1800
DESCRIPTION Bust, to r.; oval. Pl. to Monthly Mirror ; pub. Vernor & Hood 1800.
TECHNIQUES Stipple
NOTES S. Drummond (painter); W. Ridley (printmaker)
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE O’Donoghue 1.
DESCRIPTION H. L., to r. ; oval frame irradiated. Pub. Vernor & Hood 1800.
TECHNIQUES Line
NOTES S. Polack (painter); Brown (printmaker)
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE O’Donoghue 4.
TECHNIQUES Line
NOTES S. Polack (painter); Brown (printmaker)
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE O’Donoghue 4.
DESCRIPTION Similar to O’Donohue 4; plain oval.
TECHNIQUES Stipple
NOTES Proof before inscription. S. Polack (painter)
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE O’Donoghue 5.
TECHNIQUES Stipple
NOTES Proof before inscription. S. Polack (painter)
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE O’Donoghue 5.
1801
DESCRIPTION Portrait; bust, head turned to the right; in oval frame; illustration to the European Magazine. 1801
TECHNIQUES Etching and stipple
INSCRIPTIONS Lettered with title, followed by "Author of the Farmers Boy". At top "European Magazine", and with production detail: "Drummond pinx / Ridley sc / Pub by J. Sewell 32, Cornhill Dec 1. 1801".
DIMENSIONS 155 x 108 millimetres (trimmed)
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE O'Donoghue 3
TECHNIQUES Etching and stipple
INSCRIPTIONS Lettered with title, followed by "Author of the Farmers Boy". At top "European Magazine", and with production detail: "Drummond pinx / Ridley sc / Pub by J. Sewell 32, Cornhill Dec 1. 1801".
DIMENSIONS 155 x 108 millimetres (trimmed)
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE O'Donoghue 3
1805
DESCRIPTION Portrait after John Rising, half length, in square border, directed and facing slightly to left, looking towards front, own hair, white neckcloth, black coat, two books on table to left. 1805
TECHNIQUES Mezzotint
INSCRIPTIONS Lettered with title and production details below image: "Painted by Jno. Rising."; "Engraved by Jno Young Engraver to H. R. H. the Prince of Wales."; "London Oct 1st 1805. Published by R. Bloomfield, near the Shepard & Sheperdess City Road & for him by the Engraver No 65 Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square, & Vernor & Hood Poultry." and eight lines of verse beginning "Where noble Grafton...Farmers Boy"
DIMENSIONS 456 x 327 mm, plate size; 467 x 343 mm, paper size
NOTES John Rising (1753-1817), publisher and printer; John Young (1755-1825), mezzotint engraver.
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE Chaloner Smith 7; O’Donoghue 6.
DESCRIPTION Portrait after Pierre Violet, half length, in a solid rectangular frame, directed and facing towards right, looking to front, white neckcloth, black coat, right hand raised, resting elbow on table; farmyard in distance to right. Four lines of his verse to each side of title.
TECHNIQUES Mezzotint
INSCRIPTIONS Robert Bloomfield, Author of the Farmer's Boy, &c. "Where noble Grafton spreads his rich domains; Round Euston's water'd vale & sloping plains, There his first thoughts to Nature's charms inclin'd, That stamps devotion on th'inquiring mind.' "And as revolving Seasons chang'd the scene, From heat to cold, tempestuous to serene: Though every change still varied his employ; Yet each new duty brought it's share of joy." Farmers Boy.
Painted by P. Violet. Engraved by Jno. Young Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.
London, Jany. 1st. 1805, Published by R. Bloomfield, near the Shepherd & Shepherdess, City Road, & for him by the Engraver, No. 65 Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square, & Vernor & Hood, in the Poultry.
DIMENSIONS 380 x 280mm.
NOTES Pierre Violet (painter) French artist, 1749-1819; John Young (printmaker) British printmaker, 1755-1825
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE Chaloner Smith 8; O’Donoghue 7.
