Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Title:
Anecdotes of painting in England : with some account of the principal artists; and incidental notes on other arts; collected by the late Mr. George Vertue / digested and published from his original mss. by the Honourable Horace Walpole; with considerable additions by the Rev. James Dallaway ...
Published / Created:
London : Printed at the Shakspeare Press, by W. Nicol, for John Major, 1826-28.
Physical Description:
5 v. fronts., illus., plates (incl. ports., coats of arms) 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC : Plates by W. Bromley, P. Audinet, S. Freeman, W.H. Worthington, H. Cook, F. Engleheart, W.C. Edwards, R. Cooper, J. Thomson, W. Raddon, W. Finden, J.H. Robinson, P. Thomson, A.W. Warren, W. Bond, G.T. Doo, H. Robinson, E. Scriven, W.H. Watt, B.P. Gibbon, J.W. Cook, and W. Skelton; after Sir Joshua Reynolds, John Mabuse, Hans Holbein, Sir Antonio More, H. Bone, Joas van Cleeve, Cornelius Ketel, Nicholas Hilliard,
Subject Terms:
Painting -- England -- History. | Painters -- England. | Artists -- Portraits. | Engravers -- England. | Gardening -- England. | Shakespeare Press -- Publisher. | Nicol, W., -- Printer. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1826-1828. | Steel engraving -- Specimens -- 1826-1828.
Contributors:
Vertue, George, 1684-1756. | Dallaway, James, 1763-1834. | Bromley, William, 1769-1842, engraver. | Audinet, Philip, 1766-1837, engraver. | Freeman, Samuel, 1773-1857, engraver. | Worthington, William Henry, approximately 1795-approximately 1839, engraver. | Cooke, H., engraver. | Engleheart, Francis, 1775-1849, engraver. | Edwards, W. C. (William Charles), 1900-1979, engraver. | Cooper, Robert, active 1795-1836, engraver. | Thomson, James, 1788-1850, engraver. | Raddon, W. (William), active 19th century, engraver. | Finden, W. (William), 1787-1852, engraver. | Robinson, John Henry, 1796-1871, engraver. | Thomson, Paton, approximately 1750-, engraver. | Warren, A.W., engraver. | Bond, H. W., active 1827-1849, engraver. | Doo, George Thomas, 1800-1886, engraver. | Robinson, H., engraver. | Scriven, Edward, 1775-1841, engraver. | Watt, William Henry, 1804-1845, engraver. | Gibbon, B. P. (Benjamin Phelps), 1802-1851, engraver. | Cook, John William, engraver. | Skelton, William, 1763-1848, engraver. | Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, ill. | Gossaert, Jan, approximately 1478-approximately 1532, ill. | Holbein, Hans, 1460-1524, ill. | More, Antonio, ill. | Bone, Henry, 1755-1834, ill. | Van Cleeve, J., ill. | Ketel, Cornelius, ill. | Hilliard, Nicholas, ill.