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1. A drawing of Lady Cobham's house at Stoke see Gray's Long story / [art original]

Creator:: Wyatt, Matthew Cotes, 1777-1862, artist
Published / Created:: [1807]
Call Number:: Quarto 33 1 Copy 2
Collection Title:: Page 26. Odes.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Sketch of a house, surrounded by trees and a low fence
Description:: Title and statement of responsibility written in ink on separate strip of paper (2.4 x 18.8 cm) mounted above drawing. and Mounted on page 26 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Gray, T. Odes. Printed at Strawberry-Hill, for R. & J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1757.
Subject (Name):: Cobham, Anne Halsey, Viscountess, -1760
Subject (Topic):: Homes and haunts and Dwellings
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A drawing of Lady Cobham's house at Stoke see Gray's Long story / [art original]

2. An arithmetician!! [art original]

Creator:: Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:: [approximately 1805]
Call Number:: Drawings W87 no. 44 Box D215
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A man riding horseback has a significant accident that topples the horse and throws the rider forward against the horse's neck and head losing his hat and wig in the process. A caption above the image informs: This I pressume is by way of proving to a certainty that two and two makes four!!
Description:: Title inscribed in black ink below image in the artist's hand., Signed by the artist in black ink below image., and Date supplied by cataloger.
Subject (Topic):: Horses, Horseback riding, and Accidents
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > An arithmetician!! [art original]

3. Sailors exhibiting a shark!! [art original]

Creator:: Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:: [approximately 1800]
Call Number:: Drawings W87 no. 39 Box D210
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A gathering of countrymen, lawyers, and sailors stare with shock and consternation at the carcass of a shark laying on a table before them. A countryman begins the dialogue with an exclamation, "Dang it if I ever saw such a thing in my life, why it would swallow a man alive!" while an attorney continues with a question, "Neighbor Stump says very true, I never saw anything like it in the whole course of my practice as a country attorney. Pray my friend what do you call it?" A sailor smugly jests, "Why it is a shark d'ye see according to the lubbers lingo on shore, but we gemmen in his Majesty's service call him a sea lawyer!!!
Description:: Title inscribed in black ink in the artist's hand below image., Artist's signature in black ink below image., and Date supplied by cataloger.
Subject (Topic):: Sailors, British, Sharks, and Lawyers
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Sailors exhibiting a shark!! [art original]

4. The foot compressor [art original].

Creator:: Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:: [approximately 1790]
Call Number:: Drawings W87 no. 4 Box D170
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A loquacious gentlemen holding a raised walking stick vertically in front of his body prepares to strike the foot of a passerby by feigning a blunder. From the caption: Provide a good stout stick (the heavier the better), well loaded with iron, and sally forth at the business time of the day ... enter on a long story and at the end of every marked sentence, make a sudden plunge with your stick downwards, which must be managed with great velocity, and at proper periods; by these methods your friend cannot fail feeling the force of your observations; and every person's toes must suffer that come within the reach of the argument
Alternative Title:: Six different methods of carrying a stick with their effects. Compartment no. 3
Description:: Title from letterpress caption below image., Pen and ink drawing on a broadside with typeface and ornamental border., Letterpress capation in fourteen lines below title: The person who has a desire to put this grace in practice, must be consciousness of possessing an unconquerable habit of talking incessantly, if that is not a leading trait in his character, he had better decline the study; but if hef finds himself master of so neccessary a qualification ..., One of a series of six drawings by Woodward with the same typescript heading., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):: Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.), Staffs (Sticks), and Conversation
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The foot compressor [art original].

5. Union between England & Ireland [art original].

Creator:: Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:: [approximately 1800]
Call Number:: Drawings W87 no. 23 Box D180
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A burly and ragged Englishman with a wooden leg sits on the knee of a fat and grotesque Irishwoman; they kiss, his right arm round her neck, both her arms round his shoulders. A poverty-stricken room is indicated by a low casement window with broken panes, bricks showing through broken plaster, and a rough plank door (right). On a table is an enormous tankard and a small measure of gin
Alternative Title:: Union between England and Ireland
Description:: Title from inscription below image in black ink in the artist's hand., Future [?] imprint statement inscribed in black ink: London, Pubd. Jany. 1800., Image associated with Thomas Rowlandson's etching. Union between England & Ireland. Published 1799. Cf. George., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 9462., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):: Kissing, Peg legs, and Drinking vessels
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Union between England & Ireland [art original].

