A Catalogue Of Engravers, Who have been born or resided in England; Digested By Mr. Horace Walpole From the MSS. of Mr. George Vertue; To which is added An Account of the Life and Works of the latter. The Second Edition.

Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford

RA Collection: Book

Record number

03/2913

Author

Imprint

Strawberry-Hill:, Printed in the Year MDCCLXV.

Physical Description

[4], 140, 14, 20, [8] p., [9] pl.; 229 mm. (Folio).

Contents

[T.p.] - Direction to the Binder - A Catalogue Of Engravers [with 8 ports.] - The Life Of Mr. George Vertue [with port.] - List Of Vertue's Works - Index Of Names of Engravers, Ranged according to the Times in which they lived - Index Of Names of Engravers, Ranged alphabetically.

Responsibility Note

Four plates carry the names of source-artists - V. Dyck, William Faithorne, Dobson, Richardson. All carry the names of their engravers - A. Bannerman or T. Chambars.

References

A.T. Hazen, A bibliography of the Strawberry Hill press (1942).

R. Godfrey: Printmaking in Britain: a general history (1978).
ESTC, T63187

Summary Note

The nine plates are portraits of [1] Hoefnagle, [2] Robert Van Voerst, [3] William Faithorne, [4] Prince Rupert, [5] John Evelyn, [6] Warner Valliant, Vandrebanc, Francis Place, William Lodge, [7] Robert White, P.Vansomer, Isaac Becket, [8] Hamlet Winstanley, Dorigny, [9] George Vertue.

Reproductions

A microfilm version was published in 1999 (Woodbridge, Conn.: Primary Source Media).

Provenance

Inscribed in ink on the title-page, 'given by the Author to the Royal Academy June 1769'; presented before 15 June 1769 (RAA CM I, 28).

Binding Note

18th-century sprinkled calf; gilt-decorated spine, red morocco spine-labels lettered 'Catalogu Of Engraver'.

Name as Subject

Subject

Engravers - Painters - Artists - Great Britain - History - Portraits
Art history - Biography - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - Catalogues - Reference books - 18th century
Pictorial works - 18th century

Contributors

George Vertue
Alexander Bannerman, engraver
Thomas Chambers ARA, engraver
Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, publisher, previous owner, donor
Strawberry Hill Press, printer, publisher