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1. A Gothic chair [art original]
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1800]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 33 30 Copy
- Collection Title:
- Page 4a. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of one of the chairs, designed in a Gothic style by Richard Bentley and Horace Walpole, that were in the Great Parlour (Refectory) at Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image, on mounting page., Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner using his monogram: The letters "G" and "P" below with an "H" centered above., and Inlaid on page 4a 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 (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Chairs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A Gothic chair [art original]
2. A Gothic table [art original]
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1800]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
- Collection Title:
- Page 4b. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of the table of Sicilian jasper on a black frame, designed by Richard Bentley, in the Great Parlour (Refectory) at Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image, on mounting page., Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner using his monogram: The letters "G" and "P" below with an "H" centered above., and Inlaid on page 4b 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 (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Tables
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A Gothic table [art original]
3. A chip of the old block [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1826?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 32 Box D160
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A father and son of African descent, drawn full-length and holding hands are dressed identically: long blue coats, black hats with the brim pulled down just above the eyes, yellow gloves, and holding brown umbrellas
- Description:
- Title from caption inscribed in black ink below drawing., Drawing after (?) a character in series of prints issued by S.W. Fores: Hyde Park; The little unknown (Plate 2) and The honey-moon (Plate 3)., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Black people, Clothing & dress, Fathers, and Sons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A chip of the old block [art original].
4. A disappointed dinnerhunter A bullet in ; A long sermon ; A neglected genius. [art original]
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 3 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A drawing of four scenes, with caricatured figures with large heads and very small bodies. Upper left: A man with a monocle (right) inquires of the butler on a threshold with pillar to his left, "Is your master within. No Mr. Smallfeast he's gone out to dinner. Oh dear me, well your mistress will do just the same. & She's out Sir. How provoking. Well, I'll set down by the fire till they come home. I'm sorry to tell you that that's gone out to." Upper right: A soldier is shot by a man (Turk?) hiding in the tall grass and pointing a rifle. Lower half, left: In a pulpit a bald minister with spectacles rants and he holds up a Bible in his left hand ready to throw it at the sleeping congregation below, " Ye sleepy crew if ye wont hear the owrd of God ye shall feel it." Lower right: A simpleton in artist attire holds up a piece of paper with a stick figure drawing and says, "Don't you think I improve."
- Description:
- Title from captions written each image., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists, Butlers, Clergy, Congregations, Soldiers, British, and Sleeping
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A disappointed dinnerhunter A bullet in ; A long sermon ; A neglected genius. [art original]
5. 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]
6. A jolly companion [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [1840?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 47 Box D160
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A half-length portrait of a man turning slight to the right, whose coat is unbuttoned and spread open over his large paunch
- Description:
- Title from text inscribed in black ink above image., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Probably a copy of an Isaac Cruikshank etching published in: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches ... / by G.M. Woodward., One of a series of 13 drawings by the same artist., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A jolly companion [art original].
7. 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].
8. A picture of wants, or, Human nature delineated [art original].
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 9 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A group of twelve man and women of various ages and walks of live -- tradesmen, a clergy, a spinster, a military officer, a gentleman in shackles, a servant, a frail, sickly man, etc. -- stand full length facing the viewer. Above their heads are brief expressions of their 'wants': "I want a job"; "I want more customers"; "I want a husband"; "I want for death", etc. Only an obese gentleman on the right is content: "I want for nothing"; next to him, the military officer with a monocle says, "I don't know what I want."
- Alternative Title:
- Human nature delineated
- Description:
- Title from caption in artist's hand written below image., Quotation following title: Lord, what an amorous thing is want. Hudibras., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., Attributed to C.J. Grant based on style and association with other signed drawings., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Distress, Men, Military officers, Occupations, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A picture of wants, or, Human nature delineated [art original].
9. A visit to my uncle & a visit to my aunt [art original].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1819?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings C889 no. 4 Box D115
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A drawing consisting of two panels. The left panel, "A Visit to my Uncle" depicts two women, one of a lower class than the other, visiting an elderly man, a money-lender, who is standing behind a counter. Instruments, possibly of gold, rest on the counter and behind the man. The right panel, "A Visit to my Aunt," depicts the same two women being served drinks by a corpulent woman behind a counter
- Alternative Title:
- Visit to my uncle and a visit to my aunt
- Description:
- Title from item., Inscription in ink underneath title: Original drawing., George Cruikshank, English graphic artist and son of Isaac Cruikshank (1764-1811, caricaturist), 1792-1878., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Visiting, Families, and Usury
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A visit to my uncle & a visit to my aunt [art original].
10. 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]
11. 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]
12. An exact copy of a bill for the sum of ten shillings & ten pence sent by a bricklayer to a gentleman for whom he had worked (the bricklayer could not write). [art original]
- Published / Created:
- [1840?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 37 Box D160
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A copy of an illiterate bricklayer's bill that was written with pictographs; the artist included a narrative description of its meaning below the image. The pictographs included three different sized stick-figures (two men and one boy), a four-square grid with three of the four squares filled with dots (three quarters of a day), two "Y" shaped symbols (hods of mortar), two "X" shaped symbols (10 shillings & 10 pence), and a sketch of a hanged man (a settled bill).
- Description:
- Title from text inscribed with black ink within image., Date from note inscribed with graphite pencil below image., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Symbols
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An exact copy of a bill for the sum of ten shillings & ten pence sent by a bricklayer to a gentleman for whom he had worked (the bricklayer could not write). [art original]
13. Andre Lortie sidevant ministre de leglise reformee de-la Rochelle et a present a Londres Van Somer fe. 1681 [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1791]
- Call Number:
- Drawings H263 no. 4 Box D125
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A portrait of the French Protestant Minister, Andre Lortie, shown half-length. He is wearing the clothing of a clergyman and holds open a book. The background includes a curtain and the outline of a landscape view. Unfinished portrait with only the face finished; t he body is only outlined
- Description:
- Inscription in ink on verso: A facsimile from the most rare original messotinto in the collection of the Honble Horatio Walpole at Strawberry Hill Nov. 3rd 1791 by Mr Harding and J:B?, Inscription in graphite pencil on verso: The head by G.P. Harding., Inscription in graphite pencil on verso: French Protestant Minister in England D. 1700., and George Perfect Harding, English miniature painter, 1779/80-1853.
- Subject (Name):
- Lortie, André, -1706.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy and French
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Andre Lortie sidevant ministre de leglise reformee de-la Rochelle et a present a Londres Van Somer fe. 1681 [art original].
