Watercolor depicting a view of Derwentwater Lake in the borough of Allerdale in the country of Cumbria, England. In the foreground two bicycle riders, one on a penny-farthing and the other riding a high-wheel tricycle, approach a stone arch bridge extending the pleasant dirt path. The placid lake and surrounding mountains are visible in the distance
Alternative Title:
View of Derwentwater
Description:
Title and date brushed within image. and Artist's name from contemporary inscription on verso.
Page 56b. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Diagram showing the arrangement of items hung inside Horace Walpole's Cabinet of Miniatures and Enamels, which was kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. Most of the nearly ninety objects are small paintings, which are shown in outline only. In these cases the name of the portrait's sitter or a description of the image is written in the blank space at center, while the shape and ornamentation of the surrounding frame is depicted in some detail. Other objects include locks of hair, hearts made of hair, rings of agate, and decorative heart pendants; each of these items has a label written below. Two small areas on the right and left sides of drawing, both delineated by a vertical line and labeled "side" above, show objects that were hung on the interior sides of the cabinet
Description:
Title written in watercolor at top of sheet, centered., Unsigned; attribution to Thomas Kirgate from local catalog card., Date based on artist's death date., and Inlaid on page 56b 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].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Art collections, Miniatures (Paintings), and Cabinets (Case furniture)
A couple, caricatured and shown full-length, stand with the feet intertwined as the man clasps the woman under her arms. He has long legs and arms and a jutting chin; she, somewhat older than the man, is sharp-featured and appears to be falling
Description:
William Heath, English caricaturist and illustrator, 1795-1840.
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 powdered bob-wig on his head
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner., Drawn after the painting, attributed to John Hoppner, at Lambeth Palace (Accession no.: 16)., and Mounted on page 106 in Anne Damer's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 33.
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; church interior in background to left
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner., Drawn after the painting by John Hoppner in the Royal Collection (RCIN 400557)., and Mounted on page 105 in Anne Damer's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 33.
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., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card., Date based on death date of Thomas Kirgate, whose annotation is present below image., Page reference written in pencil above image: P. 9., and Inlaid on page 8a 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].
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 55 Box D305
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two rows of 'Lilliputian' caricatures depicted in a diminutive style engaged in conversation, gossip, commerce, appraisals, and humor generally along the theme of sea travel, sailing, and sea sickness. Captions near the depicted figures include, "Oh that da--d hoy! I am as sick as a horse and there is my son Jack just as bad behind the hedge!"; "Come on and don't be so vulgar, you see your daughter and I don't mind it a fig!"; "This way your honors the best lodging in all Margate!"; My Missess has sent home this parcel of books and want another basket full all novels if you please."; "If you Mistress goes on in this way, she'll read out my whole stock in a week." ...
Description:
Title from ink inscription in the artist's hand next to image., Signed by the artist., and Date supplied by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Margate (England)
Subject (Topic):
Ocean travel, Motion sickness, Sailing, and Sailboats
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
Description:
Titles from notes in artist's hand below images., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., Design consists of two images side by side, each with an individual caption written in ink below., and Mounted on page 12 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):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
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 through to the other side, where more greenery is visible
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner., and Bound in as page 8 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Reminiscences, written in MDCCLXXXVIII, for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry ... London : Printed by Richard Taylor and Co., 1805.
A soldier with an elongated nose appears to plead with or coax a woman wearing a stole, feathers in her hair, and a crucifix on a chain
Description:
Title from item., Signed in ink lower left: G.C., George Cruikshank, English graphic artist, 1792-1878., and For further information consult library staff.
