Page 16. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A circular image with three concentric designs surrounding the center image of a view of the bridge and Castel Sant'Angelo with the cupola of St. Peter's. The outer most circle is split into twelve equal sections with classical scenes which in turn are topped with an image of an open book with a page numbered "Tab. I-[XII]" moving counter-clockwise
Alternative Title:
Qua mare qua terras lustrat sol lumine semper, sospite me pater imperium Romanus habebit
Description:
Title devised by curator., Statement of responsibility written by Horace Walpole on separate slip of paper (2.9 x 6.6 cm), mounted on opposite page., and Mounted on page 16 in Anne Damer's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 33.
Subject (Geographic):
Rome
Subject (Name):
Dionysus (Greek deity), Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano,, and Museo nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo,
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Agriculture, Rites & ceremonies, and Views
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.
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.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1790]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 4 Box D170
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A loquacious gentlemen holding a raised walking stick vertically in front of his body prepares to strike the foot of a passerby by feigning a blunder. From the caption: Provide a good stout stick (the heavier the better), well loaded with iron, and sally forth at the business time of the day ... enter on a long story and at the end of every marked sentence, make a sudden plunge with your stick downwards, which must be managed with great velocity, and at proper periods; by these methods your friend cannot fail feeling the force of your observations; and every person's toes must suffer that come within the reach of the argument
Alternative Title:
Six different methods of carrying a stick with their effects. Compartment no. 3
Description:
Title from letterpress caption below image., Pen and ink drawing on a broadside with typeface and ornamental border., Letterpress capation in fourteen lines below title: The person who has a desire to put this grace in practice, must be consciousness of possessing an unconquerable habit of talking incessantly, if that is not a leading trait in his character, he had better decline the study; but if hef finds himself master of so neccessary a qualification ..., One of a series of six drawings by Woodward with the same typescript heading., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.), Staffs (Sticks), and Conversation
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)
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.
Album of ca. 40 pen and ink, wash, and one color drawing of scenes in Yorkshire, most dated (30 April 1799-9 June 1801) and "drawn on the spot", with the artist's identification of the locales, buildings, and ruins. The first is dated April 30th 1799 and is a view of Fountain's Abbey and followed by several sketches of ships and trees, a cottage, and two views of a bridge with a village in the distance. These sketches are followed by a series 24 non-sequentially numbered sketches, half of which are half-page oval designs. Six more drawings -- wash, pencil, or ink -- follow executed in 1801. The penultimate leaf contains a pencil drawing of The ruins of Wallop Church, dated Ap: 15th 1805 on the verso and a rough sketch of a scene on the verso. The final leaf is a wash drawing of a vista and is signed E. Johnson, JPearson, JPearson and is undated; another rough pencil drawing of trees and tower on the verso
Description:
Artist John Pearson of Ripon., Title devised by cataloger., Binding: Marble boards, leather spine., First recto leaf: a list of "Unbound sketches" not included in this album., On front flyleaf: Jn. Pearson, Ripon. With other faint pencil notes about subjects of drawings., "N.9" on back pastedown., and For further information, consult library staff.
A caricature of the new Lord Mayor of London: Harvey Combe stands centerd in the a hall, surrounded by a desperate looking group of people both rich and poor, who kneel and beg. A skeletal man (buthcher?) holds a knife in one hand and a scroll in the other enscribed with a large order for meat: "12 haundres vension, 6 necks do., 8 turtles, 20 brace partridges, 20 pheasants, 20 brace woodcocks, 16 sirloins beef bacon(?) &"". In the foreground lies another sheet which readss "Tripe Soup. Liver & Crow. Fried Tripe. Bill of Fare for 8 Novr." The outgoing Lord Mayor, Sir Richard Glyn, who was notoriously spendthrift during his period in office, is seen being kicked out of the Mansion House holding large money bag with the word "Saving" written on it. The two cats on the left and the dog following the butcher are also thin from malnorishment. Two large spiders have spun large webs below the archway on the left below a two cupids holding a heart molded above the archway
Alternative Title:
New tenants at a mansion house
Description:
Title written below image., Signed with initials and dated by the artist in lower left corner., "Sold by all the printsellers in London, Nov. 9, 1799"--Written in above title., and Original design for a print published 9 November 1799.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Combe, Harvey Christian, 1752-1818 and Glyn, Richard Carr, Sir, 1755-1838
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Pleading (Begging), Kicking, Poor persons, Interiors, Cats, and Dogs
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 39 Box D210
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A gathering of countrymen, lawyers, and sailors stare with shock and consternation at the carcass of a shark laying on a table before them. A countryman begins the dialogue with an exclamation, "Dang it if I ever saw such a thing in my life, why it would swallow a man alive!" while an attorney continues with a question, "Neighbor Stump says very true, I never saw anything like it in the whole course of my practice as a country attorney. Pray my friend what do you call it?" A sailor smugly jests, "Why it is a shark d'ye see according to the lubbers lingo on shore, but we gemmen in his Majesty's service call him a sea lawyer!!!
Description:
Title inscribed in black ink in the artist's hand below image., Artist's signature in black ink below image., and Date supplied by cataloger.