Detailed plan of the grounds, buildings, and gardens at Strawberry Hill, as viewed from above. The boundaries of Horace Walpole's property are delineated with a red dotted line, and the roads and properties immediately adjacent are shown. Some features, including the River Thames at the bottom of the drawing, are labeled in ink within the drawing itself; other features are labeled with capital letters that are explained in a key below. A scale for the drawing is included beneath the key
Description:
Titled by the artist in ink at bottom of sheet., Attribution to John Carter and date range for production from curator., and Mounted on page 2 (formerly A) 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 (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A witch flying to the left on a broomstick and suckling a cat, discharges a blast of "inflammable air" towards a large sphere suspended midair behind her. A spectator standing below holds a torch to the stream of air and says, "How blue it burns!" Another man identified as a F.R.S. (Fellow of the Royal Society) stands to the right watching the scene and observes, "We shall now have a Lunatick Journal." Behind the Fellow of the Royal Society is another spectator identified as A.S.S. who boasts of having a ticket to Georgium Sidus (i.e., Uranus).
Description:
Title from inscription in black ink in the artist's hand above image., Date supplied by cataloger., Print after image is described in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy Georg, v. 4, no. 6335, and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Antiquarians, Balloons (Aircraft), Witches, and Spectators
Drawing of the view from Chomondeley Walk on the River Thames, with Richmond Hill rising in the distance. The busy walk is seen at left, with pedestrians and several dogs traveling in both directions. In the foreground a man pulls a small boat loaded with passengers towards the bank; further offshore a woman and two men travel in a rowboat. Other small boats and several swans are visible further down the river, which curves to the right and is lined with buildings on its far bank. Clouds and birds fill the sky above
Description:
Title written in brown ink below image., Signed with initials by the artist below image, in lower left., Approximate date from a similar drawing by Heckel in The Lewis Walpole Library: A view from Richmond Hill up the River Thames., and Formerly laid in at page 5 (formerly D) 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):
Richmond upon Thames (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Cholmondeley, George Cholmondeley, Earl of, 1703-1770
On recto: One of three designs for a Chinese garden building. This drawing shows the elevation. None of the drawings were executed. On verso: a pencil sketches with figures
Alternative Title:
Triangular Chinese house designed for the Right Honorable Henry Fox
Description:
Title inscribed below design., Signed in lower right of design with Bentley's monogram: RB., Date based on creation date of album., Watermark upper left of sheet: partial crown., and Formerly mounted on leaf 22 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
On recto: One of three designs for a Chinese garden building. This drawing shows the elevation. None of the drawings were executed. On verso: a pencil sketches with figures
Alternative Title:
Triangular Chinese house designed for the Right Honorable Henry Fox
Description:
Title inscribed below design., Signed in lower right of design with Bentley's monogram: RB., Date based on creation date of album., Watermark upper left of sheet: partial crown., and Formerly mounted on leaf 22 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Drawing of the view from Richmond Hill, with the Thames in the distance surrounded by fields and rows of trees. Two boats are on the river; people and horses are visible in the fields. On the road in the foreground are several men on horseback, a strolling man and woman with a dog running behind them, a milkmaid accompanied by a boy, and a coach driving to the right. A vast sky is above
Description:
Title written in brown ink below image., Signed and dated by the artist below image, in lower left., and Formerly laid in at page 5 (formerly D) 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):
Richmond upon Thames (London, England) and Thames River (England),
Subject (Topic):
Rivers, Sailboats, Carriages & coaches, Pedestrians, and Horseback riding
A design by Bentley of a landscape with upright hills on the right and left and in the middle distance, with a line of trees on the ridge in the middle distance and on the path through the hills in the foreground
Alternative Title:
Landscape with upright rocks
Description:
Title, artist, and date from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on verso. and Formerly mounted on the upper half of leaf 5 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [approximately 1760].
View of the ruins, probably St. Austin's Abbey in Canterbury. A man, a woman, and a child are seen in the foreground
Alternative Title:
View of St. Austin's Monastery
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date written after title, in a different hand., and Mounted opposite page 100 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Hentzner, P. A journey into England. Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1757.
Portrait of Adriaen van Diest (1655-1704), born in The Hague, immigrated to England when he was 17 and remained there, active as a landscape painter of views of England in the western parts landscapes, chiefly in the Italian manner
Description:
Drawing that was later used for an engraving published in : Anecdotes of painting in England, with some account of the principal artists / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Farmer, 1762, v. 3, opp. p. 129., Title from item., Signed in ink, lower right: ob. 1704 Aeta '49. G.V., Inscription in ink, in 18th century hand, lower right below monogram: poss. Mr. Dahl pict., Inscription in ink, in 18th century hand, lower left: se ipse pinx., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
A busy scene in a farm yard. In the left foreground a woman (Aestas?) sits on a rock, while at her feet a woman spoons soup from a large bowl. She leans toward the boy at her side who holds a full soup bowl in his hands. To her left a young man approaches with two fowl hanging from the pole over his shoulder. Sheep mull about in the center foreground while on the right an old man sheers a sheep held by another young boy. In the background a man cuts rushes (?) which are loaded into a cart (with ox). In the left background stands a hut in front of which a group of men work at thatching a roof
Description:
Title written in brown ink above image, some letters very faint: Æstas., Signed in the lower right corner: Mary Walpole fecit., Upper left corner scortched with some loss at the margin., and For further information, consult library staff.
Drawing of one side of an ivory comb that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill. Rows of teeth run along the upper and lower edges on the comb; a decorative motif runs along the right and left edges. In the center of the comb, between the rows of teeth, are depictions of two scenes. On the left, a figure sits in the bath holding a flower while another figure pours water into the bath from a pitcher; the sun shines above. On the right, a figure stands in front of a bed
Alternative Title:
Ancient ivory comb, size of the original
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 118 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.
Portrait of John van Belcamp (ca. 1610-1653), Dutch born artist who was employed in England under Abraham Van der Doort (d. 1640) as a copier of the King's paintings in the court of Charles I.
