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1. A French poet [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [28 May 1772]
- Call Number:
- 772.05.28.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An impoverished-looking man, with a sword, out-at-elbows, and a hole in the bag of his wig, is walking away from the viewer looking backwards at him. He holds a 'Map of Peru' in his right hand and a book, his tricorne and an umbrella under his left arm. A rolled up sheet of paper protrudes from the right pocket of his coat
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, May 28, 1772, by Picot, St. Martins Lane
- Subject (Topic):
- Poets and Maps
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A French poet [graphic].
2. 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]
3. 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]
4. Geoffrey Chaucer [graphic]
- Creator:
- Houbraken, Jacobus, 1698-1780, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1742.
- Call Number:
- Portraits C496 no. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer, half-length directed to right, wearing a capuchon and a pen case hanging from a ribbon around his neck; in ornamental oval frame on a bracket; a lyre and scrolls below; before publisher's address"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text in image., Text below image: "In the collection of Sir Hans Sloane Bart.", and Printmaker from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits.
- Publisher:
- Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400,
- Subject (Topic):
- Poets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Geoffrey Chaucer [graphic]
5. George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron [graphic]
- Creator:
- Meyer, Henry Hoppner, 1783-1847, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [30 January 1816]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Head-and-shoulders portrait of English poet Lord Byron, in left profile and "Portrait of George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, bust-length, directed very slightly to left, with head nearly in profile, looking down; wearing coat over waistcoat, fastened with two buttons, and high collar."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate from: The British Gallery of contemporary portraits. London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... by J. M'Creery ..., 1813-1822., and Bound in opposite page 684 (leaf numbered '125' 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:
- Published Jany. 30, 1816, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824, and Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824.
- Subject (Topic):
- Poets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron [graphic]
6. Guillén, Nicolás
- Creator:
- Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
- Published / Created:
- 1949 March 23
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 1050
- Collection Title:
- Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
- Container / Volume:
- Box 91 | Folder 1587
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Description:
- In ink verso: Nicolas Guillen. Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission
- Subject (Name):
- Guillen, Nicolas, 1902-
- Subject (Topic):
- Poets
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Guillén, Nicolás
7. Guillén, Nicolás, and Langston Hughes
- Creator:
- Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
- Published / Created:
- 1949 March 23
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 1050
- Collection Title:
- Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
- Container / Volume:
- Box 91 | Folder 1588
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Description:
- In ink verso: Langston Hughes with the / Cuban poet Nicolas Guillen / Nicholas Guillen & Langston Hughes / New York City. Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission
- Subject (Name):
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
- Subject (Topic):
- African American poets and Poets
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Guillén, Nicolás, and Langston Hughes
8. John Armstrong M.D. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Fisher, Edward, 1722-approximately 1782, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1760 and 1789?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 Sh52 M78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait seen almost half-length to right, head in three-quarter profile to right, wearing wig and partially open coat; after Reynolds (Mannings 73); lettered state after quotation re-arranged on two lines."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.2113., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Two lines of verse below title: The suffrage of the wise, the praise that's worth ambition, is attain'd by sense alone, & dignity of mind., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., Mounted opposite page 37 (leaf numbered '65' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan., and With small ink ownership stamp ("T.L" within a double-lined oval) in lower left beneath painter's name. Also with ink annotations on verso, in a contemporary or slightly later hand: "N16693" and "private plate" written in lower left, and "5 s." written in lower right.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Armstrong, John, 1709-1779,
- Subject (Topic):
- Physicians, British, and Poets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > John Armstrong M.D. [graphic]
9. John Dryden [graphic]
- Creator:
- Houbraken, Jacobus, 1698-1780, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1743.
- Call Number:
- Portraits D799 no. 1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of John Dryden, bust in profile to right but looking at the viewer; in an ornamental oval; theatrical attributes below; state with publisher's address."--British Museum online catalogue
- 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]., and Text below image: From the collection of the late Earl of Oxford.
- Publisher:
- Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Dryden, John, 1631-1700,
- Subject (Topic):
- Poets and Dramatists
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > John Dryden [graphic]