6. Village aristocracy, or, Churching a lady [art original]

Creator:: Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:: [approximately 1800]
Call Number:: Drawings W87 no. 46 Box D215
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A dour woman wearing a feathered headdress stands before a preacher and his clerk as they exclaim respectively, "O Lord, save this lady, thy servant" followed by "Who putteth her ladyship's trust in thee."
Alternative Title:: Churching a lady
Description:: Title inscribed in the artist's hand below image., Signed by the artist., and Date supplied by cataloger.
Subject (Topic):: Clergy, Great Britain, Preaching, Religious services, and Churches
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Village aristocracy, or, Churching a lady [art original]

7. [Lessons in horsemanship] [art original]

Creator:: Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:: [approximately 1800]
Call Number:: Drawings W87 no. 50 Box D215
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Six sketches arranged across two rows depicting rotund red-faced countrymen riding horses poorly or in various states of humorous accidents. Captions include: How to be obstinate; The most approved method of sliding; How to stick in a ditch; How to prevent being run away with; A Cheshire kick; How to slip from your saddle with ease to yourself and horse
Description:: Title and date devised by cataloger. and Sheet trimmed cropping artist's signature and title.
Subject (Topic):: Horses, Horseback riding, Accidents, and Country life
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Lessons in horsemanship] [art original]

8. Alderman. The chamberlain veluti in speculum / [art original]

Creator:: Williams, Edward, 1782-1855, artist
Published / Created:: [1843]
Call Number:: Drawings W721 no. 1 Box D170
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Pen and ink drawing divided into two parts, with an alderman on the left and a chamberlain on the right, framed in a elaborate border (suggesting a tent or fortress) of checkerboard and geometric designs. The stout alderman, spoon and fork in hand, wears a napkin pinned around his neck; he has a full spoon at his mouth and a plate of food and a mostly empty glass decanter rest upon the table in front of him. On the right the chamberlain, dressed in fur-lined robes and wearing his glasses raised up to his bald forehead, is shown with one arm raised and subtley pointing upwards while the left arm rests upon a large document entitled: This indenture wit. A coat of arms is displayed at the top of the design
Alternative Title:: Chamberlain
Description:: Title in artist's hand at top of design; artist signature and date inscribed in pen and black ink below image. Subtitle in banner below design.
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Alderman. The chamberlain veluti in speculum / [art original]

9. [Folio album of 144 caricatures] [graphic].

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker, collector
Published / Created:: [between 1782 and 1810]
Call Number:: Folio 75 Sa85 810
Image Count:: 123
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A folio album of 144 caricatures mounted on 87 sheets, mostly etchings, with some aquatints and other satirical prints, some hand-colored, and one pen-and-ink drawing laid in.
Description:: Title devised by cataloger., Laid in, a wood engraving: Principal characters, in the new play of the road to royalty! [London] : Printed and published by T. Rockliffe, 65 Ratcliff Highway, [1829]., Laid in, an etching: Rats in the barn, or, Iohn Bull's famous old dog Billy astonishing the varment / [figure of Paul Pry] Esqr. [London] : Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, [1829]., Laid in, an etching: Funeral of the constitution. [London] : Pubd. March 1809 by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, [1809]., Laid in, a lithograph: View of the Houses of Lords and Commons : destroyed by fire on the 16th Octr. 1834. [London] : Pub. by W. Soffe, 380 Strand, [ca. 1834]., Laid in, a pen and ink drawing on watermark paper G. Pike, 1817: The savior of this grateful country : to Kingston 1 mile to London x miles. [England], [ca. 1817]., Note on front pastedown: This book contains the caricatures published by Sayers during his life. This was his own copy and was presented to me after his death. [Signed] Eldon., With Lord Eldon's bookplate., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Folio album of 144 caricatures] [graphic].

