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., Date supplied by cataloger., With a "scale of feet" drawn to the left of image, and the note "brass- gilt- with gold" written to the right of image., 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.
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., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 77 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 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., Signed by the artist in ink in lower right, using his monogrammatic initials., Date supplied by cataloger., With a scale in feet drawn to the right of image. Also with the note "x this part pulld. down by the late Lord -", referring to an "x" marked on the top portion of the depicted structure., and Mounted on page 71 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):
Tottenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Coleraine, Henry Hare, Baron, 1636-1708
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Towers
Oval portrait of Anne of Cleves, bust in frontal view, wearing a jewelled dress
Description:
Title from inscription in ink on verso of drawing., Artist unknown., After Hans Holbein the Younger, and One of ten watercolor portraits 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):
Anne, of Cleves, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1515-1557,
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., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 23 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.
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 were created in preparation for the engraved portrait print engraved by Jacobus Houbraken and published by John & Paul Knapton in 1742
Alternative Title:
William Waynfleet Bishop of Winchester
Description:
Title from inscription on verso of drawing., Title from inscription on mount under the drawing, in the same hand: Wm. Wainfleet Bishop of Winchester., Also written on the mount under the drawing in block lettering and scored through: The Old Bishop., Portrait is unsigned, but the mount is decorated with a border in ink and wash and signed: H. Gravelot inv. et delin., Counter watermark in center of sheet used as the mount: IV., Local card catalog gives unverified attribution: after Holbein?, and One of ten watercolor portraits 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).
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., 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.
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., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 39 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.
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., Also written in pencil on verso: John Duke of Argyle & Greenwich from [illegible]., Portrait is unsigned., and One of ten watercolor portraits 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).
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., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 33 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.
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 published by John & Paul Knapton in 1740
Alternative Title:
Dr. Samuel Clarke and Samuel Clarke
Description:
Title from inscription on verso of drawing., Portrait is unsigned., After a portrait by Thomas Gibson., and One of ten watercolor portraits 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).
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., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 5 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 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., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 5 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 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., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 17 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):
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492,
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., 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.
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., Date supplied by cataloger., 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 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., Statement of responsibility and date written beneath title on verso, in an unidentified hand., and Mounted on page 69 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):
Chalfont St. Giles (England)
Subject (Name):
Milton, John, 1608-1674
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Dwellings
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., Date supplied by cataloger., An inscription from the depicted painting is reproduced in ink below title., 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.
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., Artist unknown., After a painting owned by Arthur Onslow at the time of creation., 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).
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., Portrait is unsigned., and One of ten watercolor portraits 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 (Name):
Russell, John, Earl of Bedford, approximately 1485-1555,
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., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 55 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 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., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 39 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 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., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 33 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 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.", Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 37 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):
University of Cambridge. and Baker, Thomas, 1656-1740,
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., 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.
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 drawings taken from this collection and later acquired separately
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., Two volumes and one solander box containing a drawing housed separately., and Some of these, about fifty, are now mounted and rebound in red morocco, with Horace Walpole's manuscript title-page preserved. Bookplate 1. Press-mark D.3.13 in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763; moved to the Round Tower. Bookplate of William Frederick, 9th Earl Waldegrave.
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 drawings taken from this collection and later acquired separately
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., Two volumes and one solander box containing a drawing housed separately., and Some of these, about fifty, are now mounted and rebound in red morocco, with Horace Walpole's manuscript title-page preserved. Bookplate 1. Press-mark D.3.13 in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763; moved to the Round Tower. Bookplate of William Frederick, 9th Earl Waldegrave.
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 drawings taken from this collection and later acquired separately
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., Two volumes and one solander box containing a drawing housed separately., and Some of these, about fifty, are now mounted and rebound in red morocco, with Horace Walpole's manuscript title-page preserved. Bookplate 1. Press-mark D.3.13 in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763; moved to the Round Tower. Bookplate of William Frederick, 9th Earl Waldegrave.
Volume 1, page 29. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Samuel Daniel
Description:
Title from inscription in pencil above image., Date supplied by cataloger., Below title is written "pub. 1609"; in lower right corner is written "gravd. by TCockson[?] sculp.", Likely drawn after the engraved portrait by Thomas Cockson on the title page to: Daniel, S. The civile wares betweene the howses of Lancaster and Yorke. Printed at London : by Simon Watersonne, 1609., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 29 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.
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 elaborately decorated flag, spectre and axe below. The two drawings were created in preparation for the engraved portrait print engraved by Jacobus Houbraken and published by John & Paul Knapton in 1741
Alternative Title:
Sir Thomas More
Description:
Title from inscription on verso of drawing., Portrait is unsigned, but the mount is decorated with a border in ink and wash and signed: H. Gravelot inv. et delin., Counter watermark in center of sheet used as the mount: IV., After Hans Holbein the Younger, and One of ten watercolor portraits 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).
Volume 1, page 25. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Sir F. Bacon and Sir Francis Bacon
Description:
Title inscribed in ink in lower right corner., Date supplied by cataloger., 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.
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 preparation for the engraved portrait print engraved by Jacobus Houbraken and published by John & Paul Knapton in 1744
Alternative Title:
Sir John Smith
Description:
Title from inscription in ink on verso of drawing., Also written on the mount under the drawing in block lettering: Smith., Unsigned., The mount is probably by H. Gravelot based on similar signed drawing in the collection., After Hans Holbein the Younger. See published print., Counter watermark in center of sheet used as the mount: IV., and One of ten watercolor portraits 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).
Volume 1, page 29. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Sir Thomas Overbury
Description:
Title inscribed in ink in lower right corner., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 29 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 27. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Sir Waltar Ralagh Knight and Sir Walter Raleigh Knight
Description:
Title from inscription in lower left corner., Date supplied by cataloger., A grid has been added in pencil over the drawing., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 27 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 31. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Sir William Sidney and Sr. William Sydney
Description:
Title from note below image, in ink over pencil. Sitter's name with alternative spelling is written in pencil in upper right corner: Sr. William Sydney., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 31 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 69. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written in pencil in upper left corner., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 69 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.
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 Knapton in 1750
Description:
Title from inscription on verso of drawing., Portrait is unsigned., and One of ten watercolor portraits 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).
Volume 1, page 67. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Rochester Bridge with dimensions
Description:
Title inscribed within banner at top of image., Date supplied by cataloger., Additional measurements of the bridge are given in notes on either side of title., and Mounted on page 67 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 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., 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