Description:
Title from inscription below image., Drawing that was later used for an engraving published in :Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. [Strawberry-Hill] : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v. 2, opp. p. 101., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1797]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Wash drawing depicting Pope Benedict XIV, in profile to the left, wearing clerical dress and cap
Alternative Title:
Benedict XIV
Description:
Title from pencil annotation below image in Horace Walpole's hand., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., Possibly drawn from a wax model kept by Horace Walpole in the Green Closet at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 58 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 (Name):
Benedict XIV, Pope, 1675-1758, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Half-length, oval portrait of William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester and first Headmaster of Eton, looking slightly left and wearing the mitre and robes of his office; within a decorative border and frame ending with a coat of arms. The two drawings were created in preparation for the engraved portrait print engraved by Jacobus Houbraken and published by John & Paul Knapton in 1742
Alternative Title:
William Waynfleet Bishop of Winchester
Description:
Title from inscription on verso of drawing., Title from inscription on mount under the drawing, in the same hand: Wm. Wainfleet Bishop of Winchester., Also written on the mount under the drawing in block lettering and scored through: The Old Bishop., Portrait is unsigned, but the mount is decorated with a border in ink and wash and signed: H. Gravelot inv. et delin., Counter watermark in center of sheet used as the mount: IV., Local card catalog gives unverified attribution: after Holbein?, and One of ten watercolor portraits and other drawings included in George Vertue's set of engravings: The heads of the most illustrious persons of Great Britain (London : John and Paul Knapton). See all catalog records by searching call number: LWL Folio 724 743 H432 (Oversize).
Wash drawing depicting one face of a bridge spanning a stream, with a depiction of the bridge's footprint drawn below. A scale bar is present at the bottom
Description:
Title from note below image in Thomas Kirgate's hand., Attribution to James Essex from annotation in Horace Walpole's hand on verso: Design for the face of a bridge over the rivulet at Twickenham which runs by Mr. Walpole's flower-garden and crosses the road between that and Mr. Briscoe's garden. Drawn by Mr. Essex., Date of production from local catalog card., Annotated in a later hand on verso: N. the back woud. run[?] to the angle of Mr. Briscoe's pole & the front woud. look sideways towards Mr. Walpole's garden, so as to be seen from the window of the Great Bedchamber., and Mounted on page 3 (formerly B) 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 (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"The Prince of Wales ..., sword in hand, gallantly protects Britannia against the attack of three conspirators: Pitt raises a headsman's axe in both hands; Grafton, holding a conspirator's lantern, is about to strike her with a dagger; Richmond ... fires a musket, resting one knee on a cannon. The Prince wears a coronet with three ostrich feathers, he holds out his shield behind Britannia, who cowers towards him in terror."--British Museum online catalogue, description of the print for which this is the original drawing
Description:
Titled by the artist in brown ink below image., Attributed to Rowlandson., Original drawing for a print of the same title published by H. Holland on 7 February 1789. Cf. No. 7503 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 247.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, and Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
Wash drawing of the small bronze bust of the Roman emperor Caligula, with silver eyes, that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. The bust was unearthed in Herculaneum and was sent to Walpole after being purchased by Sir Horace Mann in Florence
Alternative Title:
All bronze except the pedestal. The eyes are silver
Description:
Title from block letter inscription on pedestal in image; alternative 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 180 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):
Caligula, Emperor of Rome, 12-41. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Wash drawing of the chimney-piece, designed by John Chute, that was commissioned by Horace Walpole for his bedchamber at Strawberry Hill
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 111 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)
Design with measurements of the chimneypiece for the Great Parlor in Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole's villa in Twickenham
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's manuscript note in ink on mount., Date from Harris., and Formerly mounted on leaf 32 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [approximately 1760].
Wash drawing depicting a rectangular section of ceiling at Strawberry Hill, with Gothic tracery running longitudinally in parallel rows
Alternative Title:
Ceiling under the stairs
Description:
Titled in Thomas Kirgate's hand below image on mounting page; part of the word "cieling" has been rubbed from sheet., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., and Mounted on page 3 (formerly B) 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 (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Architectural decorations & ornaments, and Ceilings
Drawing depicting a large section of ceiling in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill. Trefoils and quatrefoils are included among the Gothic elements in the ornate design
Alternative Title:
Ceiling of the Holbein Chamber
Description:
Titled in Thomas Kirgate's hand above image on mounting page., Statement of responsibility and date written at bottom of sheet in Thomas Kirgate's hand., and Mounted on page 95 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 (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Architectural decorations & ornaments, and Ceilings
Five men accompanied by two dogs leisurly sit around a small table in a tavern smoking long-stemmed tobacco pipes and drinking while one of their number squeezes juice and pulp from a fruit into a large punch bowl resting on the table
Description:
Title and artist's signature inscribed in the artist's hand below image. and Sheet trimmed to oval shape.
Inscription in Thomas Kirgate's hand on verso (not visible): "Cottage at Strawberry Hill, by J.C. Barrow.", Note in pencil in a later hand: "Bedford's copy of the Description, has (no. 36) aquatint from this as one of the "Views added"; he says in his list there that it was an aquatint by Barrow, engr. Parkyns. (Slight difference in his print: figs. in front + none under tree, but unmistakably this is the drawing for it).", Numbered on verso, in pencil: "No. H"., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Jospeh Charles Barrow, English artist, active 1789-1802., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England), England, and Twickenham.
A lady in quasi-military dress rides a sorry horse on the road to Rumsford [Coxheath]. She is followed by her husband who is dressed as a militia officer for auxilliary forces which were frequently encamped on Cox Heath. A dog trots panting at the side of the group
Description:
Title from text inscribed in contemporary hand on verso., Date based on publication date of James Bretherton's etching after this drawing., The signpost depicted in the drawing reads 'Rumford' while the Bretherton etching changes the text to 'Coxheath', and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England and England.
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Signs (Notices), Military uniforms, Militias, and Dogs
A design drawing for a seat in a garden with three Gothic arches and a banner at the base showing the location of a tree
Alternative Title:
Design of a Gothic seat for Mrs. Cavendish at Thistleworth by Mr. Bentley
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on mount. Harris notes that the house for which this drawing was done is not known., Added title written in ink in Horace Walpole's hand on verso of drawing: Design of a Gothic seat for Mrs. Cavendish at Thistleworth by Mr. Bentley., Signed in lower corner of banner with Bentley's monogram: RB., Date based on creation date of album., and Formerly mounted on leaf 35 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
An elevation drawing of the entrance end of John Chute's estate, The Vyne, drawn before 25 August 1757 as referenced in a letter from Horace Walpole to Bentley. Another drawing, also not executed, was mounted below on the same leaf: Another side for the antichapel at the Vine [sic]. On the verso of this drawing is a small pencil sketch of a clock tower
Alternative Title:
Design (not executed) for the antichapel at the Vyne in Hampshire, Design for an antichapel at Mr. Chute's at the Vine [sic] in Hampshire by Rich. Bentley 1750, and Design for an antichapel at Mr. Chute's at the Vyne in Hampshire by Rich. Bentley 1750
Description:
Title written in ink in Horace Walpole's hand on mount., Added title written in ink in Horace Walpole's hand on verso of drawing: Another side for the antichapel at the Vyne., See Horace Walpole's correspondence with George Montague 25 August 1757 (Yale edition, Horace Walpole's correspondence, vol. 9, p. 216)., and Formerly mounted at the bottom of leaf 34 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
An elevation drawing of the east end for a Gothic columarium for renovations to John Chute's estate, The Vyne, drawn before 25 August 1757 as referenced in a letter from Horace Walpole to Bentley. Another drawing, also not executed, was mounted below on the same leaf --"Elevation of the entrance end"-- and dated by Walpole on verso 1750 [i.e. 1756?].