10. Presented with a famous horse by Count Przobosky with which he performs many extraordinary feats [art original].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:: [1800?]
Call Number:: Drawings R79 no. 6 Box D145
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Count Przobosky wildly rears a horse in a grand room knocking over furniture to the shock and astonishment of distrressed onlookers
Description:: Title from caption inscribed in ink below image., Date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Rowlandson., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):: Horses, Jumping (Horsemanship), and Trick riding
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Presented with a famous horse by Count Przobosky with which he performs many extraordinary feats [art original].

11. Rari capilli [art original].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:: [ca. 1800]
Call Number:: Drawings R79 no. 8 Box D146
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: An ink drawing contrasting the bust of a balding man with a long curly beard and a stag head with three-point antlers
Description:: Title from caption inscribed below image in the same ink and hand as the artist., Attributed to Rowlandson by curator., Date based upon watermark., Trimmed watermark: 18[..]., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):: Deer
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Rari capilli [art original].

12. [The arrival of tourists] [art original].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:: [approximately 1800]
Call Number:: Drawings R79 no. 2 Box D145
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A servant bows slightly as he greets three tourists: a larger woman leads the group only carrying a small purse and parasol. She is followed by a younger woman holding a small dog and a few pieces of luggage. At the end a man struggles with the burden of a heavy trunk
Description:: Title and date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):: Tourists, Luggage, Umbrellas, and Servants
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [The arrival of tourists] [art original].

13. [The discovery] [art original].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:: [not after 1807]
Call Number:: Drawings R79 no. 9 Box D146
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The interior of a loft stacked with sacks, an angry countryman ferociously prods one with a pitchfork, while a handsome young woman stands in alarm behind him in the doorway. From the sack projects the terrified head and hands of the woman's lover; his queue indicates a military officer. A white owl flies under the rafters
Description:: Title and date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Rowlandson., Compare to a print (in reverse) published 16 May 1807 by R. Ackermann: I smell a rat, or, A rogue in grain. See no. 10814 in v. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):: Hiding places, Adultery, Couples, Hiding, Bags, Pitchforks, and Surprise
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [The discovery] [art original].

14. [Sketchbook of views, landscapes, ruins, castles, etc. in Yorkshire] [art original].

Creator:: Pearson, John, 1777-1813, artist
Published / Created:: [between 1799 and 1805]
Call Number:: Folio 75 P359 805
Image Count:: 70
Abstract:: Album of ca. 40 pen and ink, wash, and one color drawing of scenes in Yorkshire, most dated (30 April 1799-9 June 1801) and "drawn on the spot", with the artist's identification of the locales, buildings, and ruins. The first is dated April 30th 1799 and is a view of Fountain's Abbey and followed by several sketches of ships and trees, a cottage, and two views of a bridge with a village in the distance. These sketches are followed by a series 24 non-sequentially numbered sketches, half of which are half-page oval designs. Six more drawings -- wash, pencil, or ink -- follow executed in 1801. The penultimate leaf contains a pencil drawing of The ruins of Wallop Church, dated Ap: 15th 1805 on the verso and a rough sketch of a scene on the verso. The final leaf is a wash drawing of a vista and is signed E. Johnson, JPearson, JPearson and is undated; another rough pencil drawing of trees and tower on the verso
Description:: Artist John Pearson of Ripon., Title devised by cataloger., Binding: Marble boards, leather spine., First recto leaf: a list of "Unbound sketches" not included in this album., On front flyleaf: Jn. Pearson, Ripon. With other faint pencil notes about subjects of drawings., "N.9" on back pastedown., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):: Yorkshire (England)
Subject (Topic):: Antiquities and Drawing, English
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Sketchbook of views, landscapes, ruins, castles, etc. in Yorkshire] [art original].