14. Arms of the Greeks!! 41 Pall Mall Augt. 1817 / [art original]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1817]
- Call Number:
- Drawings C889 no. 2 Box D115
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A crow stands on top of a table flanked by two gallows inscribed with the words "To Botany Bay" (left) and "To Hell" (right). Cards and dice are also on the table, the front of which displays two crossed swords. Bottles of wine and a pot of gold pieces are underneath the table. The table itself sits on a dias
- Description:
- Title from item., Inscriptions in pencil above and below image with instructions on which colors to use. In the artist's hand?, Inscription in ink (part of image): Dedicated to the Members of White's, Boodle's, Brookes'. Let those laugh who win!. Arms of the Greeks!! 41 Pall Mall Augt. 1817., Signed in ink lower left: G. Cruikshank fecit., George Cruikshank, English graphic artist, 1792-1878., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Gambling, Daggers & swords, Crows, and Gallows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Arms of the Greeks!! 41 Pall Mall Augt. 1817 / [art original]
15. Artemisia Gentileschi [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1800]
- Call Number:
- 33 10B Copy 4
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, opposite page 130. Anecdotes of painting in England.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi, half-length, facing the viewer but turning slightly right, in an oval with square frame; her hair is in curls and she wears pearls around her neck and wrist and she holds a paintbrush in her right hand
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production supplied by curator., and Bound in opposite page 130 in volume 2 of Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England. Printed by Thomas Kirgate at Strawberry-Hill, 1765-1771 [i.e. 1780].
- Subject (Name):
- Gentileschi, Artemisia, 1593-1652 or 1653,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Artemisia Gentileschi [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. Bartolomeo Bergami [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1820]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 89 Box D166
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of Bartolomeo Bergami, bust-length, turned slightly to the right; wearing a coat with a medal on the left lapel, a shirt with a high collar, and a cravat
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Place and date of production from dealer's description., and For a lithograph by Godefroy Engelmann of a nearly identical portrait, see: National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG D13721.
- Subject (Name):
- Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Bartolomeo Bergami [art original].
18. Brantôme [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1805]
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 798
- Collection Title:
- Page 299. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme; bust-length, directed to the right; bearded; wearing a doublet; with a ruff and a medallion around his neck
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image, on mounting page., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from signature on a similar drawing mounted in the same volume., Date of production inferred from similar drawing in the same volume with the date "1805" written on it., and Mounted on page 299 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ... From: The works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. London : Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, and J. Edwards, Pall-Mall, MDCCXCVIII [1798].
- Subject (Name):
- Brantôme, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de, -1614,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Brantôme [art original].
19. Caracature [sic] of Lady Sykes as she appeared at a ball at Hasting [art original].
- Published / Created:
- Dec. 28, 1832.
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 64 Box D165
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A solemn looking Lady Henrietta Sykes possibly attending the 1832 ball at Hasting is dressed in a puffy dark-black gown cinched tight at the waist with a gold colored belt and accessorized with whilte gloves. She wears a gold and silver crown and red flowers in her somewhat unkempt brunette hair
- Alternative Title:
- Caracature of Lady Sykes as she appeared at a ball at Hasting and Caricature of Lady Sykes as she appeared at at a ball at Hasting
- Description:
- Title from ms. inscription in black ink in contemporary hand on verso. and Date from graphite pencil inscription below image.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England. and England
- Subject (Topic):
- Ball dresses, Balls (Parties), and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Caracature [sic] of Lady Sykes as she appeared at a ball at Hasting [art original].
20. Catharine Countesse of Dorchester [art original]
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1806]
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 798
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 316. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester; bust-length, turned slightly to the right; short hair in curls; wearing a loose dress fastened at the left shoulder with a brooch
- Alternative Title:
- Catherine Countess of Dorchester
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image, on mounting page., Statement of responsibility and date written in ink along right edge of drawing; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card., and Mounted opposite page 316 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ... From: The works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. London : Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, and J. Edwards, Pall-Mall, MDCCXCVIII [1798].
- Subject (Name):
- Dorchester, Catherine Sedley, Countess of, 1657-1717,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Catharine Countesse of Dorchester [art original]
21. Catharine Duchess of Buckingham [art original]
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1810]
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 798
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 317. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of Katherine Sheffield, Duchess of Buckingham and Normanby, the illegitimate daughter of King James II and Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester; half-length, facing the viewer with her head turned slightly left; curls of her long hair falling over her right shoulder; wearing pendant earrings and a small jacket over a dress with a low neckline
- Alternative Title:
- Katherine Duchess of Buckingham
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image, on mounting page., Signed with initials and dated in lower right portion of image; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card., and Mounted opposite page 317 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ... From: The works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. London : Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, and J. Edwards, Pall-Mall, MDCCXCVIII [1798].
- Subject (Name):
- Buckingham and Normanby, Katherine Sheffield, Duchess of, 1681 or 1682-1743,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Catharine Duchess of Buckingham [art original]
22. Cha. Churchill, Esq. L. Genl. of his Mas. Forces, Captain and Governor of the town of Plymouth ... [art original]
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1805]
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 798
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 293. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of Lieutenant General Charles Churchill, three-quarter length, turned slightly right, standing with his right hand on his hip; wearing a military uniform, a wig, and a sword at his side. Tents, presumably from a military encampment, are visible in the background on the right
- Alternative Title:
- Charles Churchill, Esq. : Lieutenant General of his Majesty's Forces ...
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Title continues: ... and Captain Governor and Keeper of the Royal Citadel there, and of St. Nicholas Island and of all the castles and forts therein; Colonel of a Regt. of Dragoons; Groom of the Bed Chamber to his Majesty, and Member of Parliament for Castlerising in the County of Norfolk from the year 1714 to 1742., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from signature on a similar drawing mounted in the same volume., Date of production inferred from similar drawing in the same volume with the date "1805" written on it., and Mounted opposite page 293 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ... From: The works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. London : Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, and J. Edwards, Pall-Mall, MDCCXCVIII [1798].
- Subject (Name):
- Churchill, Charles, Lt. Gen., 1679-1745,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Cha. Churchill, Esq. L. Genl. of his Mas. Forces, Captain and Governor of the town of Plymouth ... [art original]
23. Chimney in the Little Parlour [art original]
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1806?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Wash drawing of the chimneypiece in the Little Parlour at Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill villa in Twickenham. Its design was taken from the tomb of Thomas Ruthall, Bishop of Durham, in Westminster Abbey. A saracen's head, the crest from the Walpole family arms, sits atop a blank shield at the center of the mantel
- Description:
- Title written in brown ink below image, in a contemporary hand., Signed by the artist in ink in lower right corner using his monogram: The letters "G" and "P" below with an "H" centered above., Date of production based on death date of Richard Bull, who assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears., Mounted on page 52 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):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts and Chimneypieces
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Chimney in the Little Parlour [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. Contrasted Oxonians 1797. The conceited fellow [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [184-?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 40 Box D160
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A full-length caricature of a fashionably dressed Oxonian in profile walking to the left, with his left foot pointing elegantly as he steps. His gown is looped over his arms and his hair in a looped queue
- Description:
- Title from text inscribed in black ink above image., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., A copy of an Isaac Cruikshank etching published in Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches ... / by G.M. Woodward, One of a series of 13 drawings by the same artist., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Scholars
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Contrasted Oxonians 1797. The conceited fellow [art original].
