A solemn looking Lady Henrietta Sykes possibly attending the 1832 ball at Hasting is dressed in a puffy dark-black gown cinched tight at the waist with a gold colored belt and accessorized with whilte gloves. She wears a gold and silver crown and red flowers in her somewhat unkempt brunette hair
Alternative Title:
Caracature of Lady Sykes as she appeared at a ball at Hasting and Caricature of Lady Sykes as she appeared at at a ball at Hasting
Description:
Title from ms. inscription in black ink in contemporary hand on verso. and Date from graphite pencil inscription below image.
Subject (Geographic):
England. and England
Subject (Topic):
Ball dresses, Balls (Parties), and Clothing & dress
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[1806]
Call Number:
Folio 24 27 798
Collection Title:
Opposite page 316. 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 Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester; bust-length, turned slightly to the right; short hair in curls; wearing a loose dress fastened at the left shoulder with a brooch
Alternative Title:
Catherine Countess of Dorchester
Description:
Title written in ink below image, on mounting page., Statement of responsibility and date written in ink along right edge of drawing; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card., and Mounted opposite page 316 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].
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,
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1805]
Call Number:
Folio 24 27 798
Collection Title:
Opposite page 293. 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 Lieutenant General Charles Churchill, three-quarter length, turned slightly right, standing with his right hand on his hip; wearing a military uniform, a wig, and a sword at his side. Tents, presumably from a military encampment, are visible in the background on the right
Alternative Title:
Charles Churchill, Esq. : Lieutenant General of his Majesty's Forces ...
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Title continues: ... and Captain Governor and Keeper of the Royal Citadel there, and of St. Nicholas Island and of all the castles and forts therein; Colonel of a Regt. of Dragoons; Groom of the Bed Chamber to his Majesty, and Member of Parliament for Castlerising in the County of Norfolk from the year 1714 to 1742., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from signature on a similar drawing mounted in the same volume., Date of production inferred from similar drawing in the same volume with the date "1805" written on it., and Mounted opposite page 293 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].
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1806?]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Wash drawing of the chimneypiece in the Little Parlour at Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill villa in Twickenham. Its design was taken from the tomb of Thomas Ruthall, Bishop of Durham, in Westminster Abbey. A saracen's head, the crest from the Walpole family arms, sits atop a blank shield at the center of the mantel
Description:
Title written in brown ink below image, in a contemporary hand., Signed by the artist in ink in lower right corner using his monogram: The letters "G" and "P" below with an "H" centered above., Date of production based on death date of Richard Bull, who assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears., Mounted on page 52 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A caricature on the prevalence of bribery during elections, most probably that of 1826. The successful liberal candidate stands on a platform before a cheering crowd and people waving from the windows of adjoining building. In the 'Committee Room' behind him, an official pays a man holding a sign inscribed 'No bribery or corruption' with the word 'and' between bribery and corruption scored through. On the right is an armchair and behind it stand two large flags; two flowers on the chair match the flower on the lapel of the candidate
Description:
Title written in ink in bottom left corner of image, in an unidentified hand (possibly Theodore Lane's)., Statement of responsibility written in ink on verso, in an unidentified hand (possibly Theodore Lane's)., Date supplied by cataloger., A small hole in the lower right and two small looses along left edge., Probably the original drawing for a lithograph published in 1829; Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 829.06.01.02+., and A companion drawing: Rejected candidate.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Political corruption, Elections, Cheering, Corruption, Crowds, Political elections, Politicians, and Signs (Notices)
A full-length caricature of a fashionably dressed Oxonian in profile walking to the left, with his left foot pointing elegantly as he steps. His gown is looped over his arms and his hair in a looped queue
Description:
Title from text inscribed in black ink above image., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., A copy of an Isaac Cruikshank etching published in Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches ... / by G.M. Woodward, One of a series of 13 drawings by the same artist., and For further information, consult library staff.
A fashionably dressed Oxonian in cap and gown staggers along, full-face, yawning violently; his hair is short and dishevelled
Description:
Title from text inscribed in black ink above image., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., A copy of an Isaac Cruikshank etching published in Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches ... / by G.M. Woodward, One of a series of 13 drawings by the same artist., and For further information, consult library staff.
Title from text inscribed in graphite pencil above image., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Probably a copy of an Isaac Cruikshank etching published in: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches ... / by G.M. Woodward., One of a series of 13 drawings by the same artist., and For further information, consult library staff.