Alternative Title:
Design (not executed) for the antichapel at the Vyne in Hampshire, Design (not executed) for the antichapel at the Vine in Hampshire, Another side for the antichapel at the Vine [sic], and Another side for the antichapel at the Vyne
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on mount., Added title written in ink in Horace Walpole's hand on verso of drawing: Another side for the antichapel at the Vine., See Horace Walpole's correspondence with George Montague 25 August 1757 (Yale edition, Horace Walpole's correspondence, vol. 9, p. 216)., and Formerly mounted at the top of leaf 34 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
An elevation drawing of the east end for a Gothic columbarium for renovations to John Chute's estate, The Vyne, drawn before 25 August 1757 as referenced in a letter from Horace Walpole to Bentley. Another drawing, also not executed, was mounted below on the same leaf --"Elevation of the entrance end"-- and dated by Walpole on verso 1750
Alternative Title:
Design (not executed) of a Gothic columbarium at the Vyne
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on the mount below the image. "East end" written in ink in the center, lower edge of drawing, in the artist's hand., See Horace Walpole's correspondence with George Montague 25 August 1757 (Yale edition, Horace Walpole's correspondence, v. 9, page 216)., and Formerly mounted in the upper half of leaf 46 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
An elevation drawing of a Gothic columbarium for renovations to John Chute's estate, The Vyne, drawn before 25 August 1757 as referenced in a letter from Horace Walpole to Bentley. Another drawing, also not executed, was mounted below on the same leaf --"Elevation of the entrance end"-- and dated by Walpole on verso 1750
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note written in ink on the mount above the image., Partial watermark centered in lower edge: GR., See Horace Walpole's correspondence with George Montague 25 August 1757 (Yale edition, Horace Walpole's correspondence, vol. 9, p. 216)., and Formerly mounted in the lower half of leaf 46 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
A drawing showing the plan and elevation for Sir Thomas Seabright's farmhouse Beechwood in Herfordshire which was never executed according to Horace Walpole's note. Includes notes on heights and floorplan with rooms indicated in the artist's hand and note at the bottom of the drawing, "... where the pricked line is: must be thrown a strong arch, to Support the Angle made betweem the two tow'rs."
Alternative Title:
Design (not executed) of a farmhouse for Sir Thomas Seabright at Beechwood in Hertforshire
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink written on mount below drawing., Date based on creation date of Horace Walpole's album. One of two drawings for the farmhouse included in the album., Watermark: IV., and Formerly mounted on leaf 53 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Unexecuted design for chimney-piece for Wentworth Castle in Yorkshire, with scale and measurements and notes on the design. In a letter dated 27 March 1755 Walpole wrote to Bentley, "Your chimney is come, but not to honour: The caryatides are fine and free, but the rest is heavy: Lord Strafford is not at all struck with it, and thinks it old-fashioned. It certainly tastes of Indigo Jones. Your myrtles I have seen in their pots, and they are magnificent, but I fear very sickly."
Description:
Title written in ink by Horace Walpole on mount below drawing., Partial watermark on the right edge, trimmed., and Formerly mounted on leaf 42 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Proposed design for the library at Strawberry Hill. The drawing was later mounted in Horace Walpole's portfolio of Bentley's drawings
Alternative Title:
First designs for the library at Strawberryhill
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's note in ink on verso with notes about elevations and dimensions in Horace Walpole's hand in ink. Title on mount also in Walpole's hand., Date from J. Harris., and Formerly mounted on the lower half of leaf 37 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Private libraries, and Libraries (Rooms)
Design of the library Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole's villa in Twickenham, showing six Gothic bays of shelving with quatrefoil designs above and a door on the right; statues and busts above the bays. Walpole has made notes on the verso of the drawing noting changes and dimensions
Description:
Title from caption written by Horace Walpole on the verso of the drawing., Date from Horace Walpole correspondence., Sheet slightly irregular, trimmed in lower half of the right edge., and Formerly mounted on leaf 36 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Private libraries, and Libraries (Rooms)
Proposed design for the library at Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole's villa in Twickenham
Description:
Titles on verso and mount in Horace Walpole's hand in ink., Dated ca. 1754 in: Snodin, M. Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill. New Haven : Yale Center for British Art in association with Yale University Press, 2009, p. 34., Dated ca. 1753 in: Harris, J. Catalogue of British drawings for architecture, decoration, sculpture and landscape gardening, 1550-1900, in American collections. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Gregg Press, [1971], page 26., and Formerly mounted on the upper half of leaf 37 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Private libraries, and Libraries (Rooms)
A drawing of a Gothic bench (center) and to the left a Gothic chair with a detail to the right of a drain?
Alternative Title:
Designs for Gothic benches and chairs at Strawberry Hill by Mr. Bentley
Description:
Title from ms. note on verso in Horace Walpole's hand in ink., Date based on a 27 July 1754 note to Bentley: "In the first place, my chairs! If you had taken a quarter of the time to draw what they might be, that you have employed to describe what they must not be, I might possibly have had some begun by this time. Would not one think that it was I who make charming drawings and designs and not you? I shall have very little satisfaction in them, if I am to invent them! ...", and Formerly mounted on leaf 44 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
A series of design drawings for a Gothic columbarium at Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole's villa in Twickenham, showing placement at the "door to parlour", "door to garden", and door to China room", "door to hall", and "door to hall" as well as the "chymney".