26. Contrasted Oxonians 1797. The drunken fellow [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [184-?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 39 Box D160
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A fashionably dressed Oxonian in cap and gown staggers along, full-face, yawning violently; his hair is short and dishevelled
- Description:
- Title from text inscribed in black ink above image., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., A copy of an Isaac Cruikshank etching published in Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches ... / by G.M. Woodward, One of a series of 13 drawings by the same artist., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Intoxication, Yawning, and Scholars
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Contrasted Oxonians 1797. The drunken fellow [art original].
27. Country school master [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [1840?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 51 Box D160
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Title from text inscribed in graphite pencil above image., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Probably a copy of an Isaac Cruikshank etching published in: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches ... / by G.M. Woodward., One of a series of 13 drawings by the same artist., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Country school master [art original].
28. 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].
29. Earl of Exeter's ivory drinking horn [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1810]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
- Collection Title:
- Page 8a. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of a tall cup, with indistinct designs near the rim that likely represent the arms of the Earls of Exeter. This object was kept by Horace Walpole in the China Room at Strawberry Hill
- Alternative Title:
- Earl of Exeter's ivory drinking horn, in China Room
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image, on mounting page; alternative title from pencil annotation in Thomas Kirgate's hand at bottom of sheet., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card., Date based on death date of Thomas Kirgate, whose annotation is present below image., Page reference written in pencil above image: P. 9., and Inlaid on page 8a 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 (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Drinking vessels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Earl of Exeter's ivory drinking horn [art original].
30. Elisabeth Queen of Edward IV from a picture at Canterbury Cathedral. [art original]
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1822]
- Call Number:
- 24 19 822 Copy 2
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 28. Historic doubts, on the life and reign of King Richard the Third.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait drawing of Elizabeth Woodville, Queen consort of Edward IV, probably taken from the stained glass window at Canterbury Cathedral. She is shown half-length, nearly in profile to the left, head bowed and hands together in prayer
- Alternative Title:
- Elizabeth Queen of Edward IV
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image, on mounting page., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on publication date of the extra-illustrated volume into which this drawing was inserted., and Inlaid opposite page 28 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Historic doubts, on the life and reign of King Richard the Third. London : W. and S. Wybrow [etc.], 1822.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797. and Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492
- Subject (Topic):
- Queens
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Elisabeth Queen of Edward IV from a picture at Canterbury Cathedral. [art original]
31. Fancy portrait [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [1840?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 49 Box D160
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A three-quarter length caricature of a man standing in profile facing right holding his right hand inside the front of his coat and raising the index finger of his right hand
- Description:
- Title from text inscribed in black ink above image., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Probably a copy of an Isaac Cruikshank etching published in: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches ... / by G.M. Woodward., One of a series of 13 drawings by the same artist., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Fancy portrait [art original].
32. Garden gate at Strawberry Hill [art original]
- Creator:
- Buckler, John, 1770-1851, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1831]
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 805 Copy 1
- Collection Title:
- Page 8. Reminiscences, written in MDCCLXXXVIII, for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of the garden gate at Strawberry Hill, Horace's Walpole's estate in Twickenham. Two posts of Gothic design support the metal gates between them, with walls and trees extending on either side of the gate. The path in the foreground continues through to the other side, where more greenery is visible
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner., and Bound in as page 8 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Reminiscences, written in MDCCLXXXVIII, for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry ... London : Printed by Richard Taylor and Co., 1805.
- Subject (Geographic):
- English.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Gates
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Garden gate at Strawberry Hill [art original]
33. German earthen mug in China Room [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1810]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
- Collection Title:
- Page 8b. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of a mug, its base wider than its mouth, with a small handle mounted up close to the lip. The side of the vessel is decorated with the figure of a man (three-quarter length) above a coat of arms; in the China Room at Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title from note in pencil below image, in Thomas Kirgate's hand., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card., Date based on death date of Thomas Kirgate, whose annotation is present below image., and Inlaid on page 8b 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 (Topic):
- Art collections, Drinking vessels, and Pottery
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > German earthen mug in China Room [art original].
34. Go along do! You coaxing rogue [art original]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1815?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings C889 no. 1 Box D115
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A soldier with an elongated nose appears to plead with or coax a woman wearing a stole, feathers in her hair, and a crucifix on a chain
- Description:
- Title from item., Signed in ink lower left: G.C., George Cruikshank, English graphic artist, 1792-1878., and For further information consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Courtship and Soldiers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Go along do! You coaxing rogue [art original]
35. Guiccardini [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1805]
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 798
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 299. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of Francesco Guicciardini, bust-length, turned to the left; wearing a hat and a fur-lined cloak
- Alternative Title:
- Guicciardini
- Description:
- Title written below image., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from signature on a similar drawing mounted in the same volume., Date of production inferred from similar drawing in the same volume with the date "1805" written on it., and Mounted opposite page 299 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ... From: The works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. London : Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, and J. Edwards, Pall-Mall, MDCCXCVIII [1798].
- Subject (Name):
- Guicciardini, Francesco, 1483-1540,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Guiccardini [art original].
36. Hard up [art original]
- Creator:
- D'Arcy (Artist)
- Published / Created:
- [1840?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 48 Box D160
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Three-quarter length portrait of a man in profile, looking down and arms folded across his chest and wearing a top hat
- Description:
- Title from text inscribed in graphite pencil above image., Original title struck through: Know patient., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Probably a copy of an Isaac Cruikshank etching published in: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches ... / by G.M. Woodward., One of a series of 13 drawings by the same artist., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hard up [art original]
37. Henry, Earl of Rochester and Clarendon [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1805]
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 798
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 278. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of Henry Hyde, Earl of Clarendon and Rochester; half-length, turned to the right; in a long, curled wig; wearing a coat and cravat
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image, on mounting page., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from signature on a similar drawing mounted in the same volume., Date of production inferred from similar drawing in the same volume with the date "1805" written on it., and Mounted opposite page 278 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ... From: The works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. London : Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, and J. Edwards, Pall-Mall, MDCCXCVIII [1798].
