illustrious persons of England
Description:
Title from paper wrappers.
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]

68.
[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.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586,
Subject (Topic):
Poets and Philosophers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Sr. Philip Sidney] [art original].