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1.
[Stairway and armor] [art original]

Creator:
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853
Published / Created:
[180-?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3678.16+ (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Elevation drawing of the stairway at Strawberry Hill, with the suit of armor of Francis II in niche at the top
Alternative Title:
Elevation of the hall with Francis II armor
Description:
Title and tentative date supplied by curator., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and George Perfect Harding (1780-1853), British miniature painter.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Art collections, Armor, and Stairways
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Stairway and armor] [art original]

2.
[Sketches for Round Drawing Room at Strawberry Hill] [art original].

Creator:
Chute, John, 1701-1776, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1797]
Call Number:
49 2523
Collection Title:
Page 121.8. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to John Chute from local card catalog record., Date based on death date of Horace Walpole, who assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is mounted., Two drawings on separate sheets, mounted together one above the other., Annotations accompany the vignettes in the drawings, with "circular room 12 feet high" written in pencil across top of uppermost drawing. Also in the upper drawing, "eight stools" is written in ink next to a circular design, and the notes "fret work inside of roof" and "low head boards pierced ..." are written next to two small depictions of a chimneypiece. In the lower drawing, the notes "flat & square" and "balustrade 2 f. 1/2 high" are written next to a patterned design., Several additional sketches of architectural details, in pen and ink and pencil, are present on the verso of the sheet mounted at top., and Mounted on page 121.8 in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 22, copy 3.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts and Chimneypieces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Sketches for Round Drawing Room at Strawberry Hill] [art original].

3.
[Doorway with landscape mural in the transom] [art original].

Published / Created:
[between 1750 and 1797?]
Call Number:
SH Contents Un58 no. 9 Box 115
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of a doorway with a landscape painting in the transom. The walls on either side are decorated with vines with leaves and red blossoms
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Doors & doorways
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Doorway with landscape mural in the transom] [art original].

4.
[Design for a Gothic chimney-piece] [Alternative design for a Gothic chimney-piece]. [art original]

Creator:
Miller, Sanderson, 1716-1780, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1780]
Call Number:
Drawings M647 no. 10 Box D135
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
Two designs for chimneypieces; one is on the sheet's recto and the other on the verso
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Topic):
Chimneypieces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Design for a Gothic chimney-piece] [Alternative design for a Gothic chimney-piece]. [art original]

5.
[Designs for Gothic ceiling ornaments] [Pencil sketch of an elevation and plan of a Palladian five

Creator:
Miller, Sanderson, 1716-1780, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1780]
Call Number:
Drawings M647 no. 8 Box D135
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A pencil skteches of designs for Gothic ceiling ornaments; on the verso two sketches: the first, a Palladian house with five bays, attached to a church by a walk; and the second, a floor plan for a house[?].
Alternative Title:
Pencil sketch of an elevation and plan of a Palladian five-bay house attached to a church by a covered walk
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Topic):
Ceilings, Houses, and Quatrefoils
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Designs for Gothic ceiling ornaments] [Pencil sketch of an elevation and plan of a Palladian five-bay house attached to a church by a covered walk]. [art original]

7.
[Section of the church and chancel at Croome] [art original].

Creator:
Miller, Sanderson, 1716-1780, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1780]
Call Number:
Drawings M647 no. 12 Box D135
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Structural drawing of the church and chancel at Croome, in black in with scale and some additions in purple ink. Square section in upper left corner cut out
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and Inscribed at top of page: "Section of [the] Church and Chancel for Ld. Coventry at Croome, Worchestershire."
Subject (Topic):
Churches
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Section of the church and chancel at Croome] [art original].

9.
[Detail of a cornice] [art original].

Creator:
Miller, Sanderson, 1716-1780, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1780]
Call Number:
Drawings M647 no. 9 Box D135
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
An ink drawing with some pencil, of a design for a captial with decorated with ancanthi leaves
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and Written below design in an unidentified hand: "At Ed. Egremounts Library in Pickadilly, plaister cornice under [the] cove."
Subject (Topic):
Acanthi, Capitals (Columns), and Cornices
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Detail of a cornice] [art original].

10.
[Elevation of a Gothic quatrefoil fence and gate] [Sketch of an otter swimming from a lake]. [art

Creator:
Miller, Sanderson, 1716-1780, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1780]
Call Number:
Drawings M647 no. 6 Box D135
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
An ink and wash drawing of a design for a fence and gate; sheet torn on the left side. On the verso an ink sketch of an otter in the water
Alternative Title:
Sketch of an otter swimming from a lake
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., "Gate" written below design in an unidentified hand., and Sheet torn with loss of partial loss of the design.
Subject (Topic):
Fences, Gates, and Quatrefoils
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Elevation of a Gothic quatrefoil fence and gate] [Sketch of an otter swimming from a lake]. [art original]

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