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1. [Hither, hither love]
- Creator:
- Keats, John, 1795-1821
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 825
- Collection Title:
- John Keats collection
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder: Hither, hither love
- Image Count:
- 2
- Abstract:
- The single literary manuscript is a poem, "Hither hither love" (undated), accompanied by a small etched portrait of Keats.
- Description:
- Manuscript "Hither hither love": gift of Arthur M. Rosenbloom, 1953.
- Subject (Name):
- Brawne, Fanny,--1800-1865 and Rosenbloom, Arthur M.--(Arthur Maurice),--1903-1979--Ownership
- Subject (Topic):
- Poets
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Hither, hither love]
2. Mr. Abraham Cowley [graphic]
- Creator:
- Faithorne, William, 1616-1691, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1668]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Abraham Cowley, bust length in an octagonal frame, long hair, wearing gown; frontispiece to his 'Works' (1668)."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Artist identified as Mary Beale in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Second state of the first (Plate A) of three similar plates by Faithorne, with cross-hatching added to the crown of the head and a single hair seen on the left of the forehead. See Fagan., Frontispiece to: Cowley, A. The works of Mr. Abraham Cowley. London : Printed by J.M. for Henry Herringman ..., 1668., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 708 (leaf numbered '162' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Publisher:
- Henry Herringman
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667,
- Subject (Topic):
- Poets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Abraham Cowley [graphic]
3. [Portrait of William Mason] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [18th century]
- Call Number:
- LWL Ptg. 124 Framed, shelved in UFS Rack 3C
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A half-length portrait of Mason in profile facing left. The esteemed poet is portrayed holding a manuscript of his epitaph for his wife’s grave in Bristol Cathedral
- Description:
- Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal., Attributed to Falconet based on dealer correspondence in object file and confirmed by Christie’s appraisal. Dealer correspondence notes it is a slightly different version of a Falconet reproduced in Ketton-Cremer’s Thomas Gray (1955)., and William Mason was an esteemed poet, and biographer of Thomas Gray and editor of his letters. Mason was among Horace Walpole’s chief correspondents.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Mason, William, 1724-1797,
- Subject (Topic):
- Poets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of William Mason] [art original].
4. Mr. William Congreve [graphic]
- Creator:
- Smith, J. (John), 1652-1743, printmaker, publisher
- Published / Created:
- [1710]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of William Congreve, standing half length to the right, face turned forward, wearing wig, open collar, and coat; trees in background
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 188 (leaf numbered '230' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Publisher:
- J. Smith
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Congreve, William, 1670-1729, and Congreve, William, 1670-1729.
- Subject (Topic):
- Poets and Dramatists
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. William Congreve [graphic]
5. Abrahamus Cowleius Anglorum Pindarus flaccus maro deliciae decus desiderium aevi sui / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1730?]
- Call Number:
- Portraits C875 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Title from caption below image
- Alternative Title:
- Abrahamvs Cowleius
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Text at top of image: "pindarici fontis qui non expalluit haustus" and "ob. 1667, aet. 49.", Date and place of publication surmised from data on similar print from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: K,59.4., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667,
- Subject (Topic):
- Poets and English
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Abrahamus Cowleius Anglorum Pindarus flaccus maro deliciae decus desiderium aevi sui / [graphic]
6. [The distressed poet] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 March 1736]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- IIn an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Poverty, a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and her kittens are curled up on the man's coat. Under the sleeve of the coat on the floor is an issue of "Grubstreet Journall." She looks to the door on the left where she is confronted by a milkmaid who holds a lengthy tally; the daisies in her bonnet suggest Michaelmas day when bills are due; she also is shown with a yoke across her back. Just inside the doorway a dog snatches the single pork chop from a plate on a chair; the cupboard above the door stands open to show empty shelves. Behind the poet's head is a satirical print showing Alexander Pope thrashing the book-seller Edmund Curll who had published pirated editions of his letters."
- Description:
- Title and state from Paulson., "Price 3 shillings"--Following imprint., Verse etched below image: Studious he sate, with all his books around, Sinking from thought to thought, a vast profound! Plung'd for his sense, but found no bottom there; Then writ, and flounder'd on, in more despair. Dunciad Book I, line III., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Ms. pencil note in Steevens hand: See Nichols's Book, 3d edit, 235. Repaired losses to corners., and On page 79 in volume 1. Trimmed to: 350 x 397 mm.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The distressed poet] [graphic]
7. [The distressed poet] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [3 March 1736]
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 27K Box 210
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- IIn an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Poverty, a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and her kittens are curled up on the man's coat. Under the sleeve of the coat on the floor is an issue of "Grubstreet Journall." She looks to the door on the left where she is confronted by a milkmaid who holds a lengthy tally; the daisies in her bonnet suggest Michaelmas day when bills are due; she also is shown with a yoke across her back. Just inside the doorway a dog snatches the single pork chop from a plate on a chair; the cupboard above the door stands open to show empty shelves. Behind the poet's head is a satirical print showing Alexander Pope thrashing the book-seller Edmund Curll who had published pirated editions of his letters."
- Description:
- Title and state from Paulson., "Price 3 shillings"--Following imprint., Verse etched below image: Studious he sate, with all his books around, Sinking from thought to thought, a vast profound! Plung'd for his sense, but found no bottom there; Then writ, and flounder'd on, in more despair. Dunciad Book I, line III., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The distressed poet] [graphic]
8. Ben: Johnson [graphic]
- Creator:
- Houbraken, Jacobus, 1698-1780, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1738.
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Ben Jonson, bust seen in profile to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a draped coat; in an ornamental oval decorated with roses and laurel; below a young satyr holding a sceptre with a fool's head; books and a theatrical mask in lower right; state with publisher's address."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Ben Jonson
- Description:
- Title from text in image., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., "In the collection of Dr. Mead"--Below image. The note refers to the miniature by Oliver from which this engraving was made., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 28 (leaf numbered '86' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
- Publisher:
- Impensis I. & P. Knapton Londini
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637,, Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637., and Mead, Richard, 1673-1754
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections and Poets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Ben: Johnson [graphic]
9. The distrest poet [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 December 1740]
- Call Number:
- Folio Greenberg 75 H67 753
- Collection Title:
- Plate 29. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 29. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Riches a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and her kittens are curled up on the man's coat. Under the sleeve of the coat on the floor is an issue of "Grubstreet Journall." She looks to the door on the left where she is confronted by a milkmaid who holds a lengthy tally; the daisies in her bonnet suggest Michaelmas day when bills are due; she also is shown with a yoke across her back. Just inside the doorway a dog snatches the single pork chop from a plate on a chair; the cupboard above the door stands open to show empty shelves. Behind the poet, a baby lies in a bed crying. Above the poet's head is a print 'A View of the Gold Mines of Peru." Above the mantel is a "dare for larks" -- a circular mirror surrounded by eight smaller circular mirrors
- Alternative Title:
- Distressed poet
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., Originally published in 1736 as: The Distressed Poet., "Price 3 shillings"--Following statement of responsibility., 1 print : engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 35.6 x 40.7 cm, on sheet 45 x 56 cm., and Leaf 29 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The distrest poet [graphic]