Page 65. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The auctioneer George Robins is shown full-length in profile to the left, sitting at a small table draped with a tablecloth, an inkwell and a goblet on the table in front of him. He sits on the 16th-century oak chair from Glastonbury Abbey, an item from Horace Walpole's collection at Strawberry Hill that Robins auctioned off in 1842
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Signed in lower left corner with the initials of artist E. Bell., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., Mounted with a clipped facsimile signature of George Robins, a clipping about Robins having "assumed for his throne the very ancient chair of oak once pertaining to Glastonbury Abbey", and another clipping about the chair itself., and Mounted on page 65 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Subject (Name):
Robins, George Henry, 1777-1847, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Auctioneers, Tables, Chairs, Writing materials, and Drinking vessels
Page 540. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
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1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The auctioneer George Robins is shown half-length, sitting at a large table with pen in hand, several leaves of paper in front of him
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist E. Bell's name is written in lower left corner of a separate sheet mounted below drawing. This separate sheet also contains a signed autograph letter from Thomas Dodd to an unidentified recipient., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., and Mounted on page 540 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Volume 4, page 26. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The auctioneer George Robins is shown half-length, sitting at a large table with pen in hand, several leaves of paper in front of him
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Signed with initials and dated by the artist in lower left corner of image., and Bound in as page 26 in volume 4 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Full-length portrait of a woman, likely to be Mary Anne Clarke, wearing a white neoclassical dress and standing on a balcony with a curtain drapped from the left corner
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Signed and dated by the artist in lower left: Adam Buck, London 1804., Identity of the sitter based on the known partronage of Adam Buck by both Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, and his mistress Mary Anne Clarke. In addition, there exist other examples of similar portraits of Clarke by Buck., and Removed from frame, which is stored separately in LSF Bin 14.
Title devised by curator., Signed in white at bottom., Date of production devised by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Geographic):
Indonesia.
Subject (Topic):
Hinduism, Religious dance, and Balinese (Indonesian people)
Volume 1, page 124. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View of a white Gothic-style tower framed by trees, with the edge of a separate structure with arched windows and a crenellated roof visible on the left. A pedestal is seen on the lawn to the right. Several groups of people walk on the path leading to the tower; a dog bounds on the path in the foreground
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed by the artist in lower left corner of image., Date of production based on the inclusion in the same volume of other drawings by Shepherd that depict the temporary building for the Strawberry Hill Sale of 1842., and Bound in as page 124 in volume 1 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Volume 2, page 25. The history and topographical survey of the county of Kent.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title supplied by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date based on death date of Horace Walpole, who likely assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., and Tipped in at page 25 in volume 2 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of Edward Hasted's The history and topographical survey of the county of Kent.
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
Collection of twelve 19th-century Anglo-Indian representations of traditional Indian clothing for various trades and stations of life, each captioned below with the subject's occupation. Included are two female subjects, 'My Ayah or Lady's Maid' and a water bearer, alongside ten male subjects. Among the depicted males are a 'Native Officer', 'A Peon or Policeman', and a 'Moonshee or Teacher of Languages', the latter having the only geographical indication of origin ('Bangalore' given to its verso).
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Each drawing is numbered and signed "Mrs. O'Connor" on the verso, possibly indicating the artist or the person the drawings were composed for., Drawing '3' on verso: A Bangalore Moonshee., Approximate date from the watermark., and Such works are often referred to as 'Company School', given they were produced for tourists and East India Company employees alike.