Alternative Title:
Designs for a Gothic Columbarium at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title written in ink in Horace Walpole's hand at lower edge of drawing., Date from Horace Walpole correspondence to Sir Horace Mann 20 November 1757: "... a new Gothic columbarium is a new thought of my own, of which I am fond and going to execute at Strawberry Hill.", With watermark along lower edge of paper, trimmed: IV, and Formerly mounted on leaf 48 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
On the recto, a drawing showing the floor plan of a Gothic columbarium at Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole's villa in Twickenham; with Bentley's notes in ink. On the verso, a crude pencil sketch
Description:
Title written in ink in Horace Walpole's hand on mount below drawing, Date from Horace Walpole correspondence to Sir Horace Mann 20 November 1757: "... a new Gothic columbarium is a new thought of my own, of which I am fond and going to execute at Strawberry Hill.", and Formerly mounted on leaf 47 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A drawing of the floor plan design for the gallery round tower in Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, Middlesex, with pencil additions and a note "a window to the dome".
Alternative Title:
Designs for the Gallery round tower, and chapel and Plan of the Tribune at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's manuscript note in ink on verso., Title from former curator: Plan of the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Date based on creation date of album., Watermark in center of sheet: IV., and Formerly mounted on the verso of leaf 57 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Drawing of the the bas-relief head in marble of Leonora d'Este, which was kept by Horace Walpole in the Little Cloister at Strawberry Hill. The portrait, in profile to the left, has the inscription "Dia Helionora" below it.
Alternative Title:
Basso relievo in Little Cloyster and Basso relievo in Little Cloister
Description:
Title from inscription in image; alternative 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 31 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.
A view of the home of Dr. Batty in Twickenham from across the Thames. On shore in the foreground a string of houses pulls a load, which is not in view
Alternative Title:
View of Dr. Batty's House at Twickenham
Description:
Title, date, artist's initials, and artist name inscribed in ink, in the same hand., Inscribed in the lower right corner of the image: "AH. 1748." On the verso in the same hand, "by A. Heckel.", Drawing used as the basis of the engraving entitled: A view of Dr. Batty's house at Twickenham., and Watermarked: LV.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Batty, Robert, 1763?-1849
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Boats, Estates, and Landscapes (Representations)
Drawing depicting a speculum of kennel-coal, in a leather case, that was supposedly used by Dr. Dee the conjurer to deceive the mob in the reign of Queen Elizabeth
Description:
Title written in ink below image on mounting page., 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., Depicted object was formerly owned by Horace Walpole and kept in the Great North Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill. For a description of the object, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1966,1001.1., Mounted on page 215 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):
Dee, John, 1527-1608. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Drawing of Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill in Twickenham from the view in the southeast
Alternative Title:
East view of Strawberry Hill near Twickenham in Middlesex
Description:
Title inscribed by artist below image; signed and dated by the artist lower right of image., On verso in contemporary hand: Strawberry Hill en Middlesex maison de campagne de Mr. Horace Walpole. Added in pencil is a note (in French) giving biographical information on Walpole and noting that this drawing was likely to have been intended as a print, citing the presence of pinpricks that outline some of the buildings., and Johann Heinrich (or John Henry) Müntz (1727-1798), painter and architect, engaged by Walpole to paint at Strawberry Hill . He created a series of topographical drawings and copied old masters, but relations were broken off in late 1759 after a quarrel.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England), England, and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Houses
A collection of 63 drawings and technical designs, correctly measured, dissected, and geometrically drawn by J.W. Müntz presumably when he worked with Horace Walpole to renew the technique of antique encaustic painting
Alternative Title:
Drawings by Müntz
Description:
Title assigned by cataloger., Date from early dealer's description in French, mounted on inside front cover., Originally accompanied by a 196 p. manuscript description, now in the Victoria and Albert Library, London. A copy of the translation, incomplete and unverified, filed in the Object file., Bound in deep red morocco, with ornate gold tooling, rebacked., and For further information, consult library staff.
Ink and wash drawing depicting Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of Bristol (calling herself Duchess of Kingston) on the opening date of her bigamy trial. Elizabeth wears a dark somber outfit of tight bodice over a flowing petticoat and carries several documents in each hand. Her face wears a serious and sullen expression
Description:
Title from caption inscribed below image.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788,
A drawing showing the view of the entrance from the road at Strawberry Hill, home of Horace Walpole, with detailed notes and measurements by the artist. The doorway is flanked by two windows and a large window above
Description:
Title at top of drawing, from a ms. note in Horace Walpole's hand in ink over graphite. Damage with loss of text in upper right corner., Date from J. Harris., Watermark in center of sheet., Part of a portfolio of drawings assembled by Horace Walpole under the title Drawings and designs, ca. 1760., "Breadth of the window with [the] frame: 5: foot"--Note in Walpole's hand, in image., "The shields must project in a ridge down the middle"--Note in Walpole's hand, lower right., and Formerly mounted on leaf 29 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title from caption below image., Dedication etched below title: From an original drawing in the collection of Her Royal Highness the Dutchess of York, to whom this plate is ... humbly dedicated by ... Thos. Macklin., "Vide Merry wives of Windsor, Act 4, Sc. 2.", One of a series of plates illustrating scenes from Shakespeare's plays, engraved after the drawings of Bunbury by various printmakers and published 1792-1796 by Thomas Macklin., and A small ink and wash drawing of a face with the ms. notation "noctes dramaticae" on a separate sheet (27 x 71 mm) pasted below plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd by Thos. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street
Designs for the chapel tribune at Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex. On the recto a wash drawing of the interior vaults with additions in pencil. On the verso a rough sketch of the floor plan
Description:
Title from mount in Horace Walpole's Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley [1760]. and Date from: Harris, J. Catalogue of British drawings for architecture, decoration, sculpture and landscape gardening, 1550-1900, in American collections. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Gregg Press, [1971], page 26.
Designs for the chapel tribune at Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex. On the recto a wash drawing of the interior vaults with additions in pencil. On the verso a rough sketch of the floor plan
Description:
Title from mount in Horace Walpole's Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley [1760]. and Date from: Harris, J. Catalogue of British drawings for architecture, decoration, sculpture and landscape gardening, 1550-1900, in American collections. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Gregg Press, [1971], page 26.
