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2.
- Creator:
- Pearson, John, 1777-1813, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1799 and 1805]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 P359 805
- Image Count:
- 70
- Abstract:
- 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.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Yorkshire (England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Antiquities and Drawing, English
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Sketchbook of views, landscapes, ruins, castles, etc. in Yorkshire] [art original].
3.
- Published / Created:
- [18--?]
- Call Number:
- SH Contents Un58 no. 7 Box 115
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- One of two similar drawings of a Gothic cross from Strawberry Hill, Twickenham. See also Lewis Walpole Library call number: SH Contents Un58 no. 6.
- Description:
- Title devised by curator. and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections, Architectural decorations & ornaments, and Crosses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Design for a Gothic cross] [art original].
4.
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1791]
- Call Number:
- Drawings H263 no. 4 Box D125
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A portrait of the French Protestant Minister, Andre Lortie, shown half-length. He is wearing the clothing of a clergyman and holds open a book. The background includes a curtain and the outline of a landscape view. Unfinished portrait with only the face finished; t he body is only outlined
- Description:
- Inscription in ink on verso: A facsimile from the most rare original messotinto in the collection of the Honble Horatio Walpole at Strawberry Hill Nov. 3rd 1791 by Mr Harding and J:B?, Inscription in graphite pencil on verso: The head by G.P. Harding., Inscription in graphite pencil on verso: French Protestant Minister in England D. 1700., and George Perfect Harding, English miniature painter, 1779/80-1853.
- Subject (Name):
- Lortie, André, -1706.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy and French
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Andre Lortie sidevant ministre de leglise reformee de-la Rochelle et a present a Londres Van Somer fe. 1681 [art original].
5.
- Published / Created:
- [18--?]
- Call Number:
- SH Views Un58 no. 3 Box 125
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A small pen and ink sketch of the Printing House at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, with surrounding trees and climbing vines
- Description:
- Title devised by curator. and Drawing by an unidentified, possibly amateur, artist.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Outbuildings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Printing office at Strawberry Hill] [art original].
6.
- Published / Created:
- [1829?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 13 Box D155
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A view of Luscombe Castle in the county of Devon, England. The architectural style is gothic revival featuring castellated towers and walls along with large gothic windows. In the foreground under a large tree a woman sketches the house
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Date from watermark., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Devon (England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Luscombe Castle, Devon] [art original].
7.
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1802 and 1853?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings H263 no. 2 Box D125
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait, drawn in an oval, of Johannes Meeke. He is wearing 17th century dress with a cap. He is holding a book in his right hand
- Description:
- Title from artist's inscription below image., George Perfect Harding, English miniature painter, 1779/80-1853., Inscription in pencil on verso: By [?G.P. Harding]., and Inscription in pencil on verso: Benefactor of Magdalen College.
- Subject (Name):
- Meeke, Johannes,
- Subject (Topic):
- Scholars and English
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Johnannes Meeke [art original].
8.
- 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].
9.
- 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]
10.
- Creator:
- Hunt, William Henry, 1790-1864, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1825 and 1864?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings H939 no. 2 Box D128
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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., Inscription in graphite pencil on verso: Brought from attic to print room by WSL, 1-16-75., and William Henry Hunt, English watercolor painter, 1790-1864.
- Subject (Topic):
- Farms, Farmhouses, and Woodcutting
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A farmhouse, man with barrow] [art original].
11.
- Published / Created:
- [18--?]
- Call Number:
- SH Views Un58 no. 7++ Box 300
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- 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)
- Subject (Topic):
- Measured drawings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Tract plan of the Strawberry Hill property] [art original].
12.
- 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].
13.
- 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 such force that it lifts the cat off the ground and bends the candle. Above the fireplace is a broadside entitled: The storm by Mr. Dodd, cease rude boreas balstering railes ... On the table below the window (left) is a bowl labeled "Pease porridge" and a wig on a stand. On the ground at her feet lies a corset, shoes and other garments. Above the bed are boxed and breeches; a man's coat is hung on the back of the chair to the right of the hearth
- Description:
- Title from note in artist's hand above image., Artist name from dealer's description., Study (or copy) for a print of the same title that was published July 1801 by W. Holland. Not reversed., and John Nixon (ca. 1750 - 1818), city merchant and amateur watercolourist (topography) and designer and maker of satirical prints; honorary exhibitor in RA between 1781 and 1815.
- 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].
14.
- Creator:
- Nixon, John, -1818, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1804]
- Call Number:
- Drawings N736 no. 6 Box D141
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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 around the group
- Description:
- Title and artist attribution from dealer's description. and Date based on watermark: 1804.
- Subject (Topic):
- Accidents, Chimney sweeps, Dogs, Obesity, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A street accident] [art original].
15.
- Creator:
- Nixon, John, -1818, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1809]
- Call Number:
- Drawings N736 no. 5 Box D141
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A large, masculine-looking woman with spectacles and a hat, stands before stool on which sits an open book of music. She holds in her right hand a baton which rests on the open page
- Description:
- Title in artist's hand, lower right corner of image. and Signed with his monogram 'J.N." and dated by the artist.
- Subject (Topic):
- Eyeglasses, Music, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > At Exeter Cathedral [art original]
16.
- Creator:
- James, F., fl. 1801-1803, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1803?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings J27 no. 8 Box D130
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A calm pastoral scene with a young man rests against the trunk of a tree as he plays a clarinet. To his right, a young woman, slightly turned away, looks back at him with a reflective expression on her face
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Date based on companion drawings signed, dated, and executed by F. James., and Tentatively identified as an illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's The vicar of Wakefield.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Pastoral scene of a man playing a clarinet] [art original]
17.
- Creator:
- Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William), 1814-1866, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1856?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings F171 no. 1 Box D120
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Ink drawing of the 14th century bridge in Florence -- Ponte alle Grazie -- with a view of the hills in the distance and the buildings of Florence on either side of the bridge
- Description:
- Frederick William Fairholt (1814-1866), English artist and antiquary, signed his prints "F.W.F"., Title from item., Signed by the artist in lower right corner: "F.W.F"., and Date of drawing based on artist's visit to Italy with Lord Londesborough in 1856.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Italy, Florence., and Florence (Italy)
- Subject (Topic):
- Bridges
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Ponte alle Grazie, Florence [art original]
18.
- Creator:
- James, F., fl. 1801-1803, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1803]
- Call Number:
- Drawings J27 no. 3 Box D130
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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].
- Subject (Name):
- Moore, John, 1729-1802.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Zeluco secretly admires the child of his Portuguese neighbors while the child's nurse looks on] [art original]
19.
- Creator:
- James, F., fl. 1801-1803, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1803?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings J27 no. 6 Box D130
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The family and their guests sit before a fireplace. A vicar holds two children on his lap
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger. and Date based on companion drawings executed by James F.
- Subject (Name):
- Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Scene from Vicar of Wakefield. Plate IV] [art original]
20.
- Creator:
- James, F., fl. 1801-1803, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1803]
- Call Number:
- Drawings J27 no. 9 Box D130
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger. and Date based other drawings signed, dated, and executed by F. James for Harrison and Co.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Drawing for plate I in Harrison's edition of Castle of Otranto] [art original]
