Page 121.13. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
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1
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still image
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility from notes in ink above image, in Horace Walpole's hand., Date of production based on artist's death date., and Mounted on page 121.13 in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 22, copy 3.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
An unexecuted design for the palace of Richard Trevor (1707-1771), Bishop of Durham from 1752. Horace Walpole commented about the construction project on 19 October 1760, "St. Durham told my Lord Manchester, who is just come from Auckland, that he had laid out sixteen hundred pounds there, and has now a hundred men at work a day." The gateway that was finally built for the Bishop was designed by Sir Thomas Robinson. See J. Harris
Description:
Title inscribed by artist at bottom of sheet., Watermark in center of sheet., and Formerly mounted on leaf 21 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Page 182. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
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Alternative Title:
German officer / by Miss Conway
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility from note in ink on a nine of spades playing card (60 x 86 mm) mounted below drawing; alternative title and statement of responsibility written in pencil at top of image: German officer, by Miss Conway., Date inferred from the use of artist Anne Seymour Damer's maiden name Conway; she was married to John Damer in 1767., and Mounted on page 182 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
Title in ink center bottom., Artist's name and date in ink lower left., Sepia drawing verso., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Title in black ink inscribed below image., Signed by the artist., Date of production based on artist's death date., Full caption reads, "-- Ils m'font rire avec leurs carabines de precision! V'lá t'ime arme de précision, on ne manque jamais le but avec ça!!, This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Clysters.
Drawing of the interior of the small oratory present just inside the great north gate at Strawberry Hill. Three arched windows at slight angles to other another are depicted, the middle window enclosed with iron rails
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, in Thomas Kirgate's hand., Date of production based on John Chute's death date., and Mounted on page 22 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Oratories, Interiors, and Windows
Sketch of the kitchen garden at Strawberry Hill. Grass walkways, flower beds, shrubs, and rows of trees are among the features labeled on the drawing
Description:
Title written below image in the artist's hand., Attribution to Horace Walpole from local catalog card., Also attributed to John Chute; local catalog card quotes a manuscript note from Michael McCarthy that formerly accompanied the drawing: "This is Chute's hand, and came with the Chute drawings from Dr. Ricci in 1926.", Date based on Horace Walpole's death date., and Formerly laid in (placed there by W.S. Lewis) Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784 (Lewis Walpole Library call number: 49 3582). See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Gardens, Landscaping plans, and Estates
Page 166. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
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Description:
Title and statement of responsibility from contemporary annotations in ink on verso. and Mounted on page 166 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
Subject (Name):
Grammont, Béatrix de Choiseul-Stainville, duchesse de, 1730-1794 and Luxembourg, Madeleine-Angélique de Neufville-Villeroy, duchesse de, 1707-1787,
Page 165. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
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1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility from contemporary annotation in ink on verso. and Mounted on page 165 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
