"Portrait of the poet John Oldham; bust, to the right, looking at viewer; wearing plain black doublet with white collar, and shoulder length hair; in oval."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The biographical mirrour. London : Published by S. and E. Harding, Pall-Mall, 1795-[1814?]., Mounted on page 251 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., 1 print : stipple engraving and etching on wove paper ; oval sheet 12.5 x 10 cm and rectangular sheet 1.9 x 10.9 cm., Imperfect; the middle portion of the plate containing the statements of responsibility has been trimmed away, with the lower portion of the plate containing the title (but lacking the imprint statement) being mounted directly below the upper portion of the plate containing the image., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published May 19, 1792, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Oldham, John, 1653-1683, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Joseph Harris in character as Cardinal Wolsey; half-length standing holding a scroll, looking away to right with a frown, wearing a gown, cloak, plain collar and peaked soft hat; a building with arched windows and tall pillars seen through an arched window behind to right."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title etched below image., After a portrait by John Greenhill. See description of later state in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Plate later published in: Waldron, F.G. The Shakspearean miscellany ... London : Printed by Knight and Compton, 1802., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 452., Mounted on page 257 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., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pub. Augt. 29, 1793, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Harris, Joseph, approximately 1650-approximately 1715,
Drawing of a small head in basalt of Jupiter Serapis wearing the modius, a flat-topped cylindrical headdress or crown. This small statue was purchased by Sir William Hamilton from the Barberini Collection at Rome, was later sold to the Duchess of Portland, and was then bought by Horace Walpole upon her death. It was kept in either the Beauclerk Closet or the Round Room at Strawberry Hill
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 157 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., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Serapis (Egyptian deity),
Depiction of the marble copy at the Palace of Versailles of the statue known as the Sleeping Hermaphroditus. The nude figure lies on a mattress, body turned away from the viewer, head to the right and resting upon the right arm which rests upon a pillow; a sheet is draped over the figure's calves and left shoulder
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appeared., Plate from: Thomassin, S. Recueil des figures, groupes, thermes, fontaines, vases, statues, et autres ornemens de Versailles. Amsterdam : P. Mortier, 1695., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered "41" in upper right corner., Mounted on page 167 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., and For further information, consult library staff.
"Reclining figure of St Mary Magdalene, reading a book."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1837,0408.144., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 192 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., Note in pencil in lower right corner: In the cabinet., and For further information, consult library staff.
"Portrait of Lady Arabella Seymour, born Stuart; three-quarter length, slightly to the left; one hand resting on table to the left with two books behind; wearing pearls that reach down to her waist."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Lady Arabella Stuart
Description:
Title etched below image., Probably a proof state; for a later state with title re-etched and plate number added in upper right corner, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 33 30 Copy 4., Possibly engraved after the drawing by Vertue that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 124 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., and For further information, consult library staff.
"Triple three-quarter length portrait of the three Waldegrave sisters, seated beside one another at a small work-table; Lady Anna Horatia at right embroidering, with Lady Charlotte Maria at left, her head turned towards front, winding silk from skein which Lady Elizabeth Laura, centre, is holding; a curtain, pillars and trees behind them; after Reynolds (Mannings 1810)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ladies Waldegrave
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Engraved after the painting, now in the National Gallery of Scotland (NG 2171), that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Great Parlour (Refectory) at Strawberry Hill., Tipped in at page 38 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., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 1st, 1781, by V. Green, No. 29, Newman Street, Oxford Street, London
Subject (Name):
Waldegrave, Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave, Countess, 1760-1816,, Euston, Charlotte Maria Waldegrave, Lady, 1761-1808,, and Seymour, Anne Horatia Waldegrave, Lady, 1762-1801,
"Portrait of Anne Carnegie, Countess of Southesk; half length; head tilted slightly to right; hair in curls and wearing pearl jewellery; after P Lely."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of title. Complete title supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1920,1211.1257., Mounted on page 59 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., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper ; sheet 12.3 x 9.9 cm and sheet 2 x 9.9 cm., Imperfect; the middle portion of the plate containing the statements of responsibility has been trimmed away, with the lower portion of the plate containing the title being mounted directly below the upper portion of the plate containing the image., and For further information, consult library staff.
Title etched below image., Engraved after a painting by Watteau, with attribution etched in both Latin and French below title: Scalptus juxtà exemplar à Watteavo pictum ... ; Gravé d'apres le tableau original peint par Watteau ..., Date of publication based on publisher's death date., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 81 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., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Chez F. Chereau graveur du Roy ruë St. Jacques aux deux pilliers d'Or
Medland, Thomas, active 18th century-19th century, printmaker
Published / Created:
[178-?]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of Lee Priory, a gothic revival hall with castellated walls, pointed tower and large gothic window at right, seen from the grounds at back, trees surrounding."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and approximate date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1912,0319.5., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 249 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., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; sheet 22.6 x 33.2 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