15. A patent extinguisher, being a safe & easy mode of putting out a candle [art original].

Creator:: Nixon, John, -1818, artist
Published / Created:: [ca. July 1801]
Call Number:: Drawings N736 no. 7 Box D205
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: An old woman dressed in her nightcap and gown, her one breast hanging exposed from her gown, climbs into bed in which her husband already lies. She expels gas from her bottom in the direction of the candle on the ground in front of the fireplace with such force that it lifts the cat off the ground and bends the candle. Above the fireplace is a broadside entitled: The storm by Mr. Dodd, cease rude boreas balstering railes ... On the table below the window (left) is a bowl labeled "Pease porridge" and a wig on a stand. On the ground at her feet lies a corset, shoes and other garments. Above the bed are boxed and breeches; a man's coat is hung on the back of the chair to the right of the hearth
Description:: Title from note in artist's hand above image., Artist name from dealer's description., Study (or copy) for a print of the same title that was published July 1801 by W. Holland. Not reversed., and John Nixon (ca. 1750 - 1818), city merchant and amateur watercolourist (topography) and designer and maker of satirical prints; honorary exhibitor in RA between 1781 and 1815.
Subject (Topic):: Bed, Boxes, Candlesticks, Canopy beds, Cats, Corsets, Couples, Fireplaces, Flatulence, Single women, and Sleepwear
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A patent extinguisher, being a safe & easy mode of putting out a candle [art original].

16. At Exeter Cathedral [art original]

Creator:: Nixon, John, -1818, artist
Published / Created:: [1809]
Call Number:: Drawings N736 no. 5 Box D141
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A large, masculine-looking woman with spectacles and a hat, stands before stool on which sits an open book of music. She holds in her right hand a baton which rests on the open page
Description:: Title in artist's hand, lower right corner of image. and Signed with his monogram 'J.N." and dated by the artist.
Subject (Topic):: Eyeglasses, Music, and Women
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > At Exeter Cathedral [art original]

17. Hospitality kicking avarice out of doors, or, New tenants at a mansion house [art original]

Creator:: Nixon, John, -1818, artist
Published / Created:: [1799]
Call Number:: Drawings N736 no. 8 Box D305
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A caricature of the new Lord Mayor of London: Harvey Combe stands centerd in the a hall, surrounded by a desperate looking group of people both rich and poor, who kneel and beg. A skeletal man (buthcher?) holds a knife in one hand and a scroll in the other enscribed with a large order for meat: "12 haundres vension, 6 necks do., 8 turtles, 20 brace partridges, 20 pheasants, 20 brace woodcocks, 16 sirloins beef bacon(?) &"". In the foreground lies another sheet which readss "Tripe Soup. Liver & Crow. Fried Tripe. Bill of Fare for 8 Novr." The outgoing Lord Mayor, Sir Richard Glyn, who was notoriously spendthrift during his period in office, is seen being kicked out of the Mansion House holding large money bag with the word "Saving" written on it. The two cats on the left and the dog following the butcher are also thin from malnorishment. Two large spiders have spun large webs below the archway on the left below a two cupids holding a heart molded above the archway
Alternative Title:: New tenants at a mansion house
Description:: Title written below image., Signed with initials and dated by the artist in lower left corner., "Sold by all the printsellers in London, Nov. 9, 1799"--Written in above title., and Original design for a print published 9 November 1799.
Subject (Geographic):: England.
Subject (Name):: Combe, Harvey Christian, 1752-1818 and Glyn, Richard Carr, Sir, 1755-1838
Subject (Topic):: Politicians, Pleading (Begging), Kicking, Poor persons, Interiors, Cats, and Dogs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Hospitality kicking avarice out of doors, or, New tenants at a mansion house [art original]

18. [A street accident] [art original].

Creator:: Nixon, John, -1818, artist
Published / Created:: [not before 1804]
Call Number:: Drawings N736 no. 6 Box D141
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A dustman bends over a large woman who has fallen and lifts her by placing his hands under her arms. She looks up angerly and shakes her fist at the dustman's young assistant in an apron who looks on (left) with a smile and hand raised. Two dogs jump around the group
Description:: Title and artist attribution from dealer's description. and Date based on watermark: 1804.
Subject (Topic):: Accidents, Chimney sweeps, Dogs, Obesity, and Women
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [A street accident] [art original].

