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
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.
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...
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.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Priapus (Greek deity),
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...
Description:
Title and artist attribution from dealer's description.
Subject (Topic):
Accidents, Chimney sweeps, Dogs, Obesity, and Women
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.
Subject (Name):
Christine, de Pisan, approximately 1364-approximately 1431. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
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 "Catterp...
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.
Subject (Topic):
Epsom Derby, England (Horse race), Beggars, Crowds, and Families
A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the servant Bianca shown descending a staircase while looking over her right shoulder, a worried expression on her face. Her gaze is directed at the top of the stairs, where a larg...
