"Mary kneeling and holding out the Christ child to the high priest, who leans down with open arms; a group of men looking on from a higher level between pillars, one climbing down; Joseph standing behind Mary in a humble attitude to right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Size of the picture, 2 f. 0 i. by 2 f. 6 i. in height"--Lower left corner., Engraved after the painting kept by Horace Walpole in the Great North Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 212 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:
Published Sepr. 25th, 1771, by J. Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
Morris, Thomas, approximately 1750-approximately 1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. 1784]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A print of the bench in the shape of a shell, carved in oak from a design by Richard Bentley for Horace Walpole, that was on the grounds of his Strawberry Hill estate in Twickenham
Description:
Title etched below image., First state of the plate, before volume and page numbering added in upper right corner., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784., Mounted on page 264 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 18.1 x 17.3 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Drawing of the interior of the Chapel at Strawberry Hill, with the ornate shrine brought from Rome in 1768 prominent at center. On the wall to the left of the shrine hangs the panel showing Humphrey Duke of Gloucester praying, and on the wall to the right hangs the panel showing an old man in a stable; these panels originally came from the abbey of St. Edmundsbury. In the shadows beneath the shrine, beyond its twisted columns, sits the cross inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Gothic tracery decorates the arched ceiling and runs down the walls in columns; two short steps leading up to the shrine are visible in the foreground
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner., Mounted on page 230 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):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Wash drawing of the ornate silver bell that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. Made for a pope by Benvenuto Cellini, this bell is covered with images in relief of insects, snakes, and other animals. Images of the Virgin and boy-angels cover the top part of the bell; an image of a wreath of leaves runs along the bottom of the bell
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 189 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):
Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title from first line of text., Title in Hazen: This ticket to view Strawberry Hill, 1774., Mounted on page 7 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., Signed: Horace Walpole. Date supplied in manuscript: Thursday, Aug. 4th., and Mounted, bound to 56 cm. For further information, consult library staff.
"Portrait of Thomas Seymour of Sudeley; bust, to the right, with badge of garter, wearing cap."--British Museum online catalogue, descriptioin of a later state
Alternative Title:
Thomas Seymour, Lord Sudeley
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on later state: H. Holbein pinx. ; J. Ogborne sculp., Early state, before text added below image border and above imprint statement. For later state, see the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: G,6.107., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Text below title: The original picture is in the possession of the Marquis of Buckingham., According to text on later state, this plate was engraved after a miniature by Lady Lucan at Strawberry Hill, which in turn was made after the original by Holbein., Mounted on page 243 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 stipple on laid paper ; oval image 8.6 x 6.8 cm, on sheet 13.6 x 9.9 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 15, 1786, by I. Thane, Rupert Street, Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Sudeley, Thomas Seymour, Baron, 1508?-1549, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a feathered beret and collar of the Order of St Michel; in an architectural oval with draped curtain beyond and cartouche below; a weeping putto seated next to an axe and resting his hand on a crown below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., State with altered lettering; Anthonis Mor's name replaces that of Holbein in artist statement. For an earlier state with "Holben pinx." etched in lower right corner, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1841,1211.87., Publisher and place of publication from the volume in which the print appeared., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "In the collection of Mr. Richardson"--Below image., Engraved after a painting that was afterwards acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 175 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:
John and Paul Knapton
Subject (Name):
Norfolk, Thomas Howard, Duke of, 1538-1572, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A half-length portrait of Thomas Kirgate facing right, with a view of the Strawberry Hill printing house in the distance on the right
Description:
Title etched below image., Mounted on page 237 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 ; sheet 16.4 x 13.2 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810,, Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England), and Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Thomas Thynne; half length in an oval frame, wearing long wig, lace cravat, and gown; coat of arms below, in frame decorated with skulls and crossbones."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Thomas Thynne of Longleate ...
Description:
Title engraved below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: P,6.29., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 55 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:
Sold by R. White in Bloomsbury Markett near the Golden Heart
"Portrait of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, with long wavy hair, nearly half-length to right, looking towards the viewer; wearing broad while collar and dark gown; in an oval, with border of stippled line."--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?]., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 259 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 ; oval image 9.7 x 7.5 cm, on sheet 15.9 x 13.3 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 1, 1794, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Southampton, Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of, 1607-1667, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
