A design for the Strawberry Hill Press edition of Lucan's Pharsalia showing a small statue on a pedestal surrounded by piles of books (one with a pen and ink well on top) and a heraldric shield with helmet mounted at top and a garland draped on either side and through the design; acanthus leaves on scroll at the base
Alternative Title:
Fleurons for Dr. Bentley's Lucan printed at Strawberry Hill 1760
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on mount., Date and attribution based on publication: M. Annaei Lucani Pharsalia. [Twickenham] : Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLX [1760]., Below the design a note in the artist's hand: The books to be letter'd. Phalaris! Free thinkers! Boyle, lectures! Horace [illegible] Terence! Milton! Manilius! Ep. Ad. Millium's sermons!, Portion of a watermark on lower left corner., and Formerly mounted at the lower half of leaf 13 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Name):
Lucan, 39-65. and Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
Title from item., Signed in ink, lower right under image: G. Vertue del., Inscription in ink, in 18th century hand, lower right: from an orig in Poses. Mr. Crawley at Hampsted, Hartforsh. An other orig. drawn in Poses. Mr. Rosse., Inscription in ink, in 18th century hand, lower left: H. Famossmo Pittore Francesco Clein Miracolo dell Secolo. I molto esti mato dell. R. Carlo della grande Britagna. 1646., Drawing that was later used for an engraving published in : Anecdotes of painting in England, with some account of the principal artists / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Farmer, 1762, v. 2, p. 127., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Drawing of Federico Zuccaro (ca. 1540-1609), Italian born painter, draughtsman and writer, brother of Taddeo Zuccaro
Description:
Title from inscription below image., Inscription in ink, lower right: in poses[n] Mr. T. Gibson paint., Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Zucchero in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. [Strawberry-Hill] : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v. 1, opp. p. 140., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Drawing of part of the wall decoration, possibly a frieze or wallpaper, of the Round Tower at Strawberry Hill. An image of a cherub placing a vase upon a pedestal is present within an oval at the bottom of the design
Description:
Title from note on verso in an unidentified hand., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., and Formerly laid in at page 103 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.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Friezes (Ornamental bands), Wallpapers, and Putti
Drawing of an inside wall of St. Albans Cathedral that includes a detailed depiction of an arched double door and the outline of a window above it. A horizontal row of trefoils separates the door from the window; an alcove with an empty pedestal is seen on either side of the door. The ornate doors are decorated with Gothic tracery. A scale bar in feet runs along the bottom of the image
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in brown ink below image, in Horace Walpole's hand., Horace Walpole used the door depicted in this drawing as a model for the doors in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 104 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.
Subject (Name):
St. Albans Cathedral
Subject (Topic):
Architectural decorations & ornaments and Doors & doorways
On recto: One of three designs by Bentley for a Chinese buidling. This sketch shows the garden in front the proposed Chinese building. In the end of the designs were executed. On verso: a small pen sketch of a roof line
Description:
Title inscribed below design., Date based on creation date of album., and Formerly mounted on top half of leaf 23 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [approximately 1760].
Set of watercolor drawings showing three views of the enamel model of Sir Thomas Becket's tomb that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. The drawings of the front and back views are mounted above; the front face of the object is decorated with religious figures and the back face is decorated with geometric designs. The drawing of the side view, mounted below the other two drawings, shows the single standing figure that decorates this face of the object
Alternative Title:
Model of the shrine of St. Thomas Becket
Description:
Title written in ink across the bottoms of the two drawings mounted at the top of the page; alternative title written within image of the drawing mounted in the upper right., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted together on page 177 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Thomas, à Becket, Saint, 1118?-1170. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Set of watercolor drawings showing three views of the enamel model of Sir Thomas Becket's tomb that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. The drawings of the front and back views are mounted above; the front face of the object is decorated with religious figures and the back face is decorated with geometric designs. The drawing of the side view, mounted below the other two drawings, shows the single standing figure that decorates this face of the object
Alternative Title:
Model of the shrine of St. Thomas Becket
Description:
Title written in ink across the bottoms of the two drawings mounted at the top of the page; alternative title written within image of the drawing mounted in the upper right., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted together on page 177 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Thomas, à Becket, Saint, 1118?-1170. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Set of watercolor drawings showing three views of the enamel model of Sir Thomas Becket's tomb that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. The drawings of the front and back views are mounted above; the front face of the object is decorated with religious figures and the back face is decorated with geometric designs. The drawing of the side view, mounted below the other two drawings, shows the single standing figure that decorates this face of the object
Alternative Title:
Model of the shrine of St. Thomas Becket
Description:
Title written in ink across the bottoms of the two drawings mounted at the top of the page; alternative title written within image of the drawing mounted in the upper right., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted together on page 177 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Thomas, à Becket, Saint, 1118?-1170. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Set of watercolor drawings showing three views of the enamel model of Sir Thomas Becket's tomb that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. The drawings of the front and back views are mounted above; the front face of the object is decorated with religious figures and the back face is decorated with geometric designs. The drawing of the side view, mounted below the other two drawings, shows the single standing figure that decorates this face of the object
Alternative Title:
Model of the shrine of St. Thomas Becket
Description:
Title written in ink across the bottoms of the two drawings mounted at the top of the page; alternative title written within image of the drawing mounted in the upper right., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted together on page 177 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Thomas, à Becket, Saint, 1118?-1170. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)