19. [Bianca retreating from the giant hand in armor] [art original]

Creator:: Miller, F., active 1802, artist
Published / Created:: [1802]
Call Number:: 24 17 791P Copy 9
Collection Title:: Opposite page 217. Castle of Otranto.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the servant Bianca shown descending a staircase while looking over her right shoulder, a worried expression on her face. Her gaze is directed at the top of the stairs, where a large hand in armor is seen resting on the banister near the landing of the floor above. The arched opening to the landing is flanked on either side with a display of armor and weapons mounted on the wall. Several arched windows and doorways are seen in the shadowy background
Description:: Title devised by cataloger., Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner., and Bound in opposite page 217 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].
Subject (Name):: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic):: Interiors, Stairways, Hands, and Armor
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Bianca retreating from the giant hand in armor] [art original]

20. [Frederic seeing a person kneeling before the altar] [art original].

Creator:: Miller, F., active 1802, artist
Published / Created:: [ca. 1802]
Call Number:: 24 17 791P Copy 9
Collection Title:: After page 222. Castle of Otranto.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the character Frederic seen in the background on the left, peering around a half-open door into an oratory. In the foreground on the right is a figure, completely hidden within a hooded cloak, kneeling at an altar. An open book and a crucifix sit on the altar; light streams in from the window behind it on the right. On the back wall of the room a statue resides within a raised alcove; a chair sits below the statue, and a framed picture hangs on the wall beside it.
Description:: Title devised by cataloger., Unsigned; artist attribution and date from signature "F. Miller 1802" on similar drawing bound in the same volume., and Bound in after page 222 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].
Subject (Name):: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic):: Chapels, Interiors, Altars, and Crucifixes
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Frederic seeing a person kneeling before the altar] [art original].

21. The itinerant chancellor [art original]

Creator:: M., M. S., artist
Published / Created:: [March 1839]
Call Number:: Drawings M999 no. 1 Box D205
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A copy of the caricature of the British Statesman and High Lord Chancellor Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868), that appeared in the center of an print that was published on 1 October 1834 in Every body's album & caricature magazine, no. 19. He is depicted as a very thin traveller wearing a Scottish tam over his wig and using a broom as a walking stick; his shoe is worn through. He carries a wooden post labelled "Scratching post", a box stamped "Containing the freedoms of all the Scotch towns" and a bag with the words "Broken victuals the leavings of the Edinburgh blow out". Around his waist is another bag, "Oat meal". Above the image framed in lines in gold ink: “I flatter myself I've made a tolerable good job by my “Starring it” with Old Grey in the North! Sold all my numbers of the Penny Magazine, and well puff'd it through every town I went. Made little less than one hundred speeches about, I forget now, Received some score of Burgesses, Freedoms, and Invitations to as many dinners, where I blew my own trumpet & obtained plenty of orders from our Usefull Knowledge Society! Now, woe to the unstamn'd when I get home! I must have a good scrub at my skin presently; I reckon I have got a taste of the fiddle through my itch for travelling!
Description:: Title written in ink below image., Drawn after a print by C.J. Grant, published ca. 1833 by G. Drake as No. 56 in The political drama series; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.11156. A nearly identical image also appears among several designs in Every body's album & caricature magazine, No. 19 (1 October 1834); see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 834.10.01.01+., and Additional text written within speech box above image: I flatter myself I've made a tolerable good job ...
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868
Subject (Topic):: Ethnic stereotypes, Government officials, and Judges
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The itinerant chancellor [art original]

22. Twickenham (circ) 1790 unrecorded incident in the life of Horace Walpole / [art original]

Creator:: Lofting, Hugh, 1886-1947, artist
Published / Created:: [191-?]
Call Number:: Drawings L829 no. 1 Box D135
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A whimsically portrayed Horace Walpole makes a shushing gesture with one finger on his lips while holding an empty picking basket in his other hand. A small lapdog with a decorative bow tied around its neck, presumably Tonton, accompanies Walpole on the task. Doctor John Dolittle, the central character in Hugh Lofting's series of children's books also appears in the scene as a young curious boy pointing up towards the hill
Description:: Title from text above image., Date based on watermark: 1914 England., Text penned below title: The dilletante member for King's Lynn sneaks away from Parliament in the midst of an important debate to pick strawberries on Strawberry Hill with his young friend John Dolittle, the naturalist, aged seven., and Text penned below image: Note: the dog shown is the first specimen of the Strawberry-hound introduced into England.
Subject (Name):: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Dolittle, Doctor.
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Twickenham (circ) 1790 unrecorded incident in the life of Horace Walpole / [art original]