- Subject (Name):
- Clarendon and Rochester, Henry Hyde, Earl of, 1672-1753,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Henry, Earl of Rochester and Clarendon [art original].
38. 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]
39. I am offended Tom [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [183-?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 29 Box D160
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A male cat standing erect on his hind legs and fashionably in a morning coat and holding a top hat rests his left paw on the shoulder of a female cat dressed in women's puffed-sleeved dress and wearing a cap. She is seated in a chair and sewing; beside her is a sewing case on a pedestal side table. Both wear serious expressions
- Description:
- Title from caption inscribed within image in brown ink., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record and based on costume., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Cats, Animals in human situations, Sewing, and Sewing equipment & supplies
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > I am offended Tom [art original].
40. Independent tradesman [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [1840?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 43 Box D160
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Half-length portrait in profile to right of a man smoking a long-stemmed tobacco pipe
- Alternative Title:
- Jolly landlord
- Description:
- Title from inscription in graphite pencil over image., Title 'Jolly landlord' struck through and replaced with title 'Independent tradesman'., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record and based on other drawings in the series., Probably a copy of an Isaac Cruikshank etching published in: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches ... / by G.M. Woodward., One of a series of 13 drawings by the same artist., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Tobacco pipes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Independent tradesman [art original].
41. Jean Louis de la Vallette, Duke of E'spernon [art original]
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1807]
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 798
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 308. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of Jean-Louis de Nogaret de La Valette, duc d'Epernon; bust-length, turned slightly right; wearing armor with a sash and a broad white collar edged with lace
- Alternative Title:
- Jean Louis de la Valette, Duke of Epernon
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Signed with initials and dated in lower right portion of image; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card., and Mounted opposite page 308 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ... From: The works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. London : Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, and J. Edwards, Pall-Mall, MDCCXCVIII [1798].
- Subject (Name):
- Epernon, Jean-Louis de Nogaret de La Valette, duc d', 1554-1642,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Jean Louis de la Vallette, Duke of E'spernon [art original]
42. Johnannes Meeke [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1802 and 1853?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings H263 no. 2 Box D125
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait, drawn in an oval, of Johannes Meeke. He is wearing 17th century dress with a cap. He is holding a book in his right hand
- Description:
- Title from artist's inscription below image., George Perfect Harding, English miniature painter, 1779/80-1853., Inscription in pencil on verso: By [?G.P. Harding]., and Inscription in pencil on verso: Benefactor of Magdalen College.
- Subject (Name):
- Meeke, Johannes,
- Subject (Topic):
- Scholars and English
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Johnannes Meeke [art original].
43. La Comtesse de Koningsmark; Diana Saxonica [art original]
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- 1805.
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 798
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 279. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of Maria Aurora von Königsmarck dressed as the goddess Diana; half-length, shoulders facing left and head turned towards the viewer; wearing a flowing garment, an armband, and a crescent moon hair ornament; with a quiver of arrows strapped to her back
- Alternative Title:
- Diana Saxonica
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Signed in ink in lower left corner; place and date of production written in ink in lower right corner., Probably drawn after a mezzotint by Pieter Schenk that was published in Amsterdam in 1705., and Mounted opposite page 279 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ... From: The works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. London : Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, and J. Edwards, Pall-Mall, MDCCXCVIII [1798].
- Subject (Name):
- Königsmarck, Aurora von, 1662-1728,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > La Comtesse de Koningsmark; Diana Saxonica [art original]
44. Lady Bellasis [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1805]
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 798
- Collection Title:
- Page 316b. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of Susan, Baroness Belasyse, who was courted by James, Duke of York before he became King James II; bust-length, shoulders facing left with head turned towards the viewer; her hair in curls; wearing a pearl necklace and a gown with a low neckline
- Alternative Title:
- Lady Belasyse
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from signature on a similar drawing mounted in the same volume., Date of production inferred from similar drawing in the same volume with the date "1805" written on it., and Mounted on page 316b in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ... From: The works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. London : Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, and J. Edwards, Pall-Mall, MDCCXCVIII [1798].
- Subject (Name):
- Belasyse, Susan Belasyse, Baroness, -1713,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Lady Bellasis [art original].
45. Le restaurateur [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [1819?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 36 Box D160
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Scene in a restaurant: a female servant is delivering a dish to a flirtatious diner who is stroking her chin while a male servant excitedly delivers a menu to a second male diner. A massive painting of a grain harvesting scene adorns the wall in the background
- Description:
- Title from caption inscribed in black ink below image., Date from note inscribed in graphite pencil below caption., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Restaurants, Waiters, and Waitresses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Le restaurateur [art original].
46. Miss Vane [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1805]
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 798
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 311. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of Anne Vane, maid of honour to Caroline of Ansbach and mistress to her son Frederick, Prince of Wales; bust-length, head turned slightly to the left; a stern expression on her face; wearing a low-cut gown and pearls in her hair
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from signature on a similar drawing mounted in the same volume., Date of production inferred from similar drawing in the same volume with the date "1805" written on it., and Mounted opposite page 311 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ... From: The works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. London : Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, and J. Edwards, Pall-Mall, MDCCXCVIII [1798].
- Subject (Name):
- Vane, Anne, 1705-1736,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Vane [art original].
47. Obediah puzzled [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [1830?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 31 Box D160
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two Quakers conversing as if catechising, one wearing an extravagant waistcoat: 'Aminidab, how camest thou by that garment for the vain adornment of thine outward man?', '"I created it."', 'Created it friend?', '"Yea verily - for I said, "Let it be made, and it was made!!'.
- Description:
- Title from caption inscribed at bottom of design in black ink., Date based on published etching with this design, same title, and text: Pubd. Apl. 1830, by S. Gan's Southampton St. See British Museum online catalog. Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Quakers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Obediah puzzled [art original].
48. Oh! You are a duck!!! [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [183-?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 28 Box D160
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- At the edge of a small pond, a mallard duck (left) formally dressed in a morning coat and top hat flaps his wings at a female turkey (right) wearing a shawl and bonnet. She looks back over her shoulder at him with a coy expression
- Description:
- Title from caption inscribed within image in brown ink., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record and based on costume., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Ducks, Turkeys, and Animals in human situations
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Oh! You are a duck!!! [art original].
49. Oxonians in 1797 day after ordination [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [1840?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 42 Box D160
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Quarter-length portrait in profile to left of a fashionably dressed Oxonian wearing a subtlyhaughty expression on his face
- Description:
- Title from text inscribed in black ink above image., Date from note inscribed in pencil below image: 1840., Probably a copy of an Isaac Cruikshank etching published in: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches ... / by G.M. Woodward, One of a series of 13 drawings by the same artist., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Oxonians in 1797 day after ordination [art original].
