Album of ca. 40 pen and ink, wash, and one color drawing of scenes in Yorkshire, most dated (30 April 1799-9 June 1801) and "drawn on the spot", with the artist's identification of the locales, buildings, and ruins. The first is dated April 30th 1799 and is a view of Fountain's Abbey and followed by several sketches of ships and trees, a cottage, and two views of a bridge with a village in the distance. These sketches are followed by a series 24 non-sequentially numbered sketches, half of which are half-page oval designs. Six more drawings -- wash, pencil, or ink -- follow executed in 1801. The penultimate leaf contains a pencil drawing of The ruins of Wallop Church, dated Ap: 15th 1805 on the verso and a rough sketch of a scene on the verso. The final leaf is a wash drawing of a vista and is signed E. Johnson, JPearson, JPearson and is undated; another rough pencil drawing of trees and tower on the verso
Description:
Artist John Pearson of Ripon., Title devised by cataloger., Binding: Marble boards, leather spine., First recto leaf: a list of "Unbound sketches" not included in this album., On front flyleaf: Jn. Pearson, Ripon. With other faint pencil notes about subjects of drawings., "N.9" on back pastedown., and For further information, consult library staff.
A servant bows slightly as he greets three tourists: a larger woman leads the group only carrying a small purse and parasol. She is followed by a younger woman holding a small dog and a few pieces of luggage. At the end a man struggles with the burden of a heavy trunk
Description:
Title and date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson., and For further information, consult library staff.
The interior of a loft stacked with sacks, an angry countryman ferociously prods one with a pitchfork, while a handsome young woman stands in alarm behind him in the doorway. From the sack projects the terrified head and hands of the woman's lover; his queue indicates a military officer. A white owl flies under the rafters
Description:
Title and date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Rowlandson., Compare to a print (in reverse) published 16 May 1807 by R. Ackermann: I smell a rat, or, A rogue in grain. See no. 10814 in v. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Hiding places, Adultery, Couples, Hiding, Bags, Pitchforks, and Surprise
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1810]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
Collection Title:
Page 2d. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Unfinished drawing of the Gothic lantern, designed by Richard Bentley, that hung in the Entrance of Strawberry Hill
Alternative Title:
Lanthron in the Red Hall
Description:
Title from local catalog card; the title written in ink on mounting page has "lanthorn" misspelled as "lanthron"., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card., Date based on death date of Thomas Kirgate, who likely assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., and Inlaid on page 2d 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].
Drawing depicting the shrine designed by Pietro Cavallini, brought to the chapel at Strawberry Hill from Rome in 1768. Four twisted Corinthian columns are at the base
Description:
Title devised by curator., Probably drawn by William Bawtree, perhaps in preparation for a similar engraving he published in 1798. For a description of the engraving, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: G,2.199. For a reproduction of the engraving, see: Walpole, H. Strawberry Hill accounts ... Oxford : The Clarendon Press, 1927, opposite page 128., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 200 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.
Title devised by curator., Unknown artist., and Though purchased with a collection of drawings by Richard Bentley, this drawing probably dates from the early 19th century.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, 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.
Page 16. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A circular image with three concentric designs surrounding the center image of a view of the bridge and Castel Sant'Angelo with the cupola of St. Peter's. The outer most circle is split into twelve equal sections with classical scenes which in turn are topped with an image of an open book with a page numbered "Tab. I-[XII]" moving counter-clockwise
Alternative Title:
Qua mare qua terras lustrat sol lumine semper, sospite me pater imperium Romanus habebit
Description:
Title devised by curator., Statement of responsibility written by Horace Walpole on separate slip of paper (2.9 x 6.6 cm), mounted on opposite page., and Mounted on page 16 in Anne Damer's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 33.
Subject (Geographic):
Rome
Subject (Name):
Dionysus (Greek deity), Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano,, and Museo nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo,
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Agriculture, Rites & ceremonies, and Views
As part of the seduction of the wife of his Portuguese neighbor, Zelcuo meets their child while his nurse takes him to a secluded shady seat and pretends to be moved by his beauty
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and Paper watermark: Edm [trimmed].
