Old weapons in the Armory [art original].
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Description
- Title
- Old weapons in the Armory [art original].
- Creator
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created
- [approximately 1790]
- Publication Place
- Twickenham
- Abstract
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Watercolor drawing depicting some of the weapons kept by Horace Walpole in the Armory at Strawberry Hill. These weapons, which include spears and lances, are presented in two rows in the bottom part of the drawing. Above the weapons, in the upper left, is a depiction of a hand-shaped lock with fingers extended and the note "An old padlock open--" written below; immediately to the right is the same lock shown with fingers down and the note "and shut" written below. In the upper right corner is a depiction of a long-handled spoon with the note "A Roman ladle in the Library" written below it.
- Description
-
Title written in ink below image.
Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card.
Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen.
Mounted on page 97 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13.
For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- Sold at Sotheby's 29 April-1 May 1880 (Bull sale), lot 886, to Ellis, £110. Offered by Ellis & White in Catalogue 46, ca. 1881 for £210. Sold at Sotheby's 15(16) June 1920?, lot 243 to Lynch, (C. Constable Curtis of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire), £255. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Mrs. Curtis, of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire, August 1937.
- Extent
- 1 drawing : sheet 45.7 x 32 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Ink drawings British 18th century
Watercolors British 18th century - Material
- pen and ink and watercolor with wash-line border ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic)
-
Arms & armament
Locks (Hardware)
Cooking utensils - Subjects
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Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Arms & armament
Locks (Hardware)
Cooking utensils
British > 18th century
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > Ownership
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
- John Carter, Old Weapons in the Armory. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13481892
- Object ID (OID)
- 16732988