50. Oxonians in 1797. Day before ordination [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [1840?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 41 Box D160
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Quarter-length portrait in profile to right of a fashionably dressed Oxonian in cap and gown, serious expression, and long curly hair
- Description:
- Title from text inscribed in black ink above image., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record and from inscribed note., Probably a copy of an Isaac Cruikshank etching published in: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches ... / by G.M. Woodward., One of a series of 13 drawings by the same artist., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Scholars
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Oxonians in 1797. Day before ordination [art original].
51. Perkin Warbeck [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1822]
- Call Number:
- 24 19 822 Copy 2
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 86. Historic doubts, on the life and reign of King Richard the Third.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the English throne; half-length, head turned slightly left; wearing a feathered hat and a fur-lined coat; in an oval within a rectangle
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on publication date of the extra-illustrated volume into which this drawing was inserted., and Tipped in opposite page 86 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Historic doubts, on the life and reign of King Richard the Third. London : W. and S. Wybrow [etc.], 1822.
- Subject (Name):
- Warbeck, Perkin, 1474-1499,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Perkin Warbeck [art original].
52. Ponte alle Grazie, Florence [art original]
- Creator:
- Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William), 1814-1866, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1856?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings F171 no. 1 Box D120
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Ink drawing of the 14th century bridge in Florence -- Ponte alle Grazie -- with a view of the hills in the distance and the buildings of Florence on either side of the bridge
- Description:
- Frederick William Fairholt (1814-1866), English artist and antiquary, signed his prints "F.W.F"., Title from item., Signed by the artist in lower right corner: "F.W.F"., and Date of drawing based on artist's visit to Italy with Lord Londesborough in 1856.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Italy, Florence., and Florence (Italy)
- Subject (Topic):
- Bridges
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Ponte alle Grazie, Florence [art original]
53. 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].
54. Public house politician 1797 [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [1840?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 44 Box D160
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man in profile to right wearing a floppy-brimmed hat and a long coat sits in a wooden chair and leans forward onto his crossed legs, seemingly engaged in an absorbing conversation
- Description:
- Title from text inscribed in ink above image., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Probably a copy of an Isaac Cruikshank etching published in: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches ... / by G.M. Woodward., One of a series of 13 drawings by the same artist., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Public house politician 1797 [art original].
55. Queen Margaret [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1822]
- Call Number:
- 24 19 822 Copy 2
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 120. Historic doubts, on the life and reign of King Richard the Third.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of Margaret of Anjou, half-length, turned to the right, her eyes downcast, a crown over her long straight hair, dressed in an embroidered robe and mantle pinned with jewelled brooches
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image, on mounting page., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on publication date of the extra-illustrated volume into which this drawing was inserted., A copy of a painting owned by Horace Walpole and kept at Strawberry Hill., and Tipped in opposite page 120 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Historic doubts, on the life and reign of King Richard the Third. London : W. and S. Wybrow [etc.], 1822.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Queens
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Queen Margaret [art original].
56. Quite politely [art original]
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 6 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A gentleman in a riding habit (left) rides his horse through the door of a cottage startling the family who sit at their dinner table. The man's hunting dog jumps at the young son who sits closest to the door; he screams in terror, his fork and knife frozen part way to his mouth and his leg thrown up, spilling a pitcher from the table. The mother raises up her arms in terror, letting the cutlery fly; in her mouth is a gnawed bone. Behind her is a wall with shelves lined with dishes and mugs. Her husband (right), back to the viewer, turns to the intruder pointing a long spear. His knife and fork are on the floor below his chair. The gentleman addresses the cottagers, "Och, dont disturb y'rselves my Nonies I only want to know whether you cou'd be after informing me where I cou'd meet with a decent night's lodging for man and beast."
- Description:
- Title from caption written below image in artist's hand, with the words trimmed along the lower edges with loss of the descenders., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dwellings, Eating & drinking, Families, Interiors, Horseback riding, and Hunting dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Quite politely [art original]
57. 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].
58. 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]
59. Richard III [art original]
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1822]
- Call Number:
- 24 19 822 Copy 2
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 109. Historic doubts, on the life and reign of King Richard the Third.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait drawing of Richard III, three-quarter length, turned slightly right; wearing a crown and robe; holding a sword in his right hand and the globus cruciger in his left hand. Copied from a full-length double portrait drawing of Richard III and Queen Anne
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Artist unidentified; done after a drawing by George Vertue that was owned by Horace Walpole and kept at Strawberry Hill., Date of production based on publication date of the extra-illustrated volume into which this drawing was inserted., and Tipped in opposite page 109 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Historic doubts, on the life and reign of King Richard the Third. London : W. and S. Wybrow [etc.], 1822.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Kings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Richard III [art original]
60. 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]
61. Sin ie cure [art original].
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 2 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A full-length caricature of an obese clergy man who wears a bishop's hat (?) and smokes a long pipe as he walks left. He carries a pig and a chicken under his left arm. He holds a Bible in his left hand, and he carries a bottle in his pocket. He has a very large nose and a round checks. His very large belly is exaggerated further in graphite
- Alternative Title:
- Sinecure
- Description:
- Title from caption written below image., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Avarice, Chickens, Clergy, Obesity, Pipes (Smoking), and Swine
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sin ie cure [art original].
62. Sin ie cure [art original].
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 2 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A full-length caricature of an obese clergy man who wears a bishop's hat (?) and smokes a long pipe as he walks left. He carries a pig and a chicken under his left arm. He holds a Bible in his left hand, and he carries a bottle in his pocket. He has a very large nose and a round checks. His very large belly is exaggerated further in graphite
- Alternative Title:
- Sinecure
- Description:
- Title from caption written below image., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Avarice, Chickens, Clergy, Obesity, Pipes (Smoking), and Swine
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sin ie cure [art original].
63. Sir Horace Mann [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1810]
- Call Number:
- Drawings H263 no. 6 Box D125
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrat of Sir Horace Mann, half-length turned to the left but looking forward at the viewer
- Description:
- Title inscribed below image., George Perfect Harding, English miniature painter, 1779/80-1853., After a portrait of Horace Mann by J. Astley which belonged to Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill., Engraving of this portrait published by Richard Bentley, 1810., and Inscription in pencil: ? by G.P. Harding.
- Subject (Name):
- Mann, Horace, Sir, 1701-1786,
- Subject (Topic):
- Diplomats and English
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sir Horace Mann [art original].
64. Sir William Hamilton [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1806]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B935 805 folder 32 Box 3
- Collection Title:
- [Scrapbook of drawings].
