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1. [The shrine inside the Chapel] [art original].
- Creator:
- Bawtree, William, 1744-1824, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Shrines
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The shrine inside the Chapel] [art original].
2. Garden gate at Strawberry Hill [art original]
- Creator:
- Buckler, John, 1770-1851, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1831]
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 805 Copy 1
- Collection Title:
- Page 8. Reminiscences, written in MDCCLXXXVIII, for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of the garden gate at Strawberry Hill, Horace's Walpole's estate in Twickenham. Two posts of Gothic design support the metal gates between them, with walls and trees extending on either side of the gate. The path in the foreground continues through to the other side, where more greenery is visible
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner., and Bound in as page 8 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Reminiscences, written in MDCCLXXXVIII, for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry ... London : Printed by Richard Taylor and Co., 1805.
- Subject (Geographic):
- English.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Gates
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Garden gate at Strawberry Hill [art original]
3. South east view of Strawberry Hill [art original].
- Creator:
- Buckler, John, 1770-1851, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1831]
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 805 Copy 1
- Collection Title:
- Page 6. Reminiscences, written in MDCCLXXXVIII, for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- View of Horace Walpole's villa at Strawberry Hill, as seen from the southeast part of the property. The white structure is prominent in the center of the image, with ivy and shrubs obscuring the first floor of the house in places. A clump of trees separates the main house from another building on the left, only the edge of which is visible. On the lawn in front of the trees is an urn sitting on a pedestal. A cloud-filled sky is seen above
- Alternative Title:
- Southeast view of Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Attribution to John Buckler and date of production from signatures and dates on two similar drawings bound in the same volume., and Bound in as page 6 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Reminiscences, written in MDCCLXXXVIII, for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry ... London : Printed by Richard Taylor and Co., 1805.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Twickenham (London, England)
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Estates
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > South east view of Strawberry Hill [art original].
4. The cottage or printing house at Strawberry Hill [art original]
- Creator:
- Buckler, John, 1770-1851, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1831]
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 805 Copy 1
- Collection Title:
- Page 7. Reminiscences, written in MDCCLXXXVIII, for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- View of the cottage on the grounds of Horace Walpole's estate Strawberry Hill, seen in the middle distance surrounded by trees. The entrance and its portico face the viewer; a large bow window faces right. Smoke rises from one of the two chimneys atop the pitched roof
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner., and Bound in as page 7 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Reminiscences, written in MDCCLXXXVIII, for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry ... London : Printed by Richard Taylor and Co., 1805.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Twickenham (London, England)
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Buildings, structures, etc, Estates, and Outbuildings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The cottage or printing house at Strawberry Hill [art original]
5. [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].
6. 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].
7. 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]
8. 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]
9. 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]
10. 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].
11. 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].
12. [Galvanism, or, The miraculous recovery of the unfortunate Miss Baily] [art original]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1807]
- Call Number:
- Drawings C889 no. 7 Box D115
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A young woman sits despairingly on the edge of a bed, with the end of a garter round her neck; the other end dangles from the bed-tester. She watches a servant holding a foppish, elderly naval officer by the collar as he flourishes a cudgel. At his feet lie a set of bellows. On the wall is a framed picture of Venus and Adonis with Cupid
- Description:
- Title from published print based on this drawing., Signed "George Cruikshank" lower right. The British Museum catalogue attributes the design to George's father Isaac in its description of the print engraved after this drawing. Cohn similarly suggests that this design "was probably the work chiefly of Isaac"., A drawing for the illustrated songsheet "Galvanism, or, The miraculous recovery of the unfotunate [sic] Miss Baily", published by Laurie & Whittle in 1807, which tells the tale of a servant Darby Daly who discovers the young Miss Baily hanging, and after reviving her with bellows, forces her seducer to marry her., Backed with Japanese tissue; with the title "The outraged husband" printed on mount., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 10938., and Cf. Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank: a catalogue raisonné, 1144.
