Drawn frontispiece to Horace Walpole's novel The castle of Otranto, with the Gothic castle featured prominently at center, rising above a tall fortification wall. In the foreground are three mounted knights in full armor and two additional knights on foot leading them. On the far left outside the walls is a church; rolling hills and trees are seen in the distance
Alternative Title:
Castello di Otranto
Description:
Title devised by curator; alternative title from the print that was engraved after this drawing., Signed by the artist in ink in lower right corner., Date of production based on publication date of the book issued with a frontispiece engraved after this drawing., Original drawing for the frontispiece, engraved by Thomas Medland and entitled Castello di Otranto, that was issued with the 1795 edition in Italian of The castle of Otranto., and Inlaid opposite frontispiece in a copy of: Walpole, H. Il castello di Otranto. Londra : Presso, Molini, Polidor, Molini, ed I. Edwards, 1795.
A sketch of the coat of arms of Humphry Earl of Stafford, later first Duke of Buckingham, with a brief biographical note in Horace Walpole's hand below the image
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist unknown. Formerly attributed to George Vertue., From a group of images thought to have been originally drawn by John Rous and traced by an unidentified artist for Horace Walpole; later engraved for his Historic doubts on the life and reign of Richard III. See London edition, 1768 and Strawberry Hill edition 1770., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763, but recorded in the Description of Strawberry Hill, 1774, among the rare books of prints and drawings in the library.
Subject (Name):
Buckingham, Humphrey Stafford, Duke of, 1402-1460.
A sketch of the coat of arms of Richard Earl of Arundell identified by a caption in Horace Walpole's hand below the image
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist unknown. Formerly attributed to George Vertue., From a group of images thought to have been originally drawn by John Rous and traced by an unidentified artist for Horace Walpole; later engraved for his Historic doubts on the life and reign of Richard III. See London edition, 1768 and Strawberry Hill edition 1770., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763, but recorded in the Description of Strawberry Hill, 1774, among the rare books of prints and drawings in the library.
Subject (Name):
Arundel and Surrey, Richard Fitzalan, Earl of, 1306-1376.
A sketch of the coat of arms of Richard the 13th Earl of Warwick with a brief biographical note in Horace Walpole's hand below the image
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist unknown. Formerly attributed to George Vertue., From a group of images thought to have been originally drawn by John Rous and traced by an unidentified artist for Horace Walpole; later engraved for his Historic doubts on the life and reign of Richard III. See London edition, 1768 and Strawberry Hill edition 1770., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763, but recorded in the Description of Strawberry Hill, 1774, among the rare books of prints and drawings in the library.
Subject (Name):
Beauchamp, Richard de, Earl of Warwick, 1382-1439.
A sketch of the coat of arms of "Richard Nevil Erle of Warwick", with a brief biographical note in Horace Walpole's hand below the image. Numbered "p. 11" in upper left corner
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist unknown. Formerly attributed to George Vertue., From a group of images thought to have been originally drawn by John Rous and traced by an unidentified artist for Horace Walpole; later engraved for his Historic doubts on the life and reign of Richard III. See London edition, 1768 and Strawberry Hill edition 1770., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763, but recorded in the Description of SH, 1774, among the rare books of prints and drawings in the library.
A sketch of the coat of arms of Sir Edward Woodville with a brief biographical note in Horace Walpole's hand below the image. Numbered "p. 70" in upper left corner. On the verso, a smaller and much less detailed sketch of the coat of arms of his brother Richard Earl of Rivers also with a brief biographical note
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist unknown. Formerly attributed to George Vertue., From a group of images thought to have been originally drawn by John Rous and traced by an unidentified artist for Horace Walpole; later engraved for his Historic doubts on the life and reign of Richard III. See London edition, 1768 and Strawberry Hill edition 1770., On verso: drawing of the Coat of arms of Richard Earl of Rivers., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763, but recorded in the Description of Strawberry Hill, 1774, among the rare books of prints and drawings in the library.
Subject (Name):
Woodville, Edward, Sir, -1488. and Rivers, Richard Woodville, Earl, 1405-1469.
A sketch of the coat of arms of Sir John Fastolf with a brief biographical note in Horace Walpole's hand below the image. Numbered "p. 50" in upper left corner
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist unknown. Formerly attributed to George Vertue., From a group of images thought to have been originally drawn by John Rous and traced by an unidentified artist for Horace Walpole; later engraved for his Historic doubts on the life and reign of Richard III. See London edition, 1768 and Strawberry Hill edition 1770., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763, but recorded in the Description of Strawberry Hill, 1774, among the rare books of prints and drawings in the library.
A sketch of the coat of arms of Sir Walter Mauny (Manny) with a brief biographical note in Horace Walpole's hand below the image
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist unknown. Formerly attributed to George Vertue., From a group of images thought to have been originally drawn by John Rous and traced by an unidentified artist for Horace Walpole; later engraved for his Historic doubts on the life and reign of Richard III. See London edition, 1768 and Strawberry Hill edition 1770., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763, but recorded in the Description of Strawberry Hill, 1774, among the rare books of prints and drawings in the library.
A sketch of the coat of arms of Thomas Earl of Warwick with a brief biographical note in Horace Walpole's hand below the image. Numbered "p. 30" in upper left corner
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist unknown. Formerly attributed to George Vertue., From a group of images thought to have been originally drawn by John Rous and traced by an unidentified artist for Horace Walpole; later engraved for his Historic doubts on the life and reign of Richard III. See London edition, 1768 and Strawberry Hill edition 1770., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763, but recorded in the Description of SH, 1774, among the rare books of prints and drawings in the library.
Subject (Name):
Warwick, Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of, approximately 1339-1401.
A light infantryman dressed in full uniform executes a motion with his flintlock musket. The caption from the published plate reads: ... the right hand slides back to the small of the stock holding it with the three last fingers & keeping the cartridge upright between the forefinger & thumb
Description:
Title from print later published in a volme by Rowlandson., Date supplied by cataloger., and For further information, consult library staff.