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait drawing of the diplomat and antiquarian William Hamilton; bust length, in profile to the left; hair in a ponytail; wearing a jacket and cravat
- Description:
- Title inscribed below image, in ink in a contemporary hand., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Place and date of production based on the country of residence and death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found., Hamilton's diplomatic position is written on mount below image, in ink in a contemporary hand: English Minister at Naples., Mounted with three other drawings on what was formerly page 89 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted together with three other drawings to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
- Subject (Name):
- Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sir William Hamilton [art original].
65. South east view of Strawberry Hill [art original].
- Creator:
- Buckler, John, 1770-1851, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1831]
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 805 Copy 1
- Collection Title:
- Page 6. Reminiscences, written in MDCCLXXXVIII, for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- View of Horace Walpole's villa at Strawberry Hill, as seen from the southeast part of the property. The white structure is prominent in the center of the image, with ivy and shrubs obscuring the first floor of the house in places. A clump of trees separates the main house from another building on the left, only the edge of which is visible. On the lawn in front of the trees is an urn sitting on a pedestal. A cloud-filled sky is seen above
- Alternative Title:
- Southeast view of Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Attribution to John Buckler and date of production from signatures and dates on two similar drawings bound in the same volume., and Bound in as page 6 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Reminiscences, written in MDCCLXXXVIII, for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry ... London : Printed by Richard Taylor and Co., 1805.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Twickenham (London, England)
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Estates
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > South east view of Strawberry Hill [art original].
66. Spiritual advice [art original].
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 4 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The more finished of the two wash drawing on recto shows a drunken tradesman (perhaps sailor or dustman) holding onto a post. Above him is written by the artist, "Niccup who are ye staring at. Take a little sober advice and go home for you seem to be beastly intosticated [sic]." On the verso, a graphite drawing of a baker(?). On the verso a pencil sketch of the same tradesman, unfinished
- Description:
- Title from caption written below image on recto, in artist's hand., Attributed to C.J. Grant based on style and association with other signed drawings., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., Watermark on paper: J. Whatman 1830., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Intoxication and Occupations
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Spiritual advice [art original].
67. Spiritual advice [art original].
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 4 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The more finished of the two wash drawing on recto shows a drunken tradesman (perhaps sailor or dustman) holding onto a post. Above him is written by the artist, "Niccup who are ye staring at. Take a little sober advice and go home for you seem to be beastly intosticated [sic]." On the verso, a graphite drawing of a baker(?). On the verso a pencil sketch of the same tradesman, unfinished
- Description:
- Title from caption written below image on recto, in artist's hand., Attributed to C.J. Grant based on style and association with other signed drawings., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., Watermark on paper: J. Whatman 1830., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Intoxication and Occupations
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Spiritual advice [art original].
68. Sure such a pair were never seen so justly form'd to meet by nature!!! [art original]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
- Published / Created:
- 1818.
- Call Number:
- Drawings C889 no. 3 Box D115
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man and a woman are shown in profile, half-length; their facial features fit together likes pieces of a puzzle
- Description:
- Signed in ink lower left: GCk., Original drawing, basis for a publish print: Sure such a pair were never seen so justly form'd to meet by Nature!!! See British Museum. Catalogue of political and personal satires, v. 9, 13131., George Cruikshank, English graphic artist, 1792-1878., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Dandies, British, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sure such a pair were never seen so justly form'd to meet by nature!!! [art original]
69. Symptoms of being unattached, or, Retiring with a difference [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [1805?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 21 Box D160
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two Bermuda walk along an empty path passing a sign that reads 'To Plymouth'.
- Alternative Title:
- Retiring with a difference
- Description:
- Title from caption inscribed below image in black ink., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Symptoms of being unattached, or, Retiring with a difference [art original].
70. The Countess of Suffolk [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1805]
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 798
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 296. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of Henrietta Hobart Howard, Countess of Suffolk; half-length, turned slightly right; with her hair down and her left hand touching it beside her cheek; wearing a low-cut gown
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from signature on a similar drawing mounted in the same volume., Date of production inferred from similar drawing in the same volume with the date "1805" written on it., Probably drawn after the portrait by Jervas that was owned by Horace Walpole and kept at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted opposite page 296 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Reminiscences, written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes B-Y ... From: The works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. London : Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, and J. Edwards, Pall-Mall, MDCCXCVIII [1798].
- Subject (Name):
- Suffolk, Henrietta Hobart Howard, Countess of, 1688?-1767, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Countess of Suffolk [art original].
71. The boxers arms [art original].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1819?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings C889 no. 6 Box D115
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A shield with four quarterings: first quarter contains a pair of boxing gloves; the second quarter is drawn showing a man uncorking a bottle. The third and fourth quarters show different moments in a fight. Above the shield is a clenched hand surrounded by laurels, with two "Bottle-holders" supporting either side
- Description:
- Image was used as the basis for a print published by George Humphrey in 1819: The Boxer's arms., See Catalogue of political and personal satires, v. 9, 13395., George Cruikshank, English graphic artist, 1792-1878., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Boxing and Coats of arms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The boxers arms [art original].
72. The chancel at Sundridge Church, Kent [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1828]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 33 30 Copy 25
- Collection Title:
- Page 14. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Floor plan of the chancel in St. Mary's Church, Sundridge, Kent, with the footprint of the altar at the top and nearest to the right the footprint of a tomb labeled "Lady Ayesbury" with measurements; in front on the right a footprint also with measurements is labeled "Vacant grave", but in a different and later hand updated with the information "now The Honble. Anne S. Damer, May 28, 1828, aet. 80". To the left of the altar an annotation reads "At this spot are the graves of Lord and Lady Frederick Campbell".
- Description:
- Title written in ink above image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date based on death date of Anne Seymour Damer, who possibly assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is mounted., and Mounted on page 14 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):
- Kent (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Ailesbury, Caroline Campbell, Countess of, 1721-1803. and Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828.
- Subject (Topic):
- Buildings, structures, etc, Floor plans, Chancels, Altars, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The chancel at Sundridge Church, Kent [art original].
73. The cottage or printing house at Strawberry Hill [art original]
- Creator:
- Buckler, John, 1770-1851, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1831]
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 805 Copy 1
- Collection Title:
- Page 7. Reminiscences, written in MDCCLXXXVIII, for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- View of the cottage on the grounds of Horace Walpole's estate Strawberry Hill, seen in the middle distance surrounded by trees. The entrance and its portico face the viewer; a large bow window faces right. Smoke rises from one of the two chimneys atop the pitched roof
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner., and Bound in as page 7 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Reminiscences, written in MDCCLXXXVIII, for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry ... London : Printed by Richard Taylor and Co., 1805.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Twickenham (London, England)
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Buildings, structures, etc, Estates, and Outbuildings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The cottage or printing house at Strawberry Hill [art original]
74. The dandies coat of arms [art original].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
- Published / Created:
- 1819.
