[Alphonso, dilated to an immense magnitude] [art original].

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Title: [Alphonso, dilated to an immense magnitude] [art original].
Published / Created: [approximately 1800]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the vision of Alphonso looming large over the courtyard of the castle, the other characters in the foreground either bowing down or looking up in astonishment. The form of Alphonso, dressed in full armor, floats in front of a crumbling section of the castle. The moon occupies the cloud-filled sky above; an angelic figure is visible within a break in the clouds at the top of the image
Description: Title devised by curator.
Unsigned; artist not identified.
Date of production supplied by curator.
Mounted opposite page 239 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].
Provenance: Formerly owned by Sir Gerald Codrington, Bart., with his armorial bookplate in the volume. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Myers, Aug. 1941.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 14.8 x 10 cm, mounted to 24.1 x 17 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: 24 17 791P Copy 7
Collection Title: Opposite page 239. Castle of Otranto.
Collection / Other Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Collection Date: Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].

Genre: Illustrations
Book illustrations
Watercolors (paintings)
Material: watercolor ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic): Courtyards
Ghosts
Subjects: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Illustrations
Courtyards
Ghosts
Codrington, Gerald, Sir, bart., 1850-1929 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Alphonso, Dilated to an Immense Magnitude. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.