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61. [Ralph Walpole, Bishop of Norwich and Ely] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing depicting the monumental brass plate to Ralph Walpole (died 1302) that was engraved by Müntz and hung by Horace Walpole in the Little Cloyster of Strawberry Hill
- Alternative Title:
- Radulphi de Walpoole
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Latin text in border surrounding figure: ... Radulphi de Walpoole ..., Unsigned; artist unidentifed., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 14 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):
- Plaques and Effigies
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Ralph Walpole, Bishop of Norwich and Ely] [art original].
62. 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].
63. 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]
64. 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].
65. 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]
66. 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]
67. 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].
68. 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].
69. 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].
70. 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].
71. 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].
72. 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]
73. 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].
74. 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]
75. 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]
76. [Miniatures in the Rosewood Cabinet, left hand door] [art original].
- Creator:
- Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1810]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
- Collection Title:
- Page 56c. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Diagram showing the arrangement of miniatures hung inside the left hand door of Horace Walpole's Cabinet of Miniatures and Enamels, which was kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. The six small paintings, arranged in a cross pattern, are shown in outline only. In each case 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. Orientation for the diagram is provided by the word "door" written in watercolor at the top of the sheet and the words "left hand" written in pencil at the bottom
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Unsigned; attribution to Thomas Kirgate from local catalog card., Date based on artist's death date., and Inlaid on page 56c 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):
- Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections, Miniatures (Paintings), and Cabinets (Case furniture)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Miniatures in the Rosewood Cabinet, left hand door] [art original].
77. 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 (Name):
- Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- 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].
78. [Miniatures in the Rosewood Cabinet, right hand door] [art original].
- Creator:
- Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1810]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
- Collection Title:
- Page 56a. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Diagram showing the arrangement of miniatures hung inside the right hand door of Horace Walpole's Cabinet of Miniatures and Enamels, which was kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. The eight small paintings, arranged in three columns, are shown in outline only. In each case 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. Orientation for the diagram is provided by the word "door" written in watercolor at the top of the sheet and the words "right hand" written in pencil at the bottom
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Unsigned; attribution to Thomas Kirgate from local catalog card., Date based on artist's death date., and Inlaid on page 56a 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):
- Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections, Miniatures (Paintings), and Cabinets (Case furniture)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Miniatures in the Rosewood Cabinet, right hand door] [art original].
79. [Glass vessel] [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 10a. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of a tall, thin vessel of indeterminate function, pale green in color and sitting upright on its ornate gold base. The opening at the top is edged with gold, below which is an image in gold of a figure riding a horse. To the right of where the base meets the rest of the vessel is a pencil annotation in Thomas Kirgate's hand indicating that this area is made of "blue glass". Presumably a depiction of an object kept by Horace Walpole in the China Room at Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title from local catalog card., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card., Date based on death date of Thomas Kirgate, whose annotation is present beside image., and Inlaid on page 10a 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):
- Containers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Glass vessel] [art original].
80. 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 (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Drinking vessels and Pottery
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > German earthen mug in China Room [art original].
81. 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].
82. [The lantern in the Red Hall] [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 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].
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections and Lamps
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The lantern in the Red Hall] [art original].
83. [Coin struck during reign of King Theodore] [art original].
- Creator:
- Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1810]
- Call Number:
- 33 4 Copy 16
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 88. Fugitive pieces in verse and prose.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Sketch of one side of a coin, with the Latin motto "Pro bono publico" around the outer edge and value in written in Italian "Soldi cinque" in the center
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; attribution to Thomas Kirgate from local catalog card., Date of production based on artist's death date., Three lines of text written below image, in ink over pencil: This is taken from a coin of Theodore's, engraved in a French 4to. book entitled Recueil general des pieces obsidionales 7 de nécessité, plate 27, no. 8., With placement instruction "88" written in pencil in upper right corner., and Mounted opposite page 88 in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Fugitive pieces in verse and prose. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758.
- Subject (Topic):
- Coins
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Coin struck during reign of King Theodore] [art original].
84. [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].
85. 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]
86. [Folio album of 144 caricatures] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker, collector
- Published / Created:
- [between 1782 and 1810]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Image Count:
- 123
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A folio album of 144 caricatures mounted on 87 sheets, mostly etchings, with some aquatints and other satirical prints, some hand-colored, and one pen-and-ink drawing laid in.
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Laid in, a wood engraving: Principal characters, in the new play of the road to royalty! [London] : Printed and published by T. Rockliffe, 65 Ratcliff Highway, [1829]., Laid in, an etching: Rats in the barn, or, Iohn Bull's famous old dog Billy astonishing the varment / [figure of Paul Pry] Esqr. [London] : Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, [1829]., Laid in, an etching: Funeral of the constitution. [London] : Pubd. March 1809 by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, [1809]., Laid in, a lithograph: View of the Houses of Lords and Commons : destroyed by fire on the 16th Octr. 1834. [London] : Pub. by W. Soffe, 380 Strand, [ca. 1834]., Laid in, a pen and ink drawing on watermark paper G. Pike, 1817: The savior of this grateful country : to Kingston 1 mile to London x miles. [England], [ca. 1817]., Note on front pastedown: This book contains the caricatures published by Sayers during his life. This was his own copy and was presented to me after his death. [Signed] Eldon., With Lord Eldon's bookplate., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Folio album of 144 caricatures] [graphic].
87. 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].
88. [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].
89. 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].
90. 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].