Drawing of Federico Zuccaro (ca. 1540-1609), Italian born painter, draughtsman and writer, brother of Taddeo Zuccaro
Description:
Title from inscription below image., Inscription in ink, lower right: in poses[n] Mr. T. Gibson paint., Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Zucchero in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. [Strawberry-Hill] : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v. 1, opp. p. 140., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Drawing of part of the wall decoration, possibly a frieze or wallpaper, of the Round Tower at Strawberry Hill. An image of a cherub placing a vase upon a pedestal is present within an oval at the bottom of the design
Description:
Title from note on verso in an unidentified hand., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., and Formerly laid in at page 103 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 (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Friezes (Ornamental bands), Wallpapers, and Putti
Drawing of an inside wall of St. Albans Cathedral that includes a detailed depiction of an arched double door and the outline of a window above it. A horizontal row of trefoils separates the door from the window; an alcove with an empty pedestal is seen on either side of the door. The ornate doors are decorated with Gothic tracery. A scale bar in feet runs along the bottom of the image
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in brown ink below image, in Horace Walpole's hand., Horace Walpole used the door depicted in this drawing as a model for the doors in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 104 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 (Name):
St. Albans Cathedral
Subject (Topic):
Architectural decorations & ornaments and Doors & doorways
On recto: One of three designs by Bentley for a Chinese buidling. This sketch shows the garden in front the proposed Chinese building. In the end of the designs were executed. On verso: a small pen sketch of a roof line
Description:
Title inscribed below design., Date based on creation date of album., and Formerly mounted on top half of leaf 23 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [approximately 1760].
A drawing of an Gothic chimneypiece with mantel. On the verso of this drawing is a small pencil sketch of a portion of a chimneypiece
Description:
Title inscribed below design in unidentified hand., Signed by the artist with his monogram in lower right corner of sheet: RB., Date based on creation date of album., and Formerly mounted on the lower half of leaf 27 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
A view of the home of Governor Pitt in Twickenham from across the Thames. Several boats can be seen on the river, including one being pulled by a string of rowboats
Alternative Title:
Governor Pitt's house at Twickenham
Description:
Title written in ink at bottom of sheet., Signed in the lower right of image: AH [monogram]. 1748., and Compare this drawing to the print later published by John Bowles.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Rivers, George Pitt, Baron, 1721-1803
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Boats, Estates, and Landscapes (Representations)
Drawings W516 no. 1 Framed, shelved in Object Room Bin 6
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Bard
Description:
Title inscribed by artist on verso: Gray's Bard., Signed by the artist in lower right: BW., Signed by the artist on the verso: Benjm. West., Benjamin West (1738-1820) was a British portrait painter. He was elected to the Royal Academy in ..., and Catalog of Framed Pictures in the Lewis Walpole Library: no. 119. For further information, consult library staff.
Drawing showing the interior of the Great North Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill. A canopy bed is centered against the back wall, flanked on either side by two chairs and two hanging paintings. At right is the chimney-piece of Portland stone and gilt designed by Horace Walpole from the tomb of W. Dudley, Bishop of Durham, in Westminster Abbey; a firescreen and two red china bottles are seen sitting in front of the fireplace, while the large picture of Henry 8th and his children is seen hanging above. On the wall at left are two bow windows, the arched tops of which are painted with coats of arms. Between the windows hangs a large mirror, above which hangs a painting and below which sits a table with three vases on it. A clock hangs above another chair on the extreme right. The walls are covered in crimson Norwich damask; two crimson rugs cover the floor, one beneath the bed and the other in the center of the room. The celing is decorated with a geometric pattern in gold
Alternative Title:
Great North Bedchamber
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 204 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, Interiors, Bedrooms, Canopy beds, Chimneypieces, Chairs, Clocks, and Windows
One of three designs for a Chinese garden buildling; this one showing the floor plan. None of the designs were executed
Description:
Title inscribed below design., Date based on creation date of album., and Formerly mounted on lower half of leaf 23 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Portrait of Henry Cook (1642-1700), Dutch born artist who was employed in England under Abraham Van der Doort (d. 1640) as a copier of the King's paintings in the court of Charles I.
Alternative Title:
Henry Cooke history painter and Henry Cooke
Description:
Title from inscription below image., Drawing that was later used for an engraving published in : Anecdotes of painting in England, with some account of the principal artists / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Farmer, 1762, v. 3, opp. p. 118., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Drawing of the Armory at Strawberry Hill. On display in an alcove on the left is the armor of Francis I, to the right of which hangs the shield painted with the head of Perseus. Other armor and weapons are displayed on a wall near the center of the design. Two thin columns extend down from the ceiling with decorative arches formed between them. A stained glass window is visible on the back wall, and the ornate railing of a staircase is present in the left foreground. A quiver with arrows (?) hangs on the wall in the right foreground; various armorial shields and pieces of art also decorate the walls. A vase and a carved box sit on the floor
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 57 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, Arms & armament, Shields, and Interiors
Drawing of Egbert van Hemskirk, Dutch artist, who was also active in England
Alternative Title:
Egbert van Hemskirk
Description:
Title from caption below image., Drawing that was later used in an engraving of John Riley: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Horace Walpole. London : J. Dodsley, 1782, v. 3, p. 122., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Wash drawing of a bust of Henry VII; with long curling hair and a fillet about his brow, his head leaning to the left; the sculpture upon a plinth lettered in Latin. Drawn after a sculpture, formerly attributed to Torrigiano, that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Star Chamber at Strawberry Hill
Alternative Title:
Head of Henry VII
Description:
Title written on plinth in image; alternative title devised by curator., 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 115 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):
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Volume 3, opposite page lxxxiii. Memoirs of Count Grammont.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Henrietta of England as a girl; bust-length, facing right; wearing pearls around her neck and in her curled hair
Description:
Title written in brown ink below image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound., and Bound in opposite page lxxxiii in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Hamilton, A. Memoirs of Count Grammont. London : S. and E. Harding, [1793?].
Quarter-length portrait of Henry Seymour Conway after Gainsborough, framed by oval design. Conway is in uniform, turned to the left with head facing and looking to the right
Description:
Title from caption inscribed within image., Date from unverified data from local record., Copy of painting by Thomas Gainsborough., and For further information, consult library staff.