- Subject (Topic):
- Adonis, Cupid, Venus, Beating, Bellows, Bedrooms, Couples, Canopy beds, Military officers, British, Paintings, Seduction, and Servants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Galvanism, or, The miraculous recovery of the unfortunate Miss Baily] [art original]
13. Hard up [art original]
- Creator:
- D'Arcy (Artist)
- Published / Created:
- [1840?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 48 Box D160
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Three-quarter length portrait of a man in profile, looking down and arms folded across his chest and wearing a top hat
- Description:
- Title from text inscribed in graphite pencil above image., Original title struck through: Know patient., 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.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hard up [art original]
14. 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]
15. Ponte alle Grazie, Florence [art original]
- 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]
16. [John Bull roasted] [art original]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1805]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G41 no. 8 Box D300
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A preparatory sketch for an unpublished caricature illustrating a scene in a large Georgian kitchen. In front of the open hearth a bull is roasting on a spit as a large-bottomed man (Grenville) sits beside it basting the meat. The dish beneath it is inscribed 'Broad bottom dripping pan'. Other dishes around the room are labeled as are the pools of fat in the dripping pan; some legible notes include plum pudding and mock turtle
- Description:
- Title from dealer's description., Signed "J. Gillray" in lower right corner., Date from watermark: Ruse & Turner 1805., Two sheets of paper joined:, One of at least three drawings of similar composition executed by Gillray; other versions of the design are held by the New York Public Library and the Courtauld Institute of Art, London., Formerly mounted on a blue paper backing, now removed with residual spots of mounting paper., and This sketch is mentioned in Broadley and Rose's Napoleon in Caricature 1795-1821, published in 1911. In a footnote to page 280, volume I, it notes that 'amongst Gillray's unfinished sketches for caricatures in possession of the writer [presumably Broadley, a known collector] are two very similar drawings entitled the "Broad Bottom Dripping Pan".'
- Subject (Name):
- Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Bulls, Kitchens, Cookery, and Cooking utensils
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [John Bull roasted] [art original]
17. A disappointed dinnerhunter A bullet in ; A long sermon ; A neglected genius. [art original]
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 3 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A drawing of four scenes, with caricatured figures with large heads and very small bodies. Upper left: A man with a monocle (right) inquires of the butler on a threshold with pillar to his left, "Is your master within. No Mr. Smallfeast he's gone out to dinner. Oh dear me, well your mistress will do just the same. & She's out Sir. How provoking. Well, I'll set down by the fire till they come home. I'm sorry to tell you that that's gone out to." Upper right: A soldier is shot by a man (Turk?) hiding in the tall grass and pointing a rifle. Lower half, left: In a pulpit a bald minister with spectacles rants and he holds up a Bible in his left hand ready to throw it at the sleeping congregation below, " Ye sleepy crew if ye wont hear the owrd of God ye shall feel it." Lower right: A simpleton in artist attire holds up a piece of paper with a stick figure drawing and says, "Don't you think I improve."
- Description:
- Title from captions written each image., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists, Butlers, Clergy, Congregations, Soldiers, British, and Sleeping
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A disappointed dinnerhunter A bullet in ; A long sermon ; A neglected genius. [art original]
18. A picture of wants, or, Human nature delineated [art original].
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 9 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A group of twelve man and women of various ages and walks of live -- tradesmen, a clergy, a spinster, a military officer, a gentleman in shackles, a servant, a frail, sickly man, etc. -- stand full length facing the viewer. Above their heads are brief expressions of their 'wants': "I want a job"; "I want more customers"; "I want a husband"; "I want for death", etc. Only an obese gentleman on the right is content: "I want for nothing"; next to him, the military officer with a monocle says, "I don't know what I want."
- Alternative Title:
- Human nature delineated
- Description:
- Title from caption in artist's hand written below image., Quotation following title: Lord, what an amorous thing is want. Hudibras., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., Attributed to C.J. Grant based on style and association with other signed drawings., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Distress, Men, Military officers, Occupations, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A picture of wants, or, Human nature delineated [art original].
19. Quite politely [art original]
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 6 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A gentleman in a riding habit (left) rides his horse through the door of a cottage startling the family who sit at their dinner table. The man's hunting dog jumps at the young son who sits closest to the door; he screams in terror, his fork and knife frozen part way to his mouth and his leg thrown up, spilling a pitcher from the table. The mother raises up her arms in terror, letting the cutlery fly; in her mouth is a gnawed bone. Behind her is a wall with shelves lined with dishes and mugs. Her husband (right), back to the viewer, turns to the intruder pointing a long spear. His knife and fork are on the floor below his chair. The gentleman addresses the cottagers, "Och, dont disturb y'rselves my Nonies I only want to know whether you cou'd be after informing me where I cou'd meet with a decent night's lodging for man and beast."
