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121.
[Bianca retreating from the giant hand in armor] [art original]

Creator:
Miller, F., active 1802, artist
Published / Created:
[1802]
Call Number:
24 17 791P Copy 9
Collection Title:
Opposite page 217. Castle of Otranto.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the servant Bianca shown descending a staircase while looking over her right shoulder, a worried expression on her face. Her gaze is directed at the top of the stairs, where a larg...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Stairways, Hands, and Armor
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Bianca retreating from the giant hand in armor] [art original]

122.
The monument of the Cts. of Ailesbury in the church at Sundridge, Kent the bust by the Honble. Anne

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 pat...
Alternative Title:
Monument of the Countess of Ailesbury in the church at Sundridge, Kent
Description:
Title written in ink at bottom of image.
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]

123.
[Sketch of a portrait of Isaac D'Israeli] [art original].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1802]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 12
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Head and shoulders of Isaac D'Israeli, in profile to the right, with features exaggerated. Notes by the artist scribbled above and below image
Description:
Title devised by curator.
Subject (Name):
Disraeli, Isaac, 1766-1848
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Sketch of a portrait of Isaac D'Israeli] [art original].

124.
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 ...
Description:
Title from note in artist's hand above image.
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].

125.
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.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Tables
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A Gothic table [art original]

126.
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.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Chairs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A Gothic chair [art original]

127.
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.
Subject (Name):
Gentileschi, Artemisia, 1593-1652 or 1653,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Artemisia Gentileschi [art original].

128.
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 p...
Alternative Title:
Union between England and Ireland
Description:
Title from inscription below image in black ink in the artist's hand.
Subject (Topic):
Kissing, Peg legs, and Drinking vessels
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Union between England & Ireland [art original].

129.
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.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Great Britain, Preaching, Religious services, and Churches
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Village aristocracy, or, Churching a lady [art original]

130.
[Lessons in horsemanship] [art original]

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

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