Portrait of Henry Stone (ca. 1655-1726), English painter, son of Nicholas Stone English sculptor and architect
Description:
Title from inscription in ink below image., Drawing that was later used for an engraving published in : Anecdotes of painting in England, with some account of the principal artists / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Farmer, 1762, v. 2, opp. p. 31., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Portrait of Henry Tilson (1659-1695), English portrait painter, pupil of Sir Peter Lely
Description:
Title from item., Drawing that was later used for an engraving published in : Anecdotes of painting in England, with some account of the principal artists / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Farmer, 1762, v. 3, opp. p. 103., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Watercolor drawing of Henry III and Queen Eleanor, taken from a stained glass window originally in Bexhill and later acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the Chapel at Strawberry Hill. The king and queen are shown three quarter length, under gothic tracery, wearing crowns, with architectural details behind them. A scale bar bar is drawn beneath them
Description:
Title written in ink below image on mounting sheet., Note in ink below title: The only portraits of them extant., 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 229 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):
Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272,, Eleanor, of Provence, Queen, consort of Henry III, King of England, 1223 or 1224-1291,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A drawing of the Holbein Chamber at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham. An arched passageway is seen near the center of the image, thorough which a canopy bed and a chair are visible. On either side of the passageway are pierced arches forming a screen, the design for which was taken from the gates of the choir of Rouen. Wooden furniture lines the wall of the room at left, above which framed works of art hang. Across the room on the right is the chimneypiece designed after the tomb of Archbishop Warham at Canterbury; an embroidered firescreen and two blue vases sit in front of the fireplace. The ornate ceiling, taken from the Queen's dressing-room at Windsor, dominates the top half of the image; a large, colorful rug sits on the floor in the center of the room
Alternative Title:
Holbien Chamber
Description:
Titled in ink below image: Holbien chamber., 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 117 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 (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Dwellings, Interiors, Chimneypieces, Furniture, Vases, and Rugs
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[1790?]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 1 Box D170
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A richly dressed man stirkes a very dramatic theatical pose with one arm raised to full extension and his second arm crossed diagonally across his torso. Observers include a nearby onlooker with sword in hand and a full complement of lightly-armored soldiers carrying shields, polearms, and banners in the background
Description:
Title from caption inscribed in ink below image in the artist's hand., Date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Woodward., and For further information, consult library staff.
Drawing of the interior of the printing house at Strawberry Hill. Two rooms are visible; the room on the left, which occupies most of the drawing, is lined with windows on the back and left walls and has a fireplace on the right wall. A man stands at a composing frame at the back of the room setting type from the copy propped on the upper case; lower tables line the walls in front of the windows at left, and other furniture occupies the back right corner of the room. In the foreground the doorway on the right gives a partial view of the second room containing two printing presses. A man can be seen working the common press for printing the letterpress text; to the left are two of the handles of the star-wheel of a rolling press for printing intaglio plates (copper plates); above, sheets of printed paper have been hung to dry on lines strung across the room. The floors and ceilings of both rooms are plain and undecorated; a few framed pictures hang on the walls
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 240 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., Printer's ornament (19 x 112 mm) mounted below drawing., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Interiors, Estates, Outbuildings, Printing industry, and Printing presses
Opposite page 88. Memoires du comte de Grammont ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of the rope dancer Jacob Hall; long half-length, standing to the left; wearing floppy cap, billowing white shirt with bow tie; a comb on table to the left, his right hand raised towards chest; after Jacob van Oost
Description:
Title written below image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., After a painting by Jakob (Jacques) van Oost the Younger., Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound., and Mounted opposite page 88 in Richard Bull's extra-illustrated, interleaved copy of: Hamilton, A. Memoires du comte de Grammont ... Strawberry Hill, 1772.
Drawing of Jan Wyck (or John Wijck) (1566-1640), Flemish born painter, son of Thomas Wyck (ca. 1616-1677). Settled in England where he excelled at depicting battle scenes
Alternative Title:
Jan Wyck battle painter
Description:
Title from inscription in ink below image., Signed in ink, lower right: G. V., Inscription in pencil, lower left: [illegible]., Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Wyck in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed in the year MDCCLXIII, [1763], v. 3, opp. p. 133., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Drawing of a small head in basalt of Jupiter Serapis wearing the modius, a flat-topped cylindrical headdress or crown. This small statue was purchased by Sir William Hamilton from the Barberini Collection at Rome, was later sold to the Duchess of Portland, and was then bought by Horace Walpole upon her death. It was kept in either the Beauclerk Closet or the Round Room at Strawberry Hill
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 157 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):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Serapis (Egyptian deity),
The opera singer Madamme Banti engages in a jovial conversation with Lord Pembroke. Each holds a wine glass; a decanter sits on the table
Description:
Title from inscription in design., Date suggested by ms. note on mount., Brigitta [Brigida] Banti is the stage-name of Brigida Giorgi., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Pembroke, George Augustus Herbert, 11th Earl of, 1759-1827
Subject (Topic):
Opera singers, Eating & drinking, and Drinking vessels
Volume 1, opposite page 95. Memoirs of Count Grammont.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Mary, Princess Royal of England and Princess of Orange and Countess of Nassau by marriage; half-length, turned to the right; her hair in curls; wearing a pearl necklace
Alternative Title:
Mary Princess of Orange, Countess of Nassau
Description:
Title written below image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound., and Bound in opposite page 95 in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Hamilton, A. Memoirs of Count Grammont. London : S. and E. Harding, [1793?].
Reflections on a flower-garden in a letter to a lady
Description:
In two parts, with separate titlepages, pagination and register., The second part is entitled 'Reflections on a flower-garden in a letter to a lady'., Each part has a final leaf of errata., Tipped in: Two small engravings of Hervey from Cooke's Classics., Tipped in: Two drawings. A wash drawing with pen and ink of a memorial to Anne Stonhouse; a pen and ink frontispiece with caption title: "He gave himself a ransom for all"., and With clipping (19th century) and unidentified ms. notes.
Publisher:
Printed for J. and J. Rivington, in St. Paul's Church-yard; and J. Leake, at Bath
Subject (Topic):
Death, Spiritual life, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Double portrait of the physicians Jean Misaubin and Richard Mead, half-length, sitting together at a table
Description:
Title from notes below image in Richard Bull's hand., Artist's name written in lower right, probably also in Richard Bull's hand., Date supplied by curator., Formerly laid in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Subject (Name):
Misaubin, Jean, 1673-1734 and Mead, Richard, 1673-1754
Drawing of Jan Siberechts (ca. 1627-1703), Flemish born landscape painter who settled in England in the early 1670s and established a reputation for his portraits of country houses
Alternative Title:
Mr. John Sybrecht landscape painter
Description:
Title from inscription in ink below image., Signed in ink, lower right: G.V., Inscription in ink, lower right: ob. 1763 Ata 73. in possess. Mr. Van Ost., Inscription in ink, lower left: N. Langillire pinx., Engraving by T. Chambars in Anecdotes of painting identifies artist as: N. Largiliere pinx., Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Sybrecht in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed in the year MDCCLXIII, [1763], v. 3, opp. p. 102., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Title written on verso in contemporary, unidentified hand, partially loss of text. "No. C"., Signed and dated in image, bottom left: "WI.B D 1780"., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Unidentified artist., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
A drawing of the monument to Mrs. Clive int he garden of Mr. Berry in Twickenham, set in a grove. On the base is Horace Walpole's five-line epitaph
Alternative Title:
Horace Walpole's memorial to Kitty Clive
Description:
Title written below image in Thomas Kirgate's hand., Questionable attribution to Joseph Farington., and With Horace Walpole's epitaph engraved on the base: "Ye smiles & jests still hover round! This is Mirth's consecrated ground: ..." written after her visit to Strawberry Hill in 1774. (See Yale edition of Horace Walpole's correspondence, v. 2 , p. 374-5.)