- Description:
- Title from caption written below image in artist's hand, with the words trimmed along the lower edges with loss of the descenders., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dwellings, Eating & drinking, Families, Interiors, Horseback riding, and Hunting dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Quite politely [art original]
20. Sin ie cure [art original].
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 2 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A full-length caricature of an obese clergy man who wears a bishop's hat (?) and smokes a long pipe as he walks left. He carries a pig and a chicken under his left arm. He holds a Bible in his left hand, and he carries a bottle in his pocket. He has a very large nose and a round checks. His very large belly is exaggerated further in graphite
- Alternative Title:
- Sinecure
- Description:
- Title from caption written below image., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Avarice, Chickens, Clergy, Obesity, Pipes (Smoking), and Swine
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sin ie cure [art original].
21. Sin ie cure [art original].
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 2 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A full-length caricature of an obese clergy man who wears a bishop's hat (?) and smokes a long pipe as he walks left. He carries a pig and a chicken under his left arm. He holds a Bible in his left hand, and he carries a bottle in his pocket. He has a very large nose and a round checks. His very large belly is exaggerated further in graphite
- Alternative Title:
- Sinecure
- Description:
- Title from caption written below image., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Avarice, Chickens, Clergy, Obesity, Pipes (Smoking), and Swine
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sin ie cure [art original].
22. Spiritual advice [art original].
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 4 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The more finished of the two wash drawing on recto shows a drunken tradesman (perhaps sailor or dustman) holding onto a post. Above him is written by the artist, "Niccup who are ye staring at. Take a little sober advice and go home for you seem to be beastly intosticated [sic]." On the verso, a graphite drawing of a baker(?). On the verso a pencil sketch of the same tradesman, unfinished
- Description:
- Title from caption written below image on recto, in artist's hand., Attributed to C.J. Grant based on style and association with other signed drawings., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., Watermark on paper: J. Whatman 1830., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Intoxication and Occupations
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Spiritual advice [art original].
23. Spiritual advice [art original].
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 4 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The more finished of the two wash drawing on recto shows a drunken tradesman (perhaps sailor or dustman) holding onto a post. Above him is written by the artist, "Niccup who are ye staring at. Take a little sober advice and go home for you seem to be beastly intosticated [sic]." On the verso, a graphite drawing of a baker(?). On the verso a pencil sketch of the same tradesman, unfinished
- Description:
- Title from caption written below image on recto, in artist's hand., Attributed to C.J. Grant based on style and association with other signed drawings., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., Watermark on paper: J. Whatman 1830., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Intoxication and Occupations
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Spiritual advice [art original].
24. The fox at the cupboard [art original]
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 5 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of the interior of a cottage with an old woman asleep in a chair, her feet resting on a low footstool in front of open door (left); in her lap she holds an open book and a pair of spectacles. On the right, a boy in a smock stands on a stool in front of an open cupboard eating from a full bowl. Along the back wall is a pair of casement windows with a drop leaf table below and pictures on the wall to the left. A cat walks across the center of the scene looking up at the boy
- Description:
- Title from caption in artist's hand written below image., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., Watermark on paper: J. Rump 1825., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Boys, Cats, Cupboards, Dwellings, Eating & drinking, Interiors, Sleeping, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The fox at the cupboard [art original]
25. The hungry epicure disappointed [art original]
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 8 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man with a queue wig and wearing spectacles (right) sits expectantly at a small round tea table set for two; his hands on the table glench his knife and fork, his napkin tied around his neck like a bib. He leans forward as he eyes the food approach carried by a woman in a mop cap and wearing spectacles who stands full lengh (left) holding a long handled frying pan heaped high with dark ashes. He says, "Come, come, Dame is'nt my eggs and bacon done yet. I'm literally famish'd in waiting." She replies, "I am very sorry to inform your worship that just as I had done 'em so nice all this here soot fell into the pan."
