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1. South view of the Castle of Otranto with the Acroceraunian Mountains of Epirus in the distance copied from a drawing made in March 1785 by Mr. Reveley, given to Mr. Walpole by Lady Craven. [art original]
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1806]
- Call Number:
- 24 17 765 Copy 2
- Collection Title:
- Before title page. Castle of Otranto.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- View of the real-life Castle of Otranto in Italy. The gray structure is seen in the middle distance beyond a low stone wall, one branch of which extends towards the viewer in the right foreground. Blue-tinted mountains are visible in the far distance on either side of the castle. A green lawn occupies the rest of the foreground; a blue sky completes the top half of the image
- Description:
- Title from contemporary note in ink on strip of paper pasted on facing page of volume., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on death date of Richard Bull, who owned the volume in which this drawing is mounted., Another version of this drawing, presumably by John Carter, was also owned by Richard Bull. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 33 30 Copy 11., and Mounted before title page in Richard Bull's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. London : Printed for Tho. Lownds in Fleet-Street, MDCCLXV [1765].
- Subject (Geographic):
- Italy and Otranto.
- Subject (Topic):
- Castles & palaces
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > South view of the Castle of Otranto with the Acroceraunian Mountains of Epirus in the distance copied from a drawing made in March 1785 by Mr. Reveley, given to Mr. Walpole by Lady Craven. [art original]
2. [Album of drawings of Bletchingley, 1828-1829] [art original]
- Creator:
- L., S. G., artist
- Published / Created:
- 1828-1829.
- Call Number:
- Folio 64 Su7 828
- Image Count:
- 66
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An album of amateur drawings, with scenes in Kent, East Sussex, Hertfordshire and Surrey. The artist, only identified with the initials 'S.G.L.', provides titles and dates for the majority of the drawings. The first group (thirteen in all) dated 1828 are views in Kent, Sussex, and Hertfordshire, including Leeds Castle, Hythe, Sandgate, Rye, Pevensey Castle, Tunbridge Wells, St. Albans, and Hatfield. The second, larger group of drawings are scenes in and round the village of Bletchingley (sometimes Bletchingly) in Surrey, depicting village life -- for example, the 'Church Yard', 'Parsonage', 'Farm Yard', landscapes with farm houses, country lanes, bridges, and people fishing, andc. -- and include both people and animals. Other views of places in the vicinity are scenes in Nutfield, London Road, Bletchingley from London Road, Rabbit Heath, et cetera All the drawings in or around Bletchingley (thirty-nine in total) are dated between August 14th and October 14th 1829. Several of the drawings are on blue paper and are highlighted with white chalk, conveying a nocturnal quality to the scene. A final group of ten undated, untitled drawings also depict rural scenes, presumably in southeastern England
- Alternative Title:
- Bletchingley S.G.L. 1828-1829
- Description:
- In English., Title from contemporary manuscript note on front cover., Album bound in three-quarter leather with marbled-paper boards, with the title written in black ink on front board: Bletchingly S.G.L. 1828 1829. Also with a dark-green morocco spine label gilt-stamped: S.G.L. Bletchingley 1828-29. On front pastedown: a label manuscript note "Laura" scored through and then "Alice" written above., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Bletchingley (England), East Sussex (England), Kent (England), Hertfordshire (England), Surrey (England), England, Surrey., and England.
- Subject (Topic):
- Country lif, Bridges, Castles & palaces, Fishing, City & town life, and Villages
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Album of drawings of Bletchingley, 1828-1829] [art original]
3. [Album of watercolors of the countryside around Weston Sands House] [art original].
- Creator:
- Tomes, John, 1791-1863, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1818-1850]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 T656 818
- Image Count:
- 96
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An album of watercolors assembled by the gentleman farmer and amateur artist John Tomes showing views of his manor house Weston Sands House and the surrounding countryside. Tomes recorded his estate from many angles and in all seasons as well as picturesque spots in the neighbouring countryside, including several views of the River Avon which bordered his estate. Also included are a series of watercolors taken on a trip to the Isle of Wight. There is also a view of Windsor Castle (?) across the Thames and many watercolors of medieval ruins, abbeys, and castles. Tomes also copied a number of Turner prints from the ‘Liber Studiorum’ (published 1807-1819) and his ‘Picturesque views on the Southern Coast’ (published 1814-1826).
