Drawing depicting the shrine designed by Pietro Cavallini, brought to the chapel at Strawberry Hill from Rome in 1768. Four twisted Corinthian columns are at the base
Page 8. Reminiscences, written in MDCCLXXXVIII, for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the garden gate at Strawberry Hill, Horace's Walpole's estate in Twickenham. Two posts of Gothic design support the metal gates between them, with walls and trees extending on either side of the gate. The path in the foreground continues thr...
Page 6. Reminiscences, written in MDCCLXXXVIII, for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View of Horace Walpole's villa at Strawberry Hill, as seen from the southeast part of the property. The white structure is prominent in the center of the image, with ivy and shrubs obscuring the first floor of the house in places. A clump of trees sep...
Alternative Title:
Southeast view of Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title written in ink below image.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Estates
Page 7. Reminiscences, written in MDCCLXXXVIII, for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View of the cottage on the grounds of Horace Walpole's estate Strawberry Hill, seen in the middle distance surrounded by trees. The entrance and its portico face the viewer; a large bow window faces right. Smoke rises from one of the two chimneys atop...
Description:
Title written in ink below image.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Estates, and Outbuildings
Album of ca. 22 watercolors by Maria Sybilla Merian, of insects, reptiles, and fish probably done on the European continent (Germany or Netherlands), along with a collection of other watercolors by several artists, signed and unsigned, including a por...
A scene in a barber's shop in which the centre figure is a man seated, full-face, swathed in a sheet, while a boy (left) applies tongs to his hair, which a man (right) is combing. In the foreground (left) a customer is seated, clasping his bald head w...
Description:
Title from print based on this design: "The barbers shop" published by J. Jones on 12 May 1785 "from an original drawing by H. Bunbury Esqr. in the possession of Sr. Joshua Reynolds, to whom this plate is inscribed by his much obliged & most humble se...
Subject (Topic):
Barbers, Barbershops, Dogs, Hairdressing, Hairstyles, Shaving, Shaving equipment, and Wigs
A scene in a barber's shop in which the centre figure is a man seated, full-face, swathed in a sheet, while a boy (left) applies tongs to his hair, which a man (right) is combing. In the foreground (left) a customer is seated, clasping his bald head w...
Description:
Title from print based on this design: "The barbers shop" published by J. Jones on 12 May 1785 "from an original drawing by H. Bunbury Esqr. in the possession of Sr. Joshua Reynolds, to whom this plate is inscribed by his much obliged & most humble se...
Subject (Topic):
Barbers, Barbershops, Dogs, Hairdressing, Hairstyles, Shaving, Shaving equipment, and Wigs
A drawing consisting of two panels. The left panel, "A Visit to my Uncle" depicts two women, one of a lower class than the other, visiting an elderly man, a money-lender, who is standing behind a counter. Instruments, possibly of gold, rest on the cou...
A crow stands on top of a table flanked by two gallows inscribed with the words "To Botany Bay" (left) and "To Hell" (right). Cards and dice are also on the table, the front of which displays two crossed swords. Bottles of wine and a pot of gold piec...
A shield with four quarterings: first quarter contains a pair of boxing gloves; the second quarter is drawn showing a man uncorking a bottle. The third and fourth quarters show different moments in a fight. Above the shield is a clenched hand surroun...
Description:
Image was used as the basis for a print published by George Humphrey in 1819: The Boxer's arms.
A satirical coat of arms for the "Dandy." The shield is a dandy's tail-coat, supported by two monkey's dressed in clothes. The crest is a stay and a top hat. Underneath the shield, are written the words "Dandi, Dando, Dandum" below which a puppy is ...
A young woman sits despairingly on the edge of a bed, with the end of a garter round her neck; the other end dangles from the bed-tester. She watches a servant holding a foppish, elderly naval officer by the collar as he flourishes a cudgel. At his fe...
Description:
Title from published print based on this drawing.
Subject (Topic):
Adonis, Cupid, Venus, Beating, Bellows, Bedrooms, Couples, Canopy beds, Military officers, British, Paintings, Seduction, and Servants
A French officer, wearing blue, towers above a British officer, wearing scarlet. The French officer extends his arm above the head of the British officer
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1810]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
Collection Title:
Page 42a. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of one of two small Welsh armchairs kept by Horace Walpole in the Star Chamber at Strawberry Hill. The support posts of the chair are painted with alternating blue and white bands; the triangular seat has a cushion of blue-gray point lace. Cen...
