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37. [Fleurons & vignettes to the Strawberry editions] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Walpole, Horace 1717-1797, collector
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1797]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Collection of small engravings from various works printed at Strawberry Hill. These include two fleurons, two decorated initial letters, two of Horace Walpole's bookplates (one printed on orange paper), and several vignettes, two of which are signed "C. Grignion sculp." Among the vignettes are several images of Strawberry Hill, one annotated "R. Bentley del." by Thomas Kirgate and another, printed in blue ink, annotated "J.H. Muntz del." by Horace Walpole. In addition to the arms on Walpole's bookplates, the Walpole crest is depicted on one vignette (annotated "Wale des." by Thomas Kirgate) and the Buckingham coat of arms with the motto "Templa quam dilecta" is depicted on another. Also included is a portrait in profile of Antonio Magliabechi, done from a medal; this is an early state of the plate printed on the title page of: Spence, J. A parallel : in the manner of Plutarch ... [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, by W. Robinson ..., 1758
- Description:
- Title from note in Horace Walpole's hand near bottom of page., Date based on death date of Horace Walpole, who assembled this collection., Sheets trimmed to or within plate marks., and Prints mounted together on page 188 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
- Publisher:
- Strawberry Hill Press
- Subject (Name):
- Magliabechi, Antonio, 1633-1714,
- Subject (Topic):
- Coats of arms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Fleurons & vignettes to the Strawberry editions] [graphic].
38. [Francesco Bartolozzi] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bouillard, Jacques, 1744-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 July 1797]
- Call Number:
- Portraits B292 no. 1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Portrait of Francesco Bartolozzi, bust-length, in an architectural oval, in profile to the left, dressed in a dark frockcoat open over his waistcoat with his neck-cloth tied loosely and his hair fashionably powdered, curled and tied in a queue, a bas-relief below depicting Merit banishing Time with an intaglio engraved with Bartolozzi's monogram, with the Graces, Invention, Painting and a putto using a burin to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd 1st July 1797 by I. Bouilliard, London
- Subject (Name):
- Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Francesco Bartolozzi] [graphic]
39. [Madame de Prie] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1797]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of Madame de Prie, half-length, directed to right, looking to front, index pointing upwards, a bird perched on her right hand
- Description:
- Title from note in Horace Walpole's hand below image on mounting page., Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, whose manuscript annotation is present., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., A version of this portait, done in crayons, was hung by Horace Walpole in the Red Bed Chamber at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 70 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Berthelot de Pléneuf, Agnès, marquise de Prie, 1698-1727, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Madame de Prie] [graphic].
40. [Philip I of Austria, K. of Castile] [b. 1506 aet. 28]. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1797]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from contemporary manuscript note in ink below image., Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, who included an impression of this print in an extra-illustrated copy of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Number "1" etched above image., and Mounted on page 101 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Philip I, King of Castile, 1478-1506,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Philip I of Austria, K. of Castile] [b. 1506 aet. 28]. [graphic]
41. [The distressed poet] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cook, Thomas, approximately 1744-1818
- Published / Created:
- [1 October 1797]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 797.10.01.02++ Box 310
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "An untidy garret with a man in a dressing-gown working on a poem entitled 'Poverty' while his wife is confronted by a milkmaid with a lengthy tally who demands payment; a baby in bed is crying; a dog eats meat from a plate on a chair; behind the poet's head is a satirical print showing Alexander Pope thrashing the book-seller Edmund Curll who had published pirate editions of his work."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Studious he sate, with all his books around
- Description:
- Title from Paulson., Two columns each with two lines of verse engraved below image: Studious he sate, with all his books around, Sinking from thought to thought, a vast profund! Plung'd for his sense, but found no bottom there; Then writ, and flounder'd on, in more despair. Dunciad Book I, line III., Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2309., and Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 145.
- Publisher:
- Published Octr. 1st, 1797 by G.G. & J. Robinson, Paternoster Row, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The distressed poet] [graphic]
42. [William and Mary] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Thurston, John, 1774-1822, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- April 2, 1797.
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 812 B68
- Collection Title:
- Plate [173] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; a cherub holding a portrait medallion of William and Mary, below a female figure reaches up towards him with arms outstretched, another figure (envy?) turning away behind, with bat and grotesque creature beside; a fleet of ships on sea in background."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [173] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
- Subject (Name):
- William III, King of England, 1650-1702, and Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694,
- Subject (Topic):
- Putti
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [William and Mary] [graphic]