- Description:
- Title from caption written below image., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Accidents, Cookery, Eating & drinking, Dining tables, Starvation, and Tableware
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The hungry epicure disappointed [art original]
26. The present state of John Bull [art original]
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 7 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- John Bull stands defiantly in the center of a crowd of angry men -- military officers, gentlemen of various ages, tradesmen, and an amputee -- most of whom hold out bills ranging between £50 and £5000; the speech bubbles above their heads read: "King's taxes"; "Police rate"; "Parish rates"; "Excise duties"; "Tithes church rates pew rents & Easter doos [sic]"; "Sundres &c." John Bull's response reads, "Damme ye had better devour me., ye voratious crew. Am I never to have my hands out of my pocket again, but 't wont last long lads. I shall soon be in the Gazette & then ye lazy drones ye must work hard for you own livings." The man with a large belly on the lower right carries a little dog under his arm
- Description:
- Title from caption written below image., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., Paper watermarked: J.R. 1828., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Taxation, Anger, Crowds, Demonstrations, Dogs, Men, Military officers, and Obesity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The present state of John Bull [art original]
27. The striking likeness [art original]
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 1 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An artist (left) with a caricatured face looks on with horror as a bust falls on the head of the Lord, the sitter, who jumps and shreaks with pain, his foot breaking the window (right). In the background the Lord's round, well-dressed wife looks on in horror and Sketch on verso in pencil shows a boxer with gloves in a fighting stance. The figures in ink on recto, the artist and his lordship, bleed-through the image on verso
- Description:
- Title from caption written above image on recto; image on verso untitled., Verses below image begin: " A poor sculptor with his work elated, on a fickle lord one evening waited ; with his Lordship's bust ... Now her Ladyship with great acknowledg'd the sculptor's work to be a striking likeness.", Place and date of creation based on Grant's known place of residence and years of activity., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists, Boxers (Sports), Boxing, Couples, Distress, Pain, Sculptors, and Sculptures
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The striking likeness [art original]
28. The striking likeness [art original]
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1830 and 1852]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G761 no. 1 Box D123
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An artist (left) with a caricatured face looks on with horror as a bust falls on the head of the Lord, the sitter, who jumps and shreaks with pain, his foot breaking the window (right). In the background the Lord's round, well-dressed wife looks on in horror and Sketch on verso in pencil shows a boxer with gloves in a fighting stance. The figures in ink on recto, the artist and his lordship, bleed-through the image on verso
- Description:
- Title from caption written above image on recto; image on verso untitled., Verses below image begin: " A poor sculptor with his work elated, on a fickle lord one evening waited ; with his Lordship's bust ... Now her Ladyship with great acknowledg'd the sculptor's work to be a striking likeness.", Place and date of creation based on Grant's known place of residence and years of activity., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists, Boxers (Sports), Boxing, Couples, Distress, Pain, Sculptors, and Sculptures
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The striking likeness [art original]
29. A Gothic chair [art original]
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1800]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
- 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., Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner using his monogram: The letters "G" and "P" below with an "H" centered above., and Inlaid on page 4a 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):
- Chairs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A Gothic chair [art original]
30. 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., Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner using his monogram: The letters "G" and "P" below with an "H" centered above., and Inlaid on page 4b 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):
- Tables
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A Gothic table [art original]
31. Andre Lortie sidevant ministre de leglise reformee de-la Rochelle et a present a Londres Van Somer fe. 1681 [art original].
- 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].
32. Brantôme [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1805]
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 798
- Collection Title:
- Page 299. 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 Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme; bust-length, directed to the right; bearded; wearing a doublet; with a ruff and a medallion around his neck
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image, on mounting page., 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 on page 299 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):
- Brantôme, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de, -1614,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Brantôme [art original].
33. Catharine Countesse of Dorchester [art original]
- Creator:
- 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].
- Subject (Name):
- Dorchester, Catherine Sedley, Countess of, 1657-1717,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Catharine Countesse of Dorchester [art original]
34. 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]
35. Cha. Churchill, Esq. L. Genl. of his Mas. Forces, Captain and Governor of the town of Plymouth ... [art original]
- Creator:
- 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].