23. [Wheel with 12 sections showing Roman scenes] [art original]

Creator:: Lens, Bernard, 1682-1740, artist
Published / Created:: [approximately 1732]
Call Number:: Quarto 33 30 Copy 25
Collection Title:: Page 16. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A circular image with three concentric designs surrounding the center image of a view of the bridge and Castel Sant'Angelo with the cupola of St. Peter's. The outer most circle is split into twelve equal sections with classical scenes which in turn are topped with an image of an open book with a page numbered "Tab. I-[XII]" moving counter-clockwise
Alternative Title:: Qua mare qua terras lustrat sol lumine semper, sospite me pater imperium Romanus habebit
Description:: Title devised by curator., Statement of responsibility written by Horace Walpole on separate slip of paper (2.9 x 6.6 cm), mounted on opposite page., and Mounted on page 16 in Anne Damer's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 33.
Subject (Geographic):: Rome
Subject (Name):: Dionysus (Greek deity), Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano,, and Museo nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo,
Subject (Topic):: Social life and customs, Agriculture, Rites & ceremonies, and Views
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Wheel with 12 sections showing Roman scenes] [art original]

24. Chosen candidate [art original]

Creator:: Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, artist
Published / Created:: [approximately 1826]
Call Number:: Drawings L265 no. 2 Box D205
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A caricature on the prevalence of bribery during elections, most probably that of 1826. The successful liberal candidate stands on a platform before a cheering crowd and people waving from the windows of adjoining building. In the 'Committee Room' behind him, an official pays a man holding a sign inscribed 'No bribery or corruption' with the word 'and' between bribery and corruption scored through. On the right is an armchair and behind it stand two large flags; two flowers on the chair match the flower on the lapel of the candidate
Description:: Title written in ink in bottom left corner of image, in an unidentified hand (possibly Theodore Lane's)., Statement of responsibility written in ink on verso, in an unidentified hand (possibly Theodore Lane's)., Date supplied by cataloger., A small hole in the lower right and two small looses along left edge., Probably the original drawing for a lithograph published in 1829; Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 829.06.01.02+., and A companion drawing: Rejected candidate.
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):: Political corruption, Elections, Cheering, Corruption, Crowds, Political elections, Politicians, and Signs (Notices)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Chosen candidate [art original]

25. Rejected candidate [art original]

Creator:: Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, artist
Published / Created:: [ca. 1826]
Call Number:: Drawings L265 no. 1 Box D205
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A caricature on the prevalence of bribery during elections, most probably that of 1826. The distraught rejected candidate, shown full-length and facing left is red in the face and pulling at his hair. His election placard lies on the floor and two notes are visible on the mantelpiece above a grill with fireplace tools: 'Tavern expenses 500' and 'Bringing voters from London 800'. Through the window on the right, with flags flying, a cheering crowd carries the successful candidate in a chair above their heads
Description:: Title written in ink in bottom right corner of image, in an unidentified hand (possibly Theodore Lane's)., Statement of responsibility written in ink on verso, in an unidentified hand (possibly Theodore Lane's)., Date supplied by cataloger., A small hole in the lower right., Probably the original drawing for a lithograph published in 1829; Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 829.06.01.01+., and A companion drawing: The chosen candidate.
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):: Political corruption, Elections, Anger, Corruption, Crowds, Political elections, and Signs (Notices)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Rejected candidate [art original]

26. Disposition of the miniatures in the Rosewood Cabinet in the Tribune [art original].

Creator:: Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810, artist
Published / Created:: [not after 1810]
Call Number:: Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
Collection Title:: Page 56b. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Diagram showing the arrangement of items hung inside Horace Walpole's Cabinet of Miniatures and Enamels, which was kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. Most of the nearly ninety objects are small paintings, which are shown in outline only. In these cases the name of the portrait's sitter or a description of the image is written in the blank space at center, while the shape and ornamentation of the surrounding frame is depicted in some detail. Other objects include locks of hair, hearts made of hair, rings of agate, and decorative heart pendants; each of these items has a label written below. Two small areas on the right and left sides of drawing, both delineated by a vertical line and labeled "side" above, show objects that were hung on the interior sides of the cabinet
Description:: Title written in watercolor at top of sheet, centered., Unsigned; attribution to Thomas Kirgate from local catalog card., Date based on artist's death date., and Inlaid on page 56b in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
Subject (Geographic):: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Name):: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Subject (Topic):: Art collections, Miniatures (Paintings), and Cabinets (Case furniture)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Disposition of the miniatures in the Rosewood Cabinet in the Tribune [art original].

