An imagined view, based on Horace Walpole's description, of the arch at Stowe that was erected in honor of Princess Amelia. The trestled arch, covered in ivy or other greenery, rises up at the center of the image, a medallion of the princess at its apex. Through the arch is seen a glade leading down to a river, the trees just beyond the arch framing the view further; a bridge and hills are visible in the distance beyond. Groups of white figures, presumably classical statues in marble, cluster around the two bases of the arch. In the left foreground a woman in a pink dress looks through the arch, her back to the viewer
Description:
Title written below image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner of image., Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period., Page reference for quotation written below title: Page 117., and Bound in as page 189 in volume 5 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Watercolor drawing of the fictional archbishop in Lesage's novel Gil Blas; bust length, turned slightly right; overweight, with white hair and bushy white eyebrows; wearing a mitre, pectoral cross, and chasuble
Description:
Title written below image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner of image., Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period., Page reference for quotation written below title: Page 210., and Bound in as page 80 in volume 9 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Composite image, set against a gray background pattern with images of leaves, flowers, and birds, including ten small rectangular views of English scenery, some drawn to overlap and partially obscure others. The scenes include: a view of a bridge and cathedral and several views of the English countryside, with fields, trees, roads, small houses, and rivers with the occasional figures, including a man on horseback, a man lying on a hill, and people riding in a carriage
Description:
Title written at bottom of image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner of image., Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period., Page reference for quotation written below title: Page 262., and Bound in as page 180 in volume 11 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Subject (Topic):
Nature, Plants, Bodies of water, Cities & towns, and Dwellings
Portrait of Horace Walpole, full length, facing right, stooped forward slightly with bent knees, walking on tiptoe; wearing a lavender suit and tan stockings; holding a tricorne in front of him, his curled white wig exposed; woodwork, a vase, and a framed painting are visible in the background on the right; a bust on a pedestal, a stained glass window, and the railing to a staircase are visible through a doorway on the left
Description:
Title written below image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right portion of image., Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period., Page reference written below title: Page 293., and Bound in as page 249 in volume 12 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Drawing of a woman, full length, standing next to a table on which a mirror and a vase of flowers sit; dressed in early eighteenth-century French attire, her hair up and topped with feathers; holding a rose in her right hand and a hairbrush(?) in her left hand
Description:
Title written below image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner of image., Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period., Page reference written below title: Page 84., and Bound in as page 120 in volume 4 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Portrait of Mary Berry; bust length, looking to the right; wearing her hair loose and curly
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Statement of responsibility written in brown ink in lower left corner of sheet., Probably copied from a print by Henry Adlard after a miniature by Anne Mee. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1939,0513.140., Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period., Date from decorated title page indicating that the volumes of this copy were "... privately illustrated 1884-1890"., and Mounted on page 160 in volume 11 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Portrait of Agnes Berry in an oval; bust length, directed to the left; looking over her shoulder
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Statement of responsibility written in brown ink in lower left corner of sheet., Probably copied from a print by Henry Adlard after a miniature. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1939,0513.141., Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period., Date from decorated title page indicating that the volumes of this copy were "... privately illustrated 1884-1890"., and Mounted on page 162 in volume 11 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Half-length portrait of Thomas Kirgate in profile to the right; with receding wavy hair, wearing a plain coat and frilled cravat; with a large tree behind him on the left anda a view of the Strawberry Hill printing house in the distance on the right. Below a second drawing, an untitled watercolor drawing of a row of books on a wall-mounted shelf
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Signed by the artist with initials in lower right corner of image., Probably copied from a print by A. Birrell after a drawing by Sylvester Harding. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 486 10 Copy 1., Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period., Date from decorated title page indicating that the volumes of this copy were "... privately illustrated 1884-1890"., and Bound in as page 196 in volume 1 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Subject (Name):
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810, and Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England),
Watercolor drawing of a palette, with colored paints in a line across the top, five paint brushes emerging from the thumb hole on the right side and a garland of holly leaves and berries wraps around three sides of the palette. Intended as a vignette as indicated by the words penned in ink below "End of Vol. III".
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed by the artist with initials at bottom of image., Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period., Date from decorated title page indicating that the volumes of this copy were "... privately illustrated 1884-1890"., Mounted above drawing is a proof state of a mezzotint engraving after Reynolds entitled The age of innocence., and Bound in as page 240 in volume 9 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
A drawing of a crown and scepter; the gold crown is decorated with large jewels and purple cloth
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Signed by the artist with initials in lower right corner of image., Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period., Date from decorated title page indicating that the volumes of this copy were "... privately illustrated 1884-1890"., Window mounted below drawing is an engraved portrait of King George III., and Bound in as page 278 in volume 3 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