- Subject (Name):
- Churchill, Charles, Lt. Gen., 1679-1745,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Cha. Churchill, Esq. L. Genl. of his Mas. Forces, Captain and Governor of the town of Plymouth ... [art original]
36. Chimney in the Little Parlour [art original]
- Creator:
- 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)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts and Chimneypieces
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Chimney in the Little Parlour [art original]
37. 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].
38. 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].
39. Guiccardini [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1805]
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 798
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 299. 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 Francesco Guicciardini, bust-length, turned to the left; wearing a hat and a fur-lined cloak
- Alternative Title:
- Guicciardini
- Description:
- Title written below image., 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 299 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):
- Guicciardini, Francesco, 1483-1540,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Guiccardini [art original].
40. Henry, Earl of Rochester and Clarendon [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1805]
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 798
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 278. 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 Henry Hyde, Earl of Clarendon and Rochester; half-length, turned to the right; in a long, curled wig; wearing a coat and cravat
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image, on mounting page., 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 278 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):
- Clarendon and Rochester, Henry Hyde, Earl of, 1672-1753,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Henry, Earl of Rochester and Clarendon [art original].
41. Jean Louis de la Vallette, Duke of E'spernon [art original]
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1807]
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 798
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 308. 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 Jean-Louis de Nogaret de La Valette, duc d'Epernon; bust-length, turned slightly right; wearing armor with a sash and a broad white collar edged with lace
- Alternative Title:
- Jean Louis de la Valette, Duke of Epernon
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Signed with initials and dated in lower right portion of image; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card., and Mounted opposite page 308 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):
- Epernon, Jean-Louis de Nogaret de La Valette, duc d', 1554-1642,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Jean Louis de la Vallette, Duke of E'spernon [art original]
42. Johnannes Meeke [art original].
- 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].
43. La Comtesse de Koningsmark; Diana Saxonica [art original]
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- 1805.
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 798
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 279. 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 Maria Aurora von Königsmarck dressed as the goddess Diana; half-length, shoulders facing left and head turned towards the viewer; wearing a flowing garment, an armband, and a crescent moon hair ornament; with a quiver of arrows strapped to her back
- Alternative Title:
- Diana Saxonica
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Signed in ink in lower left corner; place and date of production written in ink in lower right corner., Probably drawn after a mezzotint by Pieter Schenk that was published in Amsterdam in 1705., and Mounted opposite page 279 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):
- Königsmarck, Aurora von, 1662-1728,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > La Comtesse de Koningsmark; Diana Saxonica [art original]
44. Lady Bellasis [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1805]
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 798
- Collection Title:
- Page 316b. 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 Susan, Baroness Belasyse, who was courted by James, Duke of York before he became King James II; bust-length, shoulders facing left with head turned towards the viewer; her hair in curls; wearing a pearl necklace and a gown with a low neckline
- Alternative Title:
- Lady Belasyse
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., 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 on page 316b 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):
- Belasyse, Susan Belasyse, Baroness, -1713,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Lady Bellasis [art original].
45. Miss Vane [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1805]
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 798
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 311. 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 Anne Vane, maid of honour to Caroline of Ansbach and mistress to her son Frederick, Prince of Wales; bust-length, head turned slightly to the left; a stern expression on her face; wearing a low-cut gown and pearls in her hair
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., 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 311 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):
- Vane, Anne, 1705-1736,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Miss Vane [art original].
46. 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].
47. The Countess of Suffolk [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1805]
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 798
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 296. 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 Henrietta Hobart Howard, Countess of Suffolk; half-length, turned slightly right; with her hair down and her left hand touching it beside her cheek; wearing a low-cut gown
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., 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., Probably drawn after the portrait by Jervas that was owned by Horace Walpole and kept at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted opposite page 296 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):
- Suffolk, Henrietta Hobart Howard, Countess of, 1688?-1767, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Countess of Suffolk [art original].
48. [A small bronze vase, with a sacrifice to Priapus] [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of a vase in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. At center is a view of the vase which is decorated with a scene of the sacrifice to Priapus, expanded in the drawing horizontally so that the entire scene is visible. In the lower left is a top view of the vase labeled "bocca del' vaso" and in the lower right a bottom view labeled "fondo dell' vaso."