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Memorials, Monuments & memorials, and Buildings, structures, etc
Title from inscription in ink, in 18th century hand, Full inscription: "Mrs. Mary Beal. Paintress. Born 16[?]5 ob. 1700. Beale. fil. pinxit. Orig. in posses. Alex G[?] [L[?]." "Orig. in posses...." on fragment paste down in lower right corner., For an engraving based on this portrait after Charles Beale, refer to Early British portraits, v. iii, p. 67., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Volume 3, opposite page lxxx. Memoirs of Count Grammont.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Nell Gwyn, half-length to the front, head leaning to the left; her hair curled, a few locks falling over her left shoulder; a string of pearls around her neck; wearing a loose white frock with a low neckline
Description:
Title from note in pencil below image, on mounting page., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound., and Bound in opposite page lxxx in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Hamilton, A. Memoirs of Count Grammont. London : S. and E. Harding, [1793?].
Oval drawing of Nicholas Stone Senior (1586-1647), leading sculptor, master mason, and architect, in London in the mid-17th century
Description:
Title from inscription in ink, below image., Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Stone in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. [Strawberry-Hill] : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v. 2, opp. p. 23., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Drawing of the exterior of the offices at Strawberry Hill. The two-story building, with its paired arched windows and crenellated roofline, occupies most of the image. Trees are seen to the right and left of the structure; a green lawn is in the foreground and a cloud-filled sky is above. A man with a book(?) under his arm stands in the middle distance on the extreme right, near the corner of the building
Alternative Title:
Northeast view of the new offices at Strawberry Hill
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 255 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)
A large portfolio assembled by Horace Walpole from various lots he acquired at the Vertue sale 16 March 1757 including rare prints and drawings, among which are Holbein drawings. In addition to the portfolio, is a small volume of eight portrait drawings taken from this collection and later acquired separately
Alternative Title:
Portfolio of original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views &c by Vertue and others
Description:
Title from item. Title from Hazen: Portfolio of original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views &c by Vertue and others., Two volumes and one solander box containing a drawing housed separately., and Some of these, about fifty, are now mounted and rebound in red morocco, with Horace Walpole's manuscript title-page preserved. Bookplate 1. Press-mark D.3.13 in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763; moved to the Round Tower. Bookplate of William Frederick, 9th Earl Waldegrave.
A large portfolio assembled by Horace Walpole from various lots he acquired at the Vertue sale 16 March 1757 including rare prints and drawings, among which are Holbein drawings. In addition to the portfolio, is a small volume of eight portrait drawings taken from this collection and later acquired separately
Alternative Title:
Portfolio of original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views &c by Vertue and others
Description:
Title from item. Title from Hazen: Portfolio of original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views &c by Vertue and others., Two volumes and one solander box containing a drawing housed separately., and Some of these, about fifty, are now mounted and rebound in red morocco, with Horace Walpole's manuscript title-page preserved. Bookplate 1. Press-mark D.3.13 in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763; moved to the Round Tower. Bookplate of William Frederick, 9th Earl Waldegrave.
A large portfolio assembled by Horace Walpole from various lots he acquired at the Vertue sale 16 March 1757 including rare prints and drawings, among which are Holbein drawings. In addition to the portfolio, is a small volume of eight portrait drawings taken from this collection and later acquired separately
Alternative Title:
Portfolio of original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views &c by Vertue and others
Description:
Title from item. Title from Hazen: Portfolio of original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views &c by Vertue and others., Two volumes and one solander box containing a drawing housed separately., and Some of these, about fifty, are now mounted and rebound in red morocco, with Horace Walpole's manuscript title-page preserved. Bookplate 1. Press-mark D.3.13 in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763; moved to the Round Tower. Bookplate of William Frederick, 9th Earl Waldegrave.
Drawing showing the interior of the Great Parlour or Refectory at Strawberry Hill. The chimney-piece is visible at left, above which hang the portraits of Sir Horace and Galfridus Mann flanking a painting by Reynolds. On the right, the large painting of the Ladies Waldegrave hangs above a bureau on which a clock with a bronze figure of a reading woman sits. On the far wall is a window with some painted glass at top, on either side of which hangs a pier glass. Against the left wall are two sofas upholstered in red and white; black chairs of Gothic design are against the opposite wall on the right. Two other chairs, small tables, vases, and additional paintings complete the visible furnishings of the room. An ornate border lines the tops of the walls
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 35 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, Parlors, Interiors, Chimneypieces, Chairs, Sofas, Clocks, and Windows
Portrait of Paul van Somer (1576-1621), Flemish painter and printmaker
Alternative Title:
Paul van Somer
Description:
George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756., Title from item., and Drawing that was later used for an engraving published in : Catalogue of engravers ... / digested by Mr. Horace Walpole from the mss. of Mr. George Vertue. Strawberry-Hill : Printed in the year MDCCLXIII [1763], opp. p.92.
Wash drawing depicting one of the pavillions of the Gunnersbury House, Middlesex, a modest pavillion with four columns, designed by architect John Webb (1611-1672). Mounted with three other views of the Gunnersbury House property.The property was owned by Princess Amelia, the third daughter of King George II from 1762 until 1786
Description:
Title from caption inscribed by artist below image., Date from local card catalog record., and For further information, consult library staff.