TECHNIQUES Mezzotint
INSCRIPTIONS Robert Bloomfield, Author of the Farmer's Boy, &c. "Where noble Grafton spreads his rich domains; Round Euston's water'd vale & sloping plains, There his first thoughts to Nature's charms inclin'd, That stamps devotion on th'inquiring mind.' "And as revolving Seasons chang'd the scene, From heat to cold, tempestuous to serene: Though every change still varied his employ; Yet each new duty brought it's share of joy." Farmers Boy.
Painted by P. Violet. Engraved by Jno. Young Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.
London, Jany. 1st. 1805, Published by R. Bloomfield, near the Shepherd & Shepherdess, City Road, & for him by the Engraver, No. 65 Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square, & Vernor & Hood, in the Poultry.
DIMENSIONS 380 x 280mm.
NOTES Pierre Violet (painter) French artist, 1749-1819; John Young (printmaker) British printmaker, 1755-1825
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE Chaloner Smith 8; O’Donoghue 7.
1806
DESCRIPTION Marble bust, same as O’Donoghue 10, l. profile; oval medallion. On title to Views illustrative of Works of Bloomfield ; pub. Vernor, Hood & Sharpe.
TECHNIQUES Line
NOTES R. H. Cromek (printmaker)
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE O’Donoghue 11.
TECHNIQUES Line
NOTES R. H. Cromek (printmaker)
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE O’Donoghue 11.
1808
DESCRIPTION Marble bust, copy from O’Donoghue 11. Pub. Vernor, Hood & Sharpe 1808.
TECHNIQUES Stipple
NOTES McKenzie (printmaker)
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE O’Donoghue 12.
1811
DESCRIPTION Pub. Vernor, Hood & Sharpe 1811.
TECHNIQUES Stipple
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE O’Donoghue 13.
TECHNIQUES Stipple
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE O’Donoghue 13.
1823
DESCRIPTION Same picture as O’Donoghue 1; H. L., to r., cottage and field in background; vignette with account of him. Pub. W. Darton 1823.
TECHNIQUES Stipple.
NOTES S. Drummond (painter)
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE O’Donoghue 2.
TECHNIQUES Stipple.
NOTES S. Drummond (painter)
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE O’Donoghue 2.
DESCRIPTION H. L., to l., face in profile; vignette. Pl. to Ladies’ Monthly Museum; pub. Dean & Munday 1823.
TECHNIQUES Stipple.
NOTES T. C. Wageman (painter); T. Woolnoth (printmaker)
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE O’Donoghue 8.
TECHNIQUES Stipple.
NOTES T. C. Wageman (painter); T. Woolnoth (printmaker)
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE O’Donoghue 8.
1824
DESCRIPTION Bust, looking to r.; rect. frame. Ill. to Smecton's The Unique, 1824.
TECHNIQUES Stipple
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE O’Donoghue 9.
TECHNIQUES Stipple
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE O’Donoghue 9.
1828
DESCRIPTION Marble portrait bust on a pedestal, directed in profile to left; vignette. 1828
TECHNIQUES Stipple
INSCRIPTIONS Lettered below image with facsimile of the sitter's signature, "Engraved by B. Holl." and "Published by S Robinson, Chapter House Passage, Paternoster Row, March 1, 1828.".
DIMENSIONS 191 x 145 millimetres
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE O’Donoghue 10.
TECHNIQUES Stipple
INSCRIPTIONS Lettered below image with facsimile of the sitter's signature, "Engraved by B. Holl." and "Published by S Robinson, Chapter House Passage, Paternoster Row, March 1, 1828.".
DIMENSIONS 191 x 145 millimetres
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE O’Donoghue 10.
References
Freeman O'Donoghue.—Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings.—6 vols.—London : British Museum, 1908-25.
John Chaloner Smith.—British mezzotinto portraits, being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century.—4 vols.—London : Sotheran, 1878-1883.
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