- Alternative Title:
- Sacrificio di Priapo in vn' vaso di metallo giallo scavato nel' anno 1702 in Roma : fra' il Circo Massimo & le Terme di Antonino Caracalla
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Written in ink at top of sheet: Sacrificio di Priapo in vn' vaso di metallo giallo scavato nel' anno 1702 in Roma ..., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 170 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) and Priapus (Greek deity),
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections and Vases
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A small bronze vase, with a sacrifice to Priapus] [art original].
49. [Arms and crest] [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of arms and a crest, likely from one of the seals that were kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 158 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):
- Art collections, Coats of arms, and Seals (Insignia)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Arms and crest] [art original].
50. [Earthen bottle with 'Sack 1647' painted on it] [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of a jug-like bottle with a handle that was owned by Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill. This type of bottle was sold by apothecaries, and this particular example was from the collection of Mrs. Kennon, the virtuosa midwife
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 31 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):
- Bottles and Pottery
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Earthen bottle with 'Sack 1647' painted on it] [art original].
51. [Frederic recoiling from the skeleton near the altar] [art original]
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1802]
- Call Number:
- 24 17 791P Copy 9
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 223. 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 character Frederic shown flinching back in surprise and horror at the sight in front of him, his arms outstretched and his legs poised for motion. A short distance to the left stands a skeleton wrapped in a hermit's cowl, its fleshless face seen in profile within a hood as it turns toward Frederic. The skeleton stands at an altar on which a cross and an open book sit; beyond the altar is a large, ornate window decorated with quatrefoils, Gothic tracery, and coats of arms. The walls behind Frederic on the right are decorated in a similar motif
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right portion of image., Additional statement of responsibility written in pencil at bottom of sheet, in Thomas Kirgate's hand: By George Perfect Harding., and Inlaid opposite page 223 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Chapels, Interiors, Altars, and Skeletons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Frederic recoiling from the skeleton near the altar] [art original]
52. [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].
53. [John Hervey, Baron Hervey of Ickworth] [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1853]
- Call Number:
- 33 3 Copy 14
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, opposite page 137. Catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Portrait of John Hervey, Baron Hervey of Ickworth; half-length, turned slightly left and looking towards the viewer; wearing a shoulder-length curly wig, an open jacket, a waistcoat, and a neckerchief with frill; holding the purse of the Great Seal in his right hand
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card., Drawn after a portrait by Jean-Baptiste Vanloo; cf. paintings in the National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG 167) and at Ickworth House (NT 851778)., Date of production based on artist's death date., With placement instruction "137" written in pencil in upper left corner of sheet., and Inlaid opposite page 137 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England. [Twickenham, England] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758.
- Subject (Name):
- Hervey, John Hervey, Baron, 1696-1743,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [John Hervey, Baron Hervey of Ickworth] [art original].
54. [Medal of Edward VI] [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of a medal in the Library at Strawberry Hill, with the bust-length image of King Edward VI with crown on the obverse and on the reverse his coat of arms
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 99 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):
- Edward VI, King of England, 1537-1553, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections and Medals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Medal of Edward VI] [art original].
55. [Medal of Henry VIII] [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of a large gold medal of King Henry VIII housed in the Library at Strawberry Hill. On the obverse is the King's head in profile surrounded by two circular rows of lettering; on the reverse is his titles in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 99 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):
- Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Medals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Medal of Henry VIII] [art original].
56. [Medal of Queen Mary of England and King Philip II of Spain] [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing depicting both sides of a silver medal from Italy that Horace Walpole kept in the Library at Strawberry Hill. On one side is the head of Queen Mary of England and on the other is the head of Philip II of Spain; both heads are shown in profile
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 99 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):
- Mary I, Queen of England, 1516-1558,, Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Medals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Medal of Queen Mary of England and King Philip II of Spain] [art original].
57. [Seal of Hugh O'Neill] [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of an ancient silver seal of Hugh O'Neill, King of Ulster, that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 158 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):
- Seals (Insignia)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Seal of Hugh O'Neill] [art original].
58. [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].
59. 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].
60. 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].