A drawing proposed by Bentley whilst a member of the "Strawberry Committee" along with John Chute and Horace Walpole, of the staircase and hall at Strawberry Hill. On the verso, a light pencil sketch of a reclining figure
Alternative Title:
Perspective of the hall and staircase at Strawberry Hill and Staircase at Strawberryhill
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on verso., Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on mount between two drawings on the same subject: Staircase at Strawberryhill., Date from: Harris, J. Catalogue of British drawings for architecture, decoration, sculpture and landscape gardening, 1550-1900, in American collections. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Gregg Press, [1971], page 26., and Formerly mounted on the lower half of leaf 30 with another sketch of the staircase in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Two scrapbooks containing a collection of mostly 18th century engravings and etchings, some of which are purported to have belonged to Horace Walpole, organized thematically. With four original drawings, including a watercolor and wash drawing of the Neapolitan painter Luca Jordano signed by J.B. Catenaro, an unsigned portrait in red crayon of Cornelius Jansen, a pencil portrait of an unknown woman, and another small pencil drawing of a landscape. The first volume contains etchings and engravings of English villages and rural scenes including the farm house and printing house at Strawberry Hill and two vignettes of Strawberry Hill; topographical scenes in Surrey and Twickenham; etchings of Roman scenes; portraits of eminent historical and contemporary political figures and The second volume begins with a series of 192 small French engravings of women, which document the hair styles and hat fashions in the 17th and 18th centuries, all engraved by Dupin or Desrais. A second series of the 48 engravings from Wenceslaus Hollar's Theatrum mulierum depict the costumes of 17th century women (mostly) in Europe. These prints are followed by 29 small engravings by C. Heath of prominent British politicians and writers of the 18th century. The final pages include several portraits of contemporary British and French figures as well as the plates drawn and engraved by Henry Moses for A series of twenty-nine designs of modern costume published in London by E. and C. M'Lean in 1823
Description:
In English and French. and Recovered in cloth with marble boards.
Subject (Geographic):
Europe, Great Britain, Europe., Great Britain., and England
Subject (Name):
Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828., Giordano, Luca, 1634-1705, and Janssen van Ceulen, Cornelius, 1593-1661.
Subject (Topic):
Costume, History, Hairstyles, Authors, English, Politicians, Fashion, Clothing and dress, and Social life and customs
Two scrapbooks containing a collection of mostly 18th century engravings and etchings, some of which are purported to have belonged to Horace Walpole, organized thematically. With four original drawings, including a watercolor and wash drawing of the Neapolitan painter Luca Jordano signed by J.B. Catenaro, an unsigned portrait in red crayon of Cornelius Jansen, a pencil portrait of an unknown woman, and another small pencil drawing of a landscape. The first volume contains etchings and engravings of English villages and rural scenes including the farm house and printing house at Strawberry Hill and two vignettes of Strawberry Hill; topographical scenes in Surrey and Twickenham; etchings of Roman scenes; portraits of eminent historical and contemporary political figures and The second volume begins with a series of 192 small French engravings of women, which document the hair styles and hat fashions in the 17th and 18th centuries, all engraved by Dupin or Desrais. A second series of the 48 engravings from Wenceslaus Hollar's Theatrum mulierum depict the costumes of 17th century women (mostly) in Europe. These prints are followed by 29 small engravings by C. Heath of prominent British politicians and writers of the 18th century. The final pages include several portraits of contemporary British and French figures as well as the plates drawn and engraved by Henry Moses for A series of twenty-nine designs of modern costume published in London by E. and C. M'Lean in 1823
Description:
In English and French. and Recovered in cloth with marble boards.
Subject (Geographic):
Europe, Great Britain, Europe., Great Britain., and England
Subject (Name):
Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828., Giordano, Luca, 1634-1705, and Janssen van Ceulen, Cornelius, 1593-1661.
Subject (Topic):
Costume, History, Hairstyles, Authors, English, Politicians, Fashion, Clothing and dress, and Social life and customs
A drawing of a design for the screen in the Holbein Chamber at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, Middlesex. With additions in pencil above and below. One of three designs for the screen included in Walpole's album of Bentley drawings
Alternative Title:
Screen in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink at bottom of sheet., Formerly mounted on leaf 55 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760]., and Date from J. Harris.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Half-length, oval portrait of Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor, classical scholar, philospher, later canonized, looking slightly right and wearing the Collar of Esses, with the Tudor rose badge of Henry VIII; within a decorative border with an elaborately decorated flag, spectre and axe below. The two drawings were created in preparation for the engraved portrait print engraved by Jacobus Houbraken and published by John & Paul Knapton in 1741
Alternative Title:
Sir Thomas More
Description:
Title from inscription on verso of drawing., Portrait is unsigned, but the mount is decorated with a border in ink and wash and signed: H. Gravelot inv. et delin., Counter watermark in center of sheet used as the mount: IV., After Hans Holbein the Younger, and One of ten watercolor portraits and other drawings included in George Vertue's set of engravings: The heads of the most illustrious persons of Great Britain (London : John and Paul Knapton). See all catalog records by searching call number: LWL Folio 724 743 H432 (Oversize).
Design for the gallery at Horace Walpole's villa Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex. The design was not executed
Alternative Title:
Sketch of the gallery at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's note in ink on mount., Date from: Snodin, M. Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill., and Formerly mounted on leaf 56 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
A collection of pencil sketches mostly on ca. 51 pages. The first two are drawings of Pisa, but most are sketches done in the summer of 1796 of sites in England including: Twickenham, Goodwood House, Pagham, Bognor, as well as other undated and unidentified sites. One sketch from 1784 tipped in and one of a kangaroo
Description:
Title assigned by cataloger., Pages [52]-[66] blank., Worn marbled-paper boards, spine lacking; annotated on cover: MB [monogram] 1790 Pisa., and For further information consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England., Goodwood House (England), Twickenham (London, England), Pisa (Italy), and Sussex (England)
On recto an elevation drawing in gray and brown wash. On verso, preliminary pencil studies for the windows
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on mount below drawing., Watermark (partial) lower left edge., Date from J. Harris., and Formerly mounted on leaf 51 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
On recto an elevation drawing in gray and brown wash. On verso, preliminary pencil studies for the windows
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on mount below drawing., Watermark (partial) lower left edge., Date from J. Harris., and Formerly mounted on leaf 51 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Detailed plan of the grounds, buildings, and gardens at Strawberry Hill, as viewed from above. The boundaries of Horace Walpole's property are delineated with a red dotted line, and the roads and properties immediately adjacent are shown. Some features, including the River Thames at the bottom of the drawing, are labeled in ink within the drawing itself; other features are labeled with capital letters that are explained in a key (with the heading "References") located below the image on the mounting sheet
Description:
Titled by the artist in ink below image, on mounting sheet., Attribution to John Carter from curator., 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 23 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)