- Alternative Title:
- Sketches by John Tomes, Weston Sands
- Description:
- Title supplied by cataloger, based on dealer's description., All but two of the drawings are pasted on the rectos of the album leaves; some have pencil manuscript notes giving the location of the subject; some of the first watercolors mounted on the first pages of the album are dated '1818'., Bound in contemporary rust-colored hard grain half morocco and marbled sides, with gilt lettered morocco label 'Sketches by John Tomes - Weston Sands' to front cover, white moirés silk pastedown., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Warwickshire (England) and Isle of Wight (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Turner, J. M. W. 1775-1851 (Joseph Mallord William), and Windsor Castle,
- Subject (Topic):
- Influence, Castles & palaces, Abbeys, Ruins, Estates, and Rivers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Album of watercolors of the countryside around Weston Sands House] [art original].
4. [Drawings of castles and scenes in England and Wales] [art original].
- Creator:
- DeWint, Peter, 1784-1849, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1829 and 1835]
- Call Number:
- 75 D521 829
- Image Count:
- 12
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A series of eight, small watercolor drawings depicting castles and country houses in England and Wales. The views show: Brancepeth Castle near Durham; Enville Hall in Staffordshire; New Weir on the river Wye, Herefordshire; Hagley Hall, Worcestershire; Hereford Cathedral from across the river Wye; St Paul’s Walden Bury, Hertfordshire; Lumley Castle near Durham; and Chirk Castle near Wrexham, north Wales
- Alternative Title:
- Drawings by De Wint
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Attributed to Peter DeWint., Date based on DeWint's visits to Wales between 1829 and 1835. See Oxford dictionary of national biography., Drawings are mounted an album of thirty-four unnumbered blank leaves; each drawing is captioned by the artist below in ink, some are numbered in pencil. Bound in nineteenth-century half black roan over marbled boards with the spine lettered in gilt ‘Drawings by De Wint’; marbled endpapers and edges; old bookseller’s description pasted at foot of first page., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Wales
- Subject (Topic):
- Cathedrals, Dwellings, Estates, and Castles & palaces
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Drawings of castles and scenes in England and Wales] [art original].
5. [Sketchbook recording a tour in central and southern France, with a few British views] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- 1827-1841.
- Call Number:
- 82 827Sk
- Image Count:
- 52
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An album of sketches largely comprised of images drawn by a traveller in central and southern France in the late 1820s and early 1830s. The images, executed in a variety of media and styles, are mostly skillfully drawn landscapes, elevations of buildings, and people in local costume, with captions in French (with some English), many of which show scenes in the Bagnères-de-Bigorre (September-October 1828) in southwestern France as well as scenes in Pau (1827), Saint-Étienne (1828), Peyrehorade (1828), Nimes (1828), Bayonne (June 1828), Toulouse (May 1829), Montpellier (June 1829), Bordeaux (August 1830), and Royan (1831). The picturesque views include: a shepherd on stilts ('berger des Landes'); a couple on a cacolet at Bayonne; a rear view of a farmer sitting on a wall; a view of a chateau near Toulouse silhouetted against the red night sky, and another of the Tour des Pins at Montpellier glowing in the dark. Several drawings demonstrate an interest in architecture and antiquities: there are detailed, very skilled architectural drawings of the Thermes de Marie Thérèse at Bagnères-de-Bigorre, and Latin inscriptions copied from Roman monuments. Landscape drawings include a tall chestnut tree at the convent of Notre-Dame de Médoux and Narcissa's tomb at Montpellier (with a quote from Young's Night Thoughts). The album also includes five British scenes by another artist: the Tower of Refuge, Isle of Man; Netley Castle in Hampshire England; Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight; the ancient well at Wavertree and Prince Rupert's headquarters, Everton, both near Liverpool (these last two signed 'Alex Aikin').
- Description:
- In French and English, with some Latin., Title devised by cataloger., Artist unidentified, but is plausibly English; the sketch of Narcissa's tomb at Montpellier has a quote in English from Young's "Night Thoughts"., On different colored papers, with a table of contents, a few leaves previously removed; red glazed paper over pulp boards, green glazed endpapers., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- France, England, France., and England.
- Subject (Topic):
- Grand tours (Education), Buildings, structures, etc, Drawing, British, Monuments & memorials, and Castles & palaces
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Sketchbook recording a tour in central and southern France, with a few British views] [art original].
