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.
Artist's trial proof of a steel engraving with corrections of the head and further alterations drawn in pencil and pen and ink directly over the steel engraving. The engraving shows a man wearing a karakul and smoking a hookah
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date from unverified data in local card catalog record., Corrective notes inscribed in graphite pencil next to drawing: The eyes brighter darker the brow[?] a different shape., and For further information, consult library staff.
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.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1853]
Call Number:
33 3 Copy 14
Collection Title:
Volume 2, opposite page 137. Catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of John Hervey, Baron Hervey of Ickworth; half-length, turned slightly left and looking towards the viewer; wearing a shoulder-length curly wig, an open jacket, a waistcoat, and a neckerchief with frill; holding the purse of the Great Seal in his right hand
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card., Drawn after a portrait by Jean-Baptiste Vanloo; cf. paintings in the National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG 167) and at Ickworth House (NT 851778)., Date of production based on artist's death date., With placement instruction "137" written in pencil in upper left corner of sheet., and Inlaid opposite page 137 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England. [Twickenham, England] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758.
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.
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