- Call Number:
- Drawings C889 no. 5 Box D115
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satirical coat of arms for the "Dandy." The shield is a dandy's tail-coat, supported by two monkey's dressed in clothes. The crest is a stay and a top hat. Underneath the shield, are written the words "Dandi, Dando, Dandum" below which a puppy is suspended
- Description:
- Title inscribed below image., Inscription in ink in image: Coat of Arms. Azure. The Sexes impaled improper between two Butterflies - Two flances; on the dexter flanch three pair of Stays, argent, the sinister flanch charged with Rouge Pomat & smellg bottle, On the Canton, Dexter a frill rampant in the sinister Canton a false collar rampant - small cloaths passive in pile supported by pins - Supporters- Two Monkies - proper - Crest, a pr of Stays full padded - supporting a Cravat & Collar Rampant proper, holding a blockhead argent & gules, wingerd with asses ears proper the whole under cover of a Sable Bever., Basis for print published as: The dandies coat of arms, See British Museum Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, vol. 9, 13394., George Cruikshank, English graphic artist, 1792-1878., For further information, consult library staff., and Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. 15, p. 143.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, British, and Coats of arms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The dandies coat of arms [art original].
75. 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].
76. The fox at the cupboard [art original]
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 5 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of the interior of a cottage with an old woman asleep in a chair, her feet resting on a low footstool in front of open door (left); in her lap she holds an open book and a pair of spectacles. On the right, a boy in a smock stands on a stool in front of an open cupboard eating from a full bowl. Along the back wall is a pair of casement windows with a drop leaf table below and pictures on the wall to the left. A cat walks across the center of the scene looking up at the boy
- Description:
- Title from caption in artist's hand written below image., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., Watermark on paper: J. Rump 1825., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Boys, Cats, Cupboards, Dwellings, Eating & drinking, Interiors, Sleeping, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The fox at the cupboard [art original]
77. The good old times 1797. A good tempered landlady [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [1840?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 45 Box D160
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A three-quarter length caricature of a middle-aged woman in bonnet and plain dress carrying a large decorative bowl of soup with a laddle protruding over the side
- Description:
- Title from text inscribed in black ink above image., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Probably a copy of an Isaac Cruikshank etching published in: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches ... / by G.M. Woodward., One of a series of 13 drawings by the same artist., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The good old times 1797. A good tempered landlady [art original].
78. The hungry epicure disappointed [art original]
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 8 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man with a queue wig and wearing spectacles (right) sits expectantly at a small round tea table set for two; his hands on the table glench his knife and fork, his napkin tied around his neck like a bib. He leans forward as he eyes the food approach carried by a woman in a mop cap and wearing spectacles who stands full lengh (left) holding a long handled frying pan heaped high with dark ashes. He says, "Come, come, Dame is'nt my eggs and bacon done yet. I'm literally famish'd in waiting." She replies, "I am very sorry to inform your worship that just as I had done 'em so nice all this here soot fell into the pan."
- Description:
- Title from caption written below image., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Accidents, Cookery, Eating & drinking, Dining tables, Starvation, and Tableware
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The hungry epicure disappointed [art original]
79. 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]
80. The monument of the Cts. of Ailesbury in the church at Sundridge, Kent the bust by the Honble. Anne Seymour Damer, her daughter. [art original]
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1802]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 33 30 Copy 25
- Collection Title:
- Page 25. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of the monument in St. Mary's Church, with the bust of the Countess of Ailesbury sitting on a pedestal at center, head shrouded. Columns supporting an ornate roof flank the bust on either side, the area between their bases decorated with a pattern of quatrefoils. A winged cherub head hangs from the bottom of each column. A scale bar runs along the bottom of the sheet
- Alternative Title:
- Monument of the Countess of Ailesbury in the church at Sundridge, Kent
- Description:
- Title written in ink at bottom of image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on watermark: A. Blackwell & G. Jones 1802., and Mounted on page 25 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 (Name):
- Ailesbury, Caroline Campbell, Countess of, 1721-1803.
- Subject (Topic):
- Tombs & sepulchral monuments and Sculpture
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The monument of the Cts. of Ailesbury in the church at Sundridge, Kent the bust by the Honble. Anne Seymour Damer, her daughter. [art original]
81. The old mans folly [art original].
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1810?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings H437 no. 4 Box D128
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A caricature showing a couple full-length as they dance. The older man with a very large and balding forehead holds the arm of a young girl; both are standing on their toes. She is holding a fan and looking away from the man
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Attributed to William Heath by curator., and William Heath, English caricaturist and illustrator, 1795-1840.
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Courtship, and Dance
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The old mans folly [art original].
82. The present state of John Bull [art original]
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 7 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- John Bull stands defiantly in the center of a crowd of angry men -- military officers, gentlemen of various ages, tradesmen, and an amputee -- most of whom hold out bills ranging between £50 and £5000; the speech bubbles above their heads read: "King's taxes"; "Police rate"; "Parish rates"; "Excise duties"; "Tithes church rates pew rents & Easter doos [sic]"; "Sundres &c." John Bull's response reads, "Damme ye had better devour me., ye voratious crew. Am I never to have my hands out of my pocket again, but 't wont last long lads. I shall soon be in the Gazette & then ye lazy drones ye must work hard for you own livings." The man with a large belly on the lower right carries a little dog under his arm
- Description:
- Title from caption written below image., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., Paper watermarked: J.R. 1828., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Taxation, Anger, Crowds, Demonstrations, Dogs, Men, Military officers, and Obesity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The present state of John Bull [art original]
83. The saviour of his grateful country [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1817]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title:
- Laid in. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of a tall sign, with a post similar to that of a street lamp, displaying a rectangular portrait of a man surrounded by ornamentation. The man, possibly a politician, is shown bust-length in profile to the left; he has a long nose that curls upward and wears a wig that likewise curls upwards in the back. The words "The saviour of his grateful country" are written on the sign directly beneath the portrait, indicating that the sign might in fact be a monument. To the right of the sign is a low milestone on which is written "To Kingston I mile, to London X miles".
- Description:
- Title written in image., Possibly drawn by James Sayers; the drawing is laid in a volume of prints that Sayers assembled., Approximate date of production from watermark: G. Pike 1817., and Attached to a lithograph with a metal pin that pierces the lower left corners of both sheets; laid in James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Subject (Topic):
- Monuments & memorials, Traffic signs & signals, Milestones, and Portraits
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The saviour of his grateful country [art original].
