Early Georgian Portraits Catalogue: Abbreviations
ABBREVIATIONS
The sections headed Literature list sources used only in that entry. Those in more general use are given below, including Millar, O'Donoghue and Chaloner Smith which are cited in abbreviated form in the text as well as the footnotes.
Adams
C.K. Adams, A Catalogue of the Pictures in the Garrick Club, 1936 (with addendum, 1949)
Anecdotes
H. Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford. Anecdotes of Painting in England.... collected by... George Vertue; digested... by Horace Walpole, edited J. Dalloway and R.N. Wornum, 1862: with addenda published by F.W. Hilles and P.B. Daghlian, 1937
Binyon
L. Binyon, Catalogue of drawings by British artists... in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, 1898-1907
BM Add MS 5726 E-F; 6391
Papers of Sir William Musgrave, in the Department of MS, with extensive lists of portraits, late 18th century
CS
J. Chaloner Smith, British Mezzotinto Portraits, 1878-83. Cited by number under engraver
Colvin
H.M. Colvin, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1954
Cormack
M. Cormack, 'The Ledgers of Sir Joshua Reynolds', Walpole Society, XLII, 1970, pp.105-69
DNB
The Dictionary of National Biography, edited L. Stephen and S. Lee, reissue, 1908-09
Duleep Singh
Prince Frederick Duleep Singh, Portraits in Norfolk Houses, edited E. Farrer [1927]
Esdaile
K.A. Esdaile, The Life and Works of Louis François Roubiliac, 1928
Farington
J. Farington, The Farington Diary 1788-1821. Windsor typescript, microfilm edition. By gracious permission of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Farrer
E. Farrer, Portraits in Suffolk Houses (West), 1908
Farwell
F.G. Farwell, A Description of the Portraits and Busts in the Guildhall, Bath, 1907
Forrer
L. Forrer, Biographical Dictionary of English Medallists, 1904-30
GEC
G.E. Cockayne, The Complete Peerage, revised by V. Gibbs (and others), 1910-59
Graves and Cronin
A. Graves and W.V. Cronin, A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1899-1901
Guelph
Exhibition of the Royal House of Guelph, The New Gallery, 1891
Gunnis
R. Gunnis, Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851, 1953
HMC
Historical Manuscripts Commission
Harding
G.P. Harding, List of Portraits... in Various Mansions of the United Kingdom... MS, c.1804, NPG archives
JSAHR
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
Leslie and Taylor
C.R. Leslie and T. Taylor, Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1865
Lewis
Horace Walpole's Correspondence, edited W.S. Lewis, 1937 (in progress)
Lugt
F. Lugt, Repertoire des Catalogues de Ventes, 1600 (Three volumes have appeared to date covering sales 1600-1900). La Haye, 1938 (in progress)
Lysons
D. Lysons, The Environs of London, 1st edition, 1792-96; 2nd edition, 1811
Medallic Illustrations
British Museum, Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland, compiled F. Hawkins and others, 1885, 1904-11
Millar
(Sir) Oliver Millar, The Tudor Stuart and Early Georgian Pictures in the collection of Her Majesty The Queen, 1963
Millar, 1969
(Sir) Oliver Millar, The Later Georgian Pictures in the collection of Her Majesty The Queen, 1969
Nankivell
J. Nankivell, The Collection of Portraits in Oils of Bishop Richard Hurd at Hartlebury Castle, 1953
Neale
J.P. Neale, Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen etc. 1st series, 1818-23; 2nd series, 1824-29
Nichols
J. Nichols, Biographical Anecdotes of William Hogarth, 1781, 2nd edition, 1782
Nichols and Steevens
J. Nichols and G. Steevens, The Genuine Works of William Hogarth, 1808-17
Nicolson
B. Nicolson, The Treasures of the Foundling Hospital
NMM
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
NPE
Catalogue of the First (Second, Third)/Exhibition(s)... of National Portraits... on loan to the South Kensington Museum, 1866 (1867, 1868). Most of the portraits were reproduced in the Arundel Society's A Series of Historical Portraits selected from the National Portrait Exhibition(s) of 1866 (1867, 1868), photographed from the original paintings
O'D
F. O'Donoghue and (Sir) Henry M. Hake, Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits... in the British Museum, 1908-25
Oppé
A.P. Oppé, English Drawings... at Windsor Castle, 1950
Paulson
R. Paulson, Hogarth's Graphic Works, 1965
Piper
D.T. Piper, Catalogue of Seventeenth-Century Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery, 1625-1714, 1963
Poole
R.L. Poole, Catalogue of Portraits in the Possession of the University, Colleges, City and County of Oxford, 1912-25
Scharf
(Sir) George Scharf, Historical and Descriptive Catalogue of the Pictures, Busts & etc. in the National Portrait Gallery. New and enlarged edition, 1888
SNPG
Scottish National Portrait Gallery (National Gallery of Scotland), Edinburgh
SSB
Sketchbooks of Sir George Scharf, MS in NPG archives
Steegman
J. Steegman, A Survey of Portraits in Welsh Houses, 1957-62
Strickland
W.G. Strickland, A Dictionary of Irish Artists, 1913
S-W
Extracts from the Stuart papers, Royal Archives, Windsor, relating to portraits, compiled by the Hon. Miss Stuart-Wortley, (died 1945). A typescript of her MS is in NPG library
Thieme-Becker
U. Thieme and F. Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler, 1907-50
TSB
Sketchbooks of Sir George Scharf, MS in NPG archives. Trustees series
Vertue
G. Vertue, Vertue Note Books (edited by The Earl of Ilchester), Walpole Society, vols XVIll-XXIX, 1930-55
Walpole Society, XVI
'Horace Walpole's Journals of Visits to Country Seats & etc', edited P. Toynbee. Walpole Society, XVI, 1928, pp.9-80
Walpole Society, XXVII
'Notes by Horace Walpole... on the Exhibitions of The Society of Artists and the Free Society of Artists, 1760-1791...', edited H. Gatty. Walpole Society, XXVII, 1939, pp.55-88
Waterhouse, 1941
(Sir) Ellis K. Waterhouse, Reynolds (English Master Painters), 1941
Waterhouse, 1958
(Sir) Ellis K. Waterhouse, Gainsborough, 1958
Waterhouse, 1968
(Sir) Ellis K. Waterhouse, Reynolds's 'Sitter Book' for 1755. Walpole Society, XLI, 1968, pp.112-67
Webb
M.I. Webb, Michael Rysbrack Sculptor, 1954
Whinney
M. Whinney, Sculpture in Britain 1530-1830, 1964
Wolstenholme and Piper
(Sir) Gordon Wolstenholme and D. Piper, The Royal College of Physicians of London Portraits, 1964