27. [Arms with rainbow and caterpillars] [art original].

Creator:: Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810, artist
Published / Created:: [not after 1810]
Call Number:: 33 4 Copy 16
Collection Title:: Page 42. Fugitive pieces in verse and prose.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Sketch of an armorial shield with three caterpillars, two at the top and one at the bottom. Running horizontally across the middle of the shield is a band with a human-faced sun at its center. To the right of the upper caterpillars is written "Catterpillars"; to the right of the band is written "Rainbow".
Description:: Title devised by curator., Unsigned; attribution to Thomas Kirgate from local catalog card., Date of production based on artist's death date., and Drawn in lower left corner of page 42 in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Fugitive pieces in verse and prose. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758.
Subject (Topic):: Coats of arms and Caterpillars
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Arms with rainbow and caterpillars] [art original].

28. [Coin struck during reign of King Theodore] [art original].

Creator:: Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810, artist
Published / Created:: [not after 1810]
Call Number:: 33 4 Copy 16
Collection Title:: Opposite page 88. Fugitive pieces in verse and prose.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Sketch of one side of a coin, with the Latin motto "Pro bono publico" around the outer edge and value in written in Italian "Soldi cinque" in the center
Description:: Title devised by curator., Unsigned; attribution to Thomas Kirgate from local catalog card., Date of production based on artist's death date., Three lines of text written below image, in ink over pencil: This is taken from a coin of Theodore's, engraved in a French 4to. book entitled Recueil general des pieces obsidionales 7 de nécessité, plate 27, no. 8., With placement instruction "88" written in pencil in upper right corner., and Mounted opposite page 88 in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Fugitive pieces in verse and prose. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758.
Subject (Topic):: Coins
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Coin struck during reign of King Theodore] [art original].

29. [Miniatures in the Rosewood Cabinet, left hand door] [art original].

Creator:: Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810, artist
Published / Created:: [not after 1810]
Call Number:: Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
Collection Title:: Page 56c. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Diagram showing the arrangement of miniatures hung inside the left hand door of Horace Walpole's Cabinet of Miniatures and Enamels, which was kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. The six small paintings, arranged in a cross pattern, are shown in outline only. In each case the name of the portrait's sitter or a description of the image is written in the blank space at center, while the shape and ornamentation of the surrounding frame is depicted in some detail. Orientation for the diagram is provided by the word "door" written in watercolor at the top of the sheet and the words "left hand" written in pencil at the bottom
Description:: Title devised by cataloger., Unsigned; attribution to Thomas Kirgate from local catalog card., Date based on artist's death date., and Inlaid on page 56c in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
Subject (Geographic):: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Name):: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Subject (Topic):: Art collections, Miniatures (Paintings), and Cabinets (Case furniture)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Miniatures in the Rosewood Cabinet, left hand door] [art original].

30. [Miniatures in the Rosewood Cabinet, right hand door] [art original].

Creator:: Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810, artist
Published / Created:: [not after 1810]
Call Number:: Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
Collection Title:: Page 56a. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Diagram showing the arrangement of miniatures hung inside the right hand door of Horace Walpole's Cabinet of Miniatures and Enamels, which was kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. The eight small paintings, arranged in three columns, are shown in outline only. In each case the name of the portrait's sitter or a description of the image is written in the blank space at center, while the shape and ornamentation of the surrounding frame is depicted in some detail. Orientation for the diagram is provided by the word "door" written in watercolor at the top of the sheet and the words "right hand" written in pencil at the bottom
Description:: Title devised by cataloger., Unsigned; attribution to Thomas Kirgate from local catalog card., Date based on artist's death date., and Inlaid on page 56a in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
Subject (Geographic):: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Name):: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Subject (Topic):: Art collections, Miniatures (Paintings), and Cabinets (Case furniture)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Miniatures in the Rosewood Cabinet, right hand door] [art original].