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1. [Castle of Otranto] [art original]
- Creator:
- Joinol (Artist)
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1795]
- Call Number:
- 24 17 795 Copy 2
- Collection Title:
- Opposite frontispiece. Castello di Otranto.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawn frontispiece to Horace Walpole's novel The castle of Otranto, with the Gothic castle featured prominently at center, rising above a tall fortification wall. In the foreground are three mounted knights in full armor and two additional knights on foot leading them. On the far left outside the walls is a church; rolling hills and trees are seen in the distance
- Alternative Title:
- Castello di Otranto
- Description:
- Title devised by curator; alternative title from the print that was engraved after this drawing., Signed by the artist in ink in lower right corner., Date of production based on publication date of the book issued with a frontispiece engraved after this drawing., Original drawing for the frontispiece, engraved by Thomas Medland and entitled Castello di Otranto, that was issued with the 1795 edition in Italian of The castle of Otranto., and Inlaid opposite frontispiece in a copy of: Walpole, H. Il castello di Otranto. Londra : Presso, Molini, Polidor, Molini, ed I. Edwards, 1795.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Castles & palaces and Knights
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Castle of Otranto] [art original]
