[Manfred watching servants lift the giant helmet off his dead son] [art original]
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Description
- Title
- [Manfred watching servants lift the giant helmet off his dead son] [art original]
- Creator
- Willyams, Cooper, 1762-1816, artist
- Published / Created
- [April 1787]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
-
A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the character Manfred depicted full-length on the right, facing left with his arms out in front of him, a horrified expression on his face. He's watching six servants on the left hold an enormous black helmet topped with large black feathers; below the helmet a man lies on his back, blood on the ground surrounding his head. The castle stands in the background, with a low round tower and a crenellated wall immediately behind the figures and higher walls and towers rising in the middle distance
- Description
-
Title devised by cataloger.
Signed and dated by the artist in ink in lower left corner.
Tipped in opposite page 4 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. London : Printed for Tho. Lownds in Fleet-Street, MDCCLXV [1765]. - Provenance
- Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Horace G. Commins, January 1964.
- Extent
- 1 drawing : image 16.2 x 10 cm, on sheet 17.2 x 11 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 24 17 765 Copy 4
- Collection Title
- Opposite page 4. Castle of Otranto.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Collection Date
- London : Printed for Tho. Lownds in Fleet-Street, MDCCLXV [1765].
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Illustrations
Watercolors British 18th century - Material
- watercolor ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic)
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Helmets
Castles & palaces
Dead persons - Subjects
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Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Illustrations
Helmets
Castles & palaces
Dead persons
British > 18th century
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Cooper Willyams, Manfred Watching Servants Lift the Giant Helmet Off His Dead Son. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13696647
- Object ID (OID)
- 16704386