Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1853]
Call Number:
33 3 Copy 14
Collection Title:
Volume 1, opposite page 111. Catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex; half-length, turned to the right; wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a ruff
Description:
Title written below image., Title continues: ... Visco. Hereforde, Lo. Bourchier & Louaine, Ba. Ferrers of Chartley., Signed by the artist with initials in lower right corner., Date of production based on artist's death date., Seemingly drawn after the 17th century portrait print by Simon van de Pass that was altered by John Payne. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: P,3.134., With placement instruction "p. 111" written in pencil on verso., and Inlaid opposite page 111 in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England. [Twickenham, England] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758.
Wash drawing of the shell seat, which was completed in 1754, located on the grounds of Horace Walpole's estate Strawberry Hill, in Twickenham, Middlesex
Description:
Title in pencil by unknown hand at bottom of sheet., From a group of Strawberry Hill views by the same hand, two of which carry watermarks dated 1821 and 1822., Unknown artist., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and For further information, consult library staff.
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1830 and 1852]
Call Number:
Drawings G761 no. 1 Box D123
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An artist (left) with a caricatured face looks on with horror as a bust falls on the head of the Lord, the sitter, who jumps and shreaks with pain, his foot breaking the window (right). In the background the Lord's round, well-dressed wife looks on in horror and Sketch on verso in pencil shows a boxer with gloves in a fighting stance. The figures in ink on recto, the artist and his lordship, bleed-through the image on verso
Description:
Title from caption written above image on recto; image on verso untitled., Verses below image begin: " A poor sculptor with his work elated, on a fickle lord one evening waited ; with his Lordship's bust ... Now her Ladyship with great acknowledg'd the sculptor's work to be a striking likeness.", Place and date of creation based on Grant's known place of residence and years of activity., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Artists, Boxers (Sports), Boxing, Couples, Distress, Pain, Sculptors, and Sculptures
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1830 and 1852]
Call Number:
Drawings G761 no. 1 Box D123
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An artist (left) with a caricatured face looks on with horror as a bust falls on the head of the Lord, the sitter, who jumps and shreaks with pain, his foot breaking the window (right). In the background the Lord's round, well-dressed wife looks on in horror and Sketch on verso in pencil shows a boxer with gloves in a fighting stance. The figures in ink on recto, the artist and his lordship, bleed-through the image on verso
Description:
Title from caption written above image on recto; image on verso untitled., Verses below image begin: " A poor sculptor with his work elated, on a fickle lord one evening waited ; with his Lordship's bust ... Now her Ladyship with great acknowledg'd the sculptor's work to be a striking likeness.", Place and date of creation based on Grant's known place of residence and years of activity., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Artists, Boxers (Sports), Boxing, Couples, Distress, Pain, Sculptors, and Sculptures
Portrait drawing of Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington; half length, with short hair and Van Dyke beard; wearing a ruff collar
Alternative Title:
Thomas First Earl of Haddington
Description:
Title inscribed on mount below image, in ink in a contemporary hand., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Place and date of production based on the country of residence and death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found., Formerly page 65 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.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1810]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
Collection Title:
Page 42b. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of a triangular chair that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Star Chamber at Strawberry Hill. The chair has one leg at each corner of its triangular seat, with the leg at the rear extending upward and being topped with a curved piece that forms a simple backrest
Description:
Title written in ink below image, on mounting page., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card., Date based on death date of Thomas Kirgate, who likely assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., and Inlaid on page 42b in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait drawing of Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke; head and shoulders only; facing left
Description:
Title written in ink in open letters below image., Unsigned; attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Probably after a picture by Jonathan Richardson, Senior, that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Red Bed Chamber at Strawberry Hill., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 74 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Subject (Name):
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title written in unknown hand at bottom of sheet, below image., From a group of Strawberry Hill views by the same hand, two of which carry watermarks dated 1821 and 1822., Unknown artist., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Wash drawing depicting a helmet with face guard, which was formerly in the collection of Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 226 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of a lamp in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill; in the shape of a satyr's head, vines in the hair, facing right with an open mouth
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 172 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Art collections, Satyrs (Greek mythology), and Lamps
