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1. A collection of prints and a drawing collected by Horace Walpole to illustrate his copy of James Boswell's The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Creator:: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector
Published / Created:: [ca. 1787?]
Call Number:: 49 3069
Image Count:: 8
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A collection of prints and one drawing (tentatively attributed to Samuel Collings), mostly portraits of Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, mounted in Walpole's copy of James Boswell's The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson (London : Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, 1785).
Description:: Title devised by cataloger. and Also bound in are three prints described in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum; these are cataloged separately.
Subject (Name):: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784,, Boswell, James, 1740-1795,, Boufflers, Marie Charlotte Hippolyte, countess of, 1725-1800,, Macpherson, James, 1736-1796,, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A collection of prints and a drawing collected by Horace Walpole to illustrate his copy of James Boswell's The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

2. A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality [graphic].

Creator:: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector
Published / Created:: [1774?]
Call Number:: Folio 49 3588 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 86
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Volume of etchings, engravings, and four drawings by amateur artists, collected and heavily annotated by Horace Walpole and assembled and bound by him around 1774. Artists included are: C.W. Bampfylde, Lady Beaumont, Miss C.S. Blake, the Earl of Buchan, the Countess of Burlington, Hon. Richard Byron, Emma Crewe, Lady Cunynghame, the Countess of Drogheda, Lord Grantham, Eliza Gulston, E. Haistwell, Sir William Hamilton, Mary Hartley, Georgina Keate, Ellis Cornelia Knight, Lady Elizabeth Montagu, the Duchess of Newcastle, Viscountess of Polwarth, Sir Thomas Reeve, Catherine St. Aubyn, the Earl of Sunderland, J. Tobin, Caroline Yorke (engravings from drawings by her mother Mrs. Agneta Yorke), and others; some of the engravings are after the work of Lavinia Countess Spencer and Lady Diana Beauclerk
Description:: Title from item., Bound in red morocco, gilt, with Horace Walpole's coat of arms on sides. Bookplate of John Waldie, Hendersyde., and With three additional title pages, formerly thought to have been printed at Strawberry Hill Press: Etchings by Isabella Byron, daughter of William Lord Byron, and second wife of Henry Harcourt, fourth Earl of Carlisle; Etchings by Lady Louisa Augusta Greville, eldest daughter of Francis Earl of Brooke and Warwick; Etchings by George Simon Harcourt Viscount Nuneham, eldest son of Simon Earl of Harcourt.
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Topic):: Artists, British and Landscapes
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality [graphic].

3. A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality [graphic].

Creator:: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector
Published / Created:: [1774?]
Call Number:: Folio 49 3588 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 64
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Volume of etchings, engravings, and four drawings by amateur artists, collected and heavily annotated by Horace Walpole and assembled and bound by him around 1774. Artists included are: C.W. Bampfylde, Lady Beaumont, Miss C.S. Blake, the Earl of Buchan, the Countess of Burlington, Hon. Richard Byron, Emma Crewe, Lady Cunynghame, the Countess of Drogheda, Lord Grantham, Eliza Gulston, E. Haistwell, Sir William Hamilton, Mary Hartley, Georgina Keate, Ellis Cornelia Knight, Lady Elizabeth Montagu, the Duchess of Newcastle, Viscountess of Polwarth, Sir Thomas Reeve, Catherine St. Aubyn, the Earl of Sunderland, J. Tobin, Caroline Yorke (engravings from drawings by her mother Mrs. Agneta Yorke), and others; some of the engravings are after the work of Lavinia Countess Spencer and Lady Diana Beauclerk
Description:: Title from item., Bound in red morocco, gilt, with Horace Walpole's coat of arms on sides. Bookplate of John Waldie, Hendersyde., and With three additional title pages, formerly thought to have been printed at Strawberry Hill Press: Etchings by Isabella Byron, daughter of William Lord Byron, and second wife of Henry Harcourt, fourth Earl of Carlisle; Etchings by Lady Louisa Augusta Greville, eldest daughter of Francis Earl of Brooke and Warwick; Etchings by George Simon Harcourt Viscount Nuneham, eldest son of Simon Earl of Harcourt.
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Topic):: Artists, British and Landscapes
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality [graphic].

4. Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley, only son of Dr. Bentley, Master of Trinity-College, Cambridge [art original].

Creator:: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector
Published / Created:: [approximately 1760]
Call Number:: Folio 49 3585
Image Count:: 69
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A collection of 75 drawings and designs for Strawberry Hill which document the growth of Strawberry Hill whilst Bentley was in favor with the owner Horace Walpole and part of the "Strawberry Committee" (ca. 1753-1761) along with John Chute. Drawings include: the first plans for the main library. Besides the designs for Strawberry Hill, there are plans for other buildings, views of Jersey, sketches for Gray's Poems, etc
Alternative Title:: Drawings and designs by Richard Bentley ...
Description:: Title from special title page printed at Strawberry Hill Press, ca. 1760. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of Strawberry Hill press, p. 255., With notes by Horace Walpole and Richard Bentley on mounts and drawings., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):: Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771., Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Homes and haunts
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley, only son of Dr. Bentley, Master of Trinity-College, Cambridge [art original].

5. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs [graphic].

Creator:: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector
Published / Created:: [between 1765 and 1792]
Call Number:: Folio 49 3563 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 128
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: An album of prints with some drawings by Henry William Bunbury, assembled by Horace Walpole (ca. 1776-1782), and mounted with captions by Walpole along with prints etched or engraved after Bunbury designs by: W. Dickinson, F. Bartolozzi, Thomas Watson, J. Bretherton, J. Baldrey, and P.W. White. Includes a series "Hints to bad horsemen" and a portrait by Joshua Reynolds of a young Bunbury engraved by T. Blackmore
Description:: Title vignette., Title from t.p. printed at Strawberry Hill Press by Thomas Kirgate, mounted on p. [1]., and Original marbled boards with calf backs. Bookplate 2 early state. (Later state in the second volume). Press-mark C.19. Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Subject (Name):: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811. and Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811,
Subject (Topic):: English wit and humor, Pictorial, Animals, Horseback riding, Horses, Jumping (Horsemanship), and Peasants
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs [graphic].

6. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs [graphic].

Creator:: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector
Published / Created:: [between 1765 and 1792]
Call Number:: Folio 49 3563 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 50
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: An album of prints with some drawings by Henry William Bunbury, assembled by Horace Walpole (ca. 1776-1782), and mounted with captions by Walpole along with prints etched or engraved after Bunbury designs by: W. Dickinson, F. Bartolozzi, Thomas Watson, J. Bretherton, J. Baldrey, and P.W. White. Includes a series "Hints to bad horsemen" and a portrait by Joshua Reynolds of a young Bunbury engraved by T. Blackmore
Description:: Title vignette., Title from t.p. printed at Strawberry Hill Press by Thomas Kirgate, mounted on p. [1]., and Original marbled boards with calf backs. Bookplate 2 early state. (Later state in the second volume). Press-mark C.19. Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Subject (Name):: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811. and Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811,
Subject (Topic):: English wit and humor, Pictorial, Animals, Horseback riding, Horses, Jumping (Horsemanship), and Peasants
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs [graphic].

7. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others [art original].

Creator:: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector
Published / Created:: [ca. 1757]
Call Number:: Folio 49 3581
Container / Volume:: v.1
Image Count:: 53
Abstract:: A large portfolio assembled by Horace Walpole from various lots he acquired at the Vertue sale 16 March 1757 including rare prints and drawings, among which are Holbein drawings. In addition to the portfolio, is a small volume of eight portrait drawings taken from this collection and later acquired separately
Alternative Title:: Portfolio of original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views &c by Vertue and others
Description:: Title from item. Title from Hazen: Portfolio of original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views &c by Vertue and others., Two volumes and one solander box containing a drawing housed separately., and Some of these, about fifty, are now mounted and rebound in red morocco, with Horace Walpole's manuscript title-page preserved. Bookplate 1. Press-mark D.3.13 in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763; moved to the Round Tower. Bookplate of William Frederick, 9th Earl Waldegrave.
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):: Buildings and Portraits
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others [art original].

8. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others [art original].

Creator:: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector
Published / Created:: [ca. 1757]
Call Number:: Folio 49 3581
Container / Volume:: v.2
Image Count:: 16
Abstract:: A large portfolio assembled by Horace Walpole from various lots he acquired at the Vertue sale 16 March 1757 including rare prints and drawings, among which are Holbein drawings. In addition to the portfolio, is a small volume of eight portrait drawings taken from this collection and later acquired separately
Alternative Title:: Portfolio of original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views &c by Vertue and others
Description:: Title from item. Title from Hazen: Portfolio of original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views &c by Vertue and others., Two volumes and one solander box containing a drawing housed separately., and Some of these, about fifty, are now mounted and rebound in red morocco, with Horace Walpole's manuscript title-page preserved. Bookplate 1. Press-mark D.3.13 in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763; moved to the Round Tower. Bookplate of William Frederick, 9th Earl Waldegrave.
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):: Buildings and Portraits
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others [art original].

9. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others [art original].

Creator:: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector
Published / Created:: [ca. 1757]
Call Number:: Folio 49 3581
Image Count:: 60
Abstract:: A large portfolio assembled by Horace Walpole from various lots he acquired at the Vertue sale 16 March 1757 including rare prints and drawings, among which are Holbein drawings. In addition to the portfolio, is a small volume of eight portrait drawings taken from this collection and later acquired separately
Alternative Title:: Portfolio of original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views &c by Vertue and others
Description:: Title from item. Title from Hazen: Portfolio of original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views &c by Vertue and others., Two volumes and one solander box containing a drawing housed separately., and Some of these, about fifty, are now mounted and rebound in red morocco, with Horace Walpole's manuscript title-page preserved. Bookplate 1. Press-mark D.3.13 in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763; moved to the Round Tower. Bookplate of William Frederick, 9th Earl Waldegrave.
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):: Buildings and Portraits
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others [art original].