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1.
[Charles I] [art original].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1820?]
Call Number:
Quarto 53 Sp3 820a v.4
Collection Title:
Volume 4, after page 286. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Place and date of production inferred from publication place and date of the book in which the drawing is found., On verso is an engraved portrait of Charles I by Wenceslaus Hollar, of which this drawing is a stylized tracing in reverse. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: P,2.53., and Mounted after page 286 (leaf numbered '102' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of Joseph Spence's Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Subject (Name):
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649,
Subject (Topic):
Portrait drawings
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Charles I] [art original].

2.
[Charles I] [art original].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1820?]
Call Number:
Quarto 53 Sp3 820a v.4
Collection Title:
Volume 4, after page 286. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Place and date of production inferred from publication place and date of the book in which the drawing is found., On verso is an engraved portrait of Charles I by Wenceslaus Hollar, of which this drawing is a stylized tracing in reverse. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: P,2.53., and Mounted after page 286 (leaf numbered '102' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of Joseph Spence's Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Subject (Name):
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649,
Subject (Topic):
Portrait drawings
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Charles I] [art original].

3.
[Spikes, ladle, hatchet, and other naval implements] [art original].

Published / Created:
[ca. 1820?]
Call Number:
Quarto 53 Sp3 820a v.4
Collection Title:
Volume 4, after page 276. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Titled devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Place and date of production inferred from publication place and date of the book in which the drawing is found., The nine depicted items, presumably tools used on a warship, are labeled in watercolor with their names and length measurements: Spunge &c. 9 feet long ; 2 f. 6 tomyhawk for boarding ; lower deck spunge & rammer ; Crow[?] iron 4 f. ; 9 feet ; 14 inch hatchet for cutting away [the] rigging ; Hand spike 5 feet ; 9 feet copper ladle ; Boarding spike 10 feet., With another watercolor drawing on verso: [Spanish arms, swords and matchlock]., and Mounted after page 276 (leaf numbered '56' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of Joseph Spence's Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Subject (Topic):
Equipment, Arms & armament, Crowbars, Axes, and Spears
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Spikes, ladle, hatchet, and other naval implements] [art original].

4.
[Spanish arms, swords and matchlock] [art original].

Published / Created:
[ca. 1820?]
Call Number:
Quarto 53 Sp3 820a v.4
Collection Title:
Volume 4, after page 276. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Titled devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Place and date of production inferred from publication place and date of the book in which the drawing is found., In upper left, above the two depicted swords, is written in watercolor "Adml. De Winters sword, about 2 feet 6 inch long"; beside the handle of one of the swords is added "Adml. Duncan". In upper right, above the depicted coat of arms, is written "Spanish arms"., With another watercolor drawing on verso: [Spikes, ladle, hatchet, and other naval implements]., and Mounted after page 276 (leaf numbered '55' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of Joseph Spence's Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Subject (Name):
De Winter, Jan Willem, 1761-1812. and Duncan of Camperdown, Adam Duncan, Viscount, 1731-1804.
Subject (Topic):
Coats of arms, Daggers & swords, and Firearms
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Spanish arms, swords and matchlock] [art original].

5.
A view of Windsor Castle [art original].

Creator:
Lens, Bernard, 1682-1740, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1740]
Call Number:
Quarto 53 Sp3 820a v.4
Collection Title:
Volume 4, after page 282. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Windsor Castle, sitting atop its terraced hill, as viewed from across the Thames
Description:
Title written in brown ink below image., Attributed to Bernard Lens by curator. A similar drawing, titled "A view of Eaton College" in the same hand, is mounted in volume 5 of the same extra-illustrated set and has a previous owner's note on the verso identifying Lens as the artist., Date of production based on artist's death date., and Mounted after page 282 (leaf numbered '65' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of Joseph Spence's Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Subject (Name):
Windsor Castle,
Subject (Topic):
Castles & palaces, Rivers, and Rowboats
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A view of Windsor Castle [art original].