84. The striking likeness [art original]
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 1 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An artist (left) with a caricatured face looks on with horror as a bust falls on the head of the Lord, the sitter, who jumps and shreaks with pain, his foot breaking the window (right). In the background the Lord's round, well-dressed wife looks on in horror and Sketch on verso in pencil shows a boxer with gloves in a fighting stance. The figures in ink on recto, the artist and his lordship, bleed-through the image on verso
- Description:
- Title from caption written above image on recto; image on verso untitled., Verses below image begin: " A poor sculptor with his work elated, on a fickle lord one evening waited ; with his Lordship's bust ... Now her Ladyship with great acknowledg'd the sculptor's work to be a striking likeness.", Place and date of creation based on Grant's known place of residence and years of activity., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists, Boxers (Sports), Boxing, Couples, Distress, Pain, Sculptors, and Sculptures
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The striking likeness [art original]
85. The striking likeness [art original]
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 1 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An artist (left) with a caricatured face looks on with horror as a bust falls on the head of the Lord, the sitter, who jumps and shreaks with pain, his foot breaking the window (right). In the background the Lord's round, well-dressed wife looks on in horror and Sketch on verso in pencil shows a boxer with gloves in a fighting stance. The figures in ink on recto, the artist and his lordship, bleed-through the image on verso
- Description:
- Title from caption written above image on recto; image on verso untitled., Verses below image begin: " A poor sculptor with his work elated, on a fickle lord one evening waited ; with his Lordship's bust ... Now her Ladyship with great acknowledg'd the sculptor's work to be a striking likeness.", Place and date of creation based on Grant's known place of residence and years of activity., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists, Boxers (Sports), Boxing, Couples, Distress, Pain, Sculptors, and Sculptures
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The striking likeness [art original]
86. The wonderful French giant aged 22 measures 7 feet 3 inches [art original]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Richard, 1795-1880, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately Janaury 1822]
- Call Number:
- Drawings D573 no. 1 Box D117
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A French officer, wearing blue, towers above a British officer, wearing scarlet. The French officer extends his arm above the head of the British officer
- Description:
- Title from item., In ink below image: "Jany 13. 1822. Pub. by G. Thanphrey St. James Street"., Richard Dighton, English painter and caricaturist, 1795-1880., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Giants (Persons), Soldiers, and French
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The wonderful French giant aged 22 measures 7 feet 3 inches [art original]
87. The-conclusion [art original].
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1810?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings H437 no. 7 Box D128
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A caricature of a couple, full-length and fashionably dressed in a simple way, are shown in profile kissing. The length of their arms is exaggerated and are in contrast to their short legs. The woman's eyes are open but the man's are closed
- Alternative Title:
- Conclusion
- Description:
- Title written in ink, below image., Mounted on the verso of an estate map of Creeves, in Limerick County, Ireland., and William Heath, English caricaturist and illustrator, 1795-1840.
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples and Kissing
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The-conclusion [art original].
88. 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]
89. 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].
90. 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]
91. Village clerk [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [1840?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 46 Box D160
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Half-length portrait of a man shown in profile looking left, wearing a hat over long hair and smoking a short-stemmed pipe
- Description:
- Title from text inscribed in graphite pencil above image., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Probably a copy of an Isaac Cruikshank etching published in: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches ... / by G.M. Woodward., One of a series of 13 drawings by the same artist., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Pipes (Smoking) and Smoking
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Village clerk [art original].
92. Would-be-juvenile [art original].
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1810?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings H437 no. 3 Box D128
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An awkward couple, caricatured and drawn full-length, are shown dancing. An older woman whose decorative plumage extends beyond the man's head, has a crooked nose and lanky features. The man, somewhat younger, has a protruding chin
- Description:
- Title from caption in brown ink, below image., Questionable attribution to William Heath., Mounted on the verso of an estate map., and William Heath, English caricaturist and illustrator, 1795-1840.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dance and Couples
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Would-be-juvenile [art original].
93. [A farmhouse, man with barrow] [art original].
- Creator:
- Hunt, William Henry, 1790-1864, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1825 and 1864?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings H939 no. 2 Box D128
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a farmyard, a man pushes a wheelbarrow. The farmhouse stands behind the man. Tree branches and tools for cutting wood are scattered throughout the farmyard
- Description:
- Title from inscription in graphite pencil on verso: Hunt, William Henry, 1790-1864. A farmhouse, man with barrow in pen and watercolor., Inscription in graphite pencil on verso: Brought from attic to print room by WSL, 1-16-75., and William Henry Hunt, English watercolor painter, 1790-1864.
- Subject (Topic):
- Farms, Farmhouses, and Woodcutting
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A farmhouse, man with barrow] [art original].
94. [A small bronze vase, with a sacrifice to Priapus] [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of a vase in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. At center is a view of the vase which is decorated with a scene of the sacrifice to Priapus, expanded in the drawing horizontally so that the entire scene is visible. In the lower left is a top view of the vase labeled "bocca del' vaso" and in the lower right a bottom view labeled "fondo dell' vaso."
- Alternative Title:
- Sacrificio di Priapo in vn' vaso di metallo giallo scavato nel' anno 1702 in Roma : fra' il Circo Massimo & le Terme di Antonino Caracalla
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Written in ink at top of sheet: Sacrificio di Priapo in vn' vaso di metallo giallo scavato nel' anno 1702 in Roma ..., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 170 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Priapus (Greek deity),
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections and Vases
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A small bronze vase, with a sacrifice to Priapus] [art original].
95. [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].
96. [Allegorical scene of Christina of Pisa writing her Cité des dames] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing depicting an allegorical scene in which Reason, Rectitude, and Justice appear to Christine de Pisan and promise to assist her in writing La cité des dames
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Unsigned; artist unidentified., After an illumination that was in the library of the King of France; a wash drawing after this illumination was also in Horace Walpole's collection at Strawberry Hill., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 55 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
- Subject (Name):
- Christine, de Pisan, approximately 1364-approximately 1431. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Allegorical scene of Christina of Pisa writing her Cité des dames] [art original].
97. [Arms and crest] [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of arms and a crest, likely from one of the seals that were kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 158 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections, Coats of arms, and Seals (Insignia)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Arms and crest] [art original].
98. [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].
99. [Beggars at Epsom] [art original].
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1810?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings B87 no. 11 Box D105
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A young girl begs for change as she holds out a hat to a couple heading toward the crowd around the tents at Epsom Derby. Her father (?) half kneels while playing a violin, and a woman (her mother?) clutches a baby to her breast
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Date based on unverified data in local card catalog record., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Epsom Derby, England (Horse race), Beggars, Crowds, and Families
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Beggars at Epsom] [art original].
