A drawing of the monument to Mrs. Clive int he garden of Mr. Berry in Twickenham, set in a grove. On the base is Horace Walpole's five-line epitaph
Alternative Title:
Horace Walpole's memorial to Kitty Clive
Description:
Title written below image in Thomas Kirgate's hand., Questionable attribution to Joseph Farington., and With Horace Walpole's epitaph engraved on the base: "Ye smiles & jests still hover round! This is Mirth's consecrated ground: ..." written after her visit to Strawberry Hill in 1774. (See Yale edition of Horace Walpole's correspondence, v. 2 , p. 374-5.)
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Memorials, Monuments & memorials, and Buildings, structures, etc
View of a brick tower at the top of the hill; at its runs a stream. Trees flank each side of the image in the foreground
Description:
Inscribed in ink below the title: Built by Thos. Greening Esq. (when Gardener of Kensington Gardens under his late Majesty King George the Second) for the purpose of a termination to the view from his house, now Sion School at Brentford-Encl: and also for exhibiting illuminations, and fire works on the Kings birthday, and other public occasions, it standing directly opposite the Kings Palace at Richmond, where his late Majesty usually resided., Inscription in pencil on verso: [Mercer] ?35, Farington of his drawing of ... Monument., Joseph Farington, English landscape painter, 1747-1827., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Kensington Gardens (London, England), Towers, and Architectural follies
View of an oak tree in the left foreground, next to an urn at extreme right, looking at the view of Abingdon in the background, and the Carfax Conduit in the left middle distance
Description:
Title and date from Stadler aquatint after this drawing. and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Nuneham Courtenay (England) and Abingdon (England)
A view of the south side of Horace Walpole's villa in Twickenham, Strawberry Hill, from across the lawn, with the Thames in the distance
Description:
Title devised by curator. and This design is attributed to J. Farington on the print entitled "Strawberry Hill" published by J. & J. Boydell in June 1793 and etched by J.C. Stadler.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Estates, and Buildings, structures, etc