Alternative Title:
Welsh armed chair
Description:
Title written in ink below image, on mounting page.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1810]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
Collection Title:
Page 110. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Ann Bransom, Horace Walpole's housekeeper at Strawberry Hill who gave tours of the house; head only, turned three-quarters left; wearing a bonnet
Alternative Title:
Ann Bransom, the woman that shows Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title written in ink below image, on mounting page.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[1810]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 25
Collection Title:
Page 106. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Charles Manners-Sutton, three-quarter length, turned slightly to the left; holding his academic cap and the Coronation Service; dressed in a chimere over his rochet with a gold-laced cope about his shoulders, bands at his neck and a powder...
Description:
Title written in ink below image.
Subject (Name):
Manners-Sutton, Charles, 1755-1828, and Lambeth Palace (London, England)
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[1808]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 25
Collection Title:
Page 105. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Charles Manners-Sutton, three-quarter length, standing in front of a curtain, directed and facing towards left; wearing a wig, and robe of the Garter over ecclesiastical robes and bands; holding a rolled-up piece of paper in his right hand...
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1810]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
Collection Title:
Page 8a. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of a tall cup, with indistinct designs near the rim that likely represent the arms of the Earls of Exeter. This object was kept by Horace Walpole in the China Room at Strawberry Hill
Alternative Title:
Earl of Exeter's ivory drinking horn, in China Room
Description:
Title written in ink below image, on mounting page; alternative title from pencil annotation in Thomas Kirgate's hand at bottom of sheet.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1810]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
Collection Title:
Page 62d. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of Henry VIII's Turkish dagger of steel damasked with gold that was owned by Horace Walpole and housed in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. The handle is only outlined, but the guard is drawn in detail, with the outlines of inset gemstones. Wit...
Description:
Title written in ink below image, on mounting page.
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[1808]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 25
Collection Title:
Page 103. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Henry VII as an older man; bust-length, turned slightly right; clean-shaven; a soft hat decorated with a brooch covering his gray hair; dressed in a gold fur-trimmed jacket, embroidered, over a scarlet shirt
Alternative Title:
King Henry VII
Description:
Title written in ink below image.
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547, and Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[1808]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 25
Collection Title:
Page 103. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Henry VII as a younger man; bust-length, turned slightly right; clean-shaven; a soft hat decorated with a brooch covering his wavy hair; dressed in a scarlet fur-trimmed jacket over a gold shirt; holding a red rose in his right hand
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1806]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B935 805 folder 27 Box 3
Collection Title:
[Scrapbook of drawings].
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait drawing of a woman; three-quarters length, turned slightly left, her left hand resting on a book; wearing a formal white dress with a small blue bow; hair worn up with pearls; additional books on shelves in the background
Description:
Title from pencil annotation on verso, the end of which is trimmed away; "Lady Irvin" also inscribed in ink on page in album where drawing was probably once mounted.
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:
View of Little Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, home to Mrs. Clive in the 1780s and then to Agnes and Mary Berry sometime after 1791. The white house has ivy growing up its side and is flanked by trees; abundant shrubbery completes the foreground
Description:
Title written in ink below image.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Houses
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[1808]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 25
Collection Title:
Page 104. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, three-quarter length, looking left; wearing a large ruff and long strands of pearls around her neck; dressed in a black gown with gold embroidery; holding a closed fan in her right hand
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:
View from the cottage on Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill estate, with the Thames and the obelisk in the distance. Three cattle are on the lawn in the foreground; additional greenery includes trees and shrubs. Two small bridges crossing a stream are v...
Description:
Title written in ink below image.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1810]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
Collection Title:
Page 46a. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of a chair, possibly the "chair covered with purple cloth" that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Holbein at Strawberry Hill. The purple cushion, with two tassels hanging from the front, sits in a simple wood frame; the arms and back of the ch...
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:
Watercolor drawing showing three chairs kept by Horace Walpole in the Star Chamber at Strawberry Hill. At top is depicted a chair with a triangular seat; below are two small Welsh armchairs, blue and white with cushions of point-lace, the one on the r...
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[1806]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 25
Collection Title:
Page 15. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the chancel in St. Mary's Church, Sundridge, Kent, with the altar at center beneath a large stained-glass, Gothic window and monuments to the left and right of the altar beyond the altar rail. Visible in an alcove on the right is the bust of...
Description:
Title devised by curator.
Subject (Geographic):
Kent (England)
Subject (Name):
Ailesbury, Caroline Campbell, Countess of, 1721-1803. and Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828.
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Interiors, Chancels, Altars, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Windows