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Frances Burney Diary, 1768-78 (volume 2, part 2)


93 Portraits in set

Early Diary of Frances Burney 1768-78 and Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay 1778-1840, re-bound in 25 folio volumes and extra-illustrated throughout with approximately 2,700 engraved portraits and topographical views. The prints and other items interfiled with the text illustrate the people, events and places described by Burney in her account of society and court life at the end of the 18th century.

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Oliver Cromwell, after Robert Walker - NPG D14408

Oliver Cromwell

after Robert Walker
line engraving, published 1654
NPG D14408

Henry Fielding, after William Hogarth - NPG D14407

Henry Fielding

after William Hogarth
line engraving, after 1762
NPG D14407

Frederick Cornwallis, by Edward Fisher, published by  Robert Sayer, after  Nathaniel Dance (later Sir Nathaniel Holland, Bt) - NPG D14516

Frederick Cornwallis

by Edward Fisher, published by Robert Sayer, after Nathaniel Dance (later Sir Nathaniel Holland, Bt)
mezzotint, published 1769
NPG D14516

Elizabeth West (née Shewell); Raphael West, by Valentine Green, published by  Robert Sayer, after  Benjamin West - NPG D14480

Elizabeth West (née Shewell); Raphael West

by Valentine Green, published by Robert Sayer, after Benjamin West
mezzotint, published 1770
NPG D14480

John Thomas, by Richard Houston, published by  Robert Sayer, after  Benjamin Wilson - NPG D14461

John Thomas

by Richard Houston, published by Robert Sayer, after Benjamin Wilson
mezzotint, published 24 January 1771
NPG D14461

Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon, by Justus Chevillet, after  François Hubert Drouais - NPG D14482

Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon

by Justus Chevillet, after François Hubert Drouais
line engraving, published 1773 (1761)
NPG D14482

Two studies of fashionable ladies, by Edward Francisco Burney - NPG D14451

Two studies of fashionable ladies

by Edward Francisco Burney
pen and ink, circa 1775-1800
NPG D14451

Michael Lort, by Francis Grose - NPG D14459

Michael Lort

by Francis Grose
etching, circa 1775-1800
NPG D14459

(Filippo Antonio) Pasquale Paoli, by Richard Brookshaw, after  Gambalini - NPG D14467

(Filippo Antonio) Pasquale Paoli

by Richard Brookshaw, after Gambalini
mezzotint, circa 1775-1800
NPG D14467

George Huddesford; John Codrington Warwick Bampfylde, by Arthur N. Sanders, published by  Henry Graves & Co, after  Sir Joshua Reynolds - NPG D14427

George Huddesford; John Codrington Warwick Bampfylde

by Arthur N. Sanders, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (circa 1778)
NPG D14427

George Mattocks, by Robert Laurie, published by  William Richardson, after  Robert Dighton - NPG D14410

George Mattocks

by Robert Laurie, published by William Richardson, after Robert Dighton
mezzotint, published 10 July 1779
NPG D14410

John Hinchliffe, by Unknown artist - NPG D14444

John Hinchliffe

by Unknown artist
line engraving, circa 1780-1800
NPG D14444

Gaetano Appolino Balthasar Vestris (Gaëtan Vestris), by John Sebastian Miller (formerly Johann Sebastian Müller) - NPG D14464

Gaetano Appolino Balthasar Vestris (Gaëtan Vestris)

by John Sebastian Miller (formerly Johann Sebastian Müller)
line engraving, published 1781
NPG D14464

Marie Auguste Vestris ('A stranger at Sparta'), by Francesco Bartolozzi, by  Benedetto Pastorini, probably after  George Dance - NPG D14466

Marie Auguste Vestris ('A stranger at Sparta')

by Francesco Bartolozzi, by Benedetto Pastorini, probably after George Dance
etching and aquatint, published 2 April 1781
NPG D14466

John Henderson, by and published by John Jones, after  Thomas Gainsborough - NPG D14430

John Henderson

by and published by John Jones, after Thomas Gainsborough
mezzotint, published 30 May 1783 (circa 1773-1775)
NPG D14430

'The dead shall live, the living die', by Francis Haward, after  Robert Smirke - NPG D14452

'The dead shall live, the living die'

by Francis Haward, after Robert Smirke
stipple engraving, published May 1784 (1759-1761)
NPG D14452

John Hoole, by Mary Dawson Turner (née Palgrave), after  Ozias Humphry - NPG D14468

John Hoole

by Mary Dawson Turner (née Palgrave), after Ozias Humphry
etching, (1784)
NPG D14468