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1.
Twickenham (circ) 1790 unrecorded incident in the life of Horace Walpole / [art original]

Creator:
Lofting, Hugh, 1886-1947, artist
Published / Created:
[191-?]
Call Number:
Drawings L829 no. 1 Box D135
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A whimsically portrayed Horace Walpole makes a shushing gesture with one finger on his lips while holding an empty picking basket in his other hand. A small lapdog with a decorative bow tied around its neck, presumably Tonton, accompanies Walpole on the task. Doctor John Dolittle, the central character in Hugh Lofting's series of children's books also appears in the scene as a young curious boy pointing up towards the hill
Description:
Title from text above image., Date based on watermark: 1914 England., Text penned below title: The dilletante member for King's Lynn sneaks away from Parliament in the midst of an important debate to pick strawberries on Strawberry Hill with his young friend John Dolittle, the naturalist, aged seven., and Text penned below image: Note: the dog shown is the first specimen of the Strawberry-hound introduced into England.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Dolittle, Doctor.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Twickenham (circ) 1790 unrecorded incident in the life of Horace Walpole / [art original]

2.
[Trial proof for an engraved portrait of an unknown man] [art original].

Published / Created:
[18--?]
Call Number:
Drawings Un58 no. 35 Box D160
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Artist's trial proof of a steel engraving with corrections of the head and further alterations drawn in pencil and pen and ink directly over the steel engraving. The engraving shows a man wearing a karakul and smoking a hookah
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date from unverified data in local card catalog record., Corrective notes inscribed in graphite pencil next to drawing: The eyes brighter darker the brow[?] a different shape., and For further information, consult library staff.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Trial proof for an engraved portrait of an unknown man] [art original].

3.
[Printing office at Strawberry Hill] [art original].

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].

4.
[Design for a Gothic cross] [art original].

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].

5.
[Design for a Gothic cross] [art original].

Published / Created:
[18--?]
Call Number:
SH Contents Un58 no. 6 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 SH Contents Un58 no. 7.
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].

6.
[A farmhouse, man with barrow] [art original].

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].

7.
[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].

8.
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].

9.
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]

10.
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].

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