Watercolor drawing of one of four panels, formerly the doors to a shrine in the abbey of St. Edmundsbury, that were kept by Horace Walpole in the Chapel at Strawberry Hill. This panel shows Humphrey Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester, whole-length directed to the right, bald, wearing a fur trimmed robe, kneeling with his hands clasped in prayer. A man stands over him on the left; trees and buildings are visible in the background
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 227 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):
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, 1391-1447, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Volume 1, part 1, opposite page 80. Catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of William Caxton, full-length, facing right, down on one knee; head tilted slightly upwards, hands open in front of him; wearing a black robe
Description:
Title written in ink below image, on mounting page., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is mounted., and Mounted opposite page 80 in volume 1, part 1 of Richard Bull's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England. London : R. and J. Dodsley [etc.], 1759 [i.e. 1758].
Subject (Name):
Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492 and Lambeth Palace.
Title from dealer's catalog., Signed on collar "G.D.F.R.", Possibly after John Vanderbank., Formerly erroneously associated in old library records with Location: Green Closet, in the 1774 and 1784 editions of Description of the villa of Horace Walpole, youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole Earl of Orford at Strawberry-Hill: Sir Robert Walpole, and Catherine Lady Walpole; heads carved in ivory., and Formerly erroneously associated in old library records the text from the 1842 sale catalogue, Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A carving in ivory, Portrait of Sir Robert Walpole, and ditto of his wife, Catherine Shorter (Horace Walpole; 1842, May 14, Strawberry Hill Sale, Day 18, Lot 79, bought by the Earl of Orford, £8.8.0.
Portrait medallion of Sir Robert Walpole, First Earl of Orford
Description:
Title from dealer's catalog., Signed on collar "G.D.F.R.", Possibly after John Vanderbank., Formerly associated in old library records with: Location, Green Closet, in the 1774 and 1784 editions of Description of the villa of Horace Walpole, youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole Earl of Orford at Strawberry-Hill: Sir Robert Walpole, and Catherine Lady Walpole; heads carved in ivory. Portrait of Sir Robert Walpole, and a ditto of his wife, Catherine Shorter, and Formerly associated in old library records with 1842 sale text: A carving in ivory, Portrait of Sir Robert Walpole, and a ditto of his wife, Catherine Shorter (Horace Walpole; 1842, May 14, Strawberry Hill Sale, Day 18, Lot 79, bought by the Earl of Orford, £8.8.0.
Edward Walpole Jr. (1737-1771) was the son of Sir Edward Walpole (1706-1784) and his common-law wife Dorothy Clement (1715-1739). Born September 22, 1737, and baptized at St. James, Piccadilly, he was a student of Rev. Thomas Newcomb (1682?-1765) in Homerton, near Hackney, before entering an apprenticeship in May 1753 at the insurance office of John Peter Blaquière in Austin Friars, City of London. By 1755 Sir Edward Walpole was actively seeking a military commission for him with the Dragoon Guards. Lieutenant Colonel Edward Walpole was traveling to the south of France for his health when he died in Calais on March 31, 1771. He was buried at St. John the Baptist Church in Windsor, Berkshire., The portrait is set in a burnished bezel bracelet clasp attached to a modern black silk velvet ribbon., and For further provenance information, see the custodial history note in the Guide to the Sir Edward Walpole and Dorothy Clement Family Papers (LWL MSS 37).
Maria Walpole (1736-1807) was the daughter of Sir Edward Walpole (1706-1784) and his common-law wife Dorothy Clement (1715?-1739). She married first, in 1759, James Waldegrave (1714-1763), Earl Waldegrave, and second, in 1766, Prince William Henry Hanover (1743-1805), Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh. and Miniature attached to larger paper backing, mounted in early 20th century bezel; it was probably originally set in a locket or bracelet clasp.
