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1. [The shrine inside the Chapel] [art original].
- Creator:
- Bawtree, William, 1744-1824, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Probably drawn by William Bawtree, perhaps in preparation for a similar engraving he published in 1798. For a description of the engraving, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: G,2.199. For a reproduction of the engraving, see: Walpole, H. Strawberry Hill accounts ... Oxford : The Clarendon Press, 1927, opposite page 128., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 200 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):
- Shrines
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The shrine inside the Chapel] [art original].
2. No. 11 on the east side of Berkeley Square formerly the residence of Horace Walpole / [art original]
- Creator:
- Buckler, John Chessell, 1793-1894, artist
- Published / Created:
- 1827.
- Call Number:
- Drawings B924 no. 1 Box D103
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- Number eleven on the east side of Berkeley Square
- Description:
- Titled by artist. and Acquired with another watercolor: Horace Walpole's house, 24 Arlington Street. Cf. The Lewis Walpole Library, 838.00.00.07dr.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Dwellings, and Townhouses (Attached houses)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > No. 11 on the east side of Berkeley Square formerly the residence of Horace Walpole / [art original]
3. Garden gate at Strawberry Hill [art original]
- Creator:
- Buckler, John, 1770-1851, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1831]
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 805 Copy 1
- Collection Title:
- 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.
- Subject (Geographic):
- English.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Gates
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Garden gate at Strawberry Hill [art original]
4. South east view of Strawberry Hill [art original].
- Creator:
- Buckler, John, 1770-1851, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1831]
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 805 Copy 1
- Collection Title:
- 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 separates the main house from another building on the left, only the edge of which is visible. On the lawn in front of the trees is an urn sitting on a pedestal. A cloud-filled sky is seen above
- Alternative Title:
- Southeast view of Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Attribution to John Buckler and date of production from signatures and dates on two similar drawings bound in the same volume., and Bound in as page 6 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.
- 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
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > South east view of Strawberry Hill [art original].
5. The cottage or printing house at Strawberry Hill [art original]
- Creator:
- Buckler, John, 1770-1851, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1831]
- Call Number:
- Folio 24 27 805 Copy 1
- Collection Title:
- 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 the pitched roof
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner., and Bound in as page 7 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.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Twickenham (London, England)
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Buildings, structures, etc, Estates, and Outbuildings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The cottage or printing house at Strawberry Hill [art original]
6. [Scrapbook of drawings] [art original].
- Creator:
- Bull, Richard, 1725-1806
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1806]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B935 805
- Image Count:
- 69
- Abstract:
- 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 portrait of Dr. Mead and Dr. Misaubin surgeon, drawn by William Hogarth and a drawing by George Perfect Harding. Also included: Palace of the Rajah of Tassisudon / copied by M. Griffiths Junr. 1798; Back of Gibraltar Hills / W. Booth delin, ALS from Horace Walpole to Richard Bull dated 1784 July 14, thanking him for the loan of some books including this collection of drawings by Maria Merian which he describes as "very fine"., and Also laid in are various verses in Richard Bull's hand including a poem in memory of Catherine Bull and a narrative on Queen Caroline; a poem in French, "Address by the Queen of Holland to Buonaparte" [later published as Les Adieux by S̀̀ègur].
- Alternative Title:
- Bull's album of drawings
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Album contains 402 pages, alternating white and blue sheets. Nothing laid in after p. 211., Ms. notes in Richard Bull's hand., Binding: Red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings.", Disassembled, some items matted and stored in 5 solander boxes. Original binding shelved separately., and When the album was digitized, blank pages were not scanned; original page location, however, is recorded which explains the gaps in the paginatioin in the virtual browse view. For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Scrapbook of drawings] [art original].
7. [A barber's shop] [art original].
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811
- Published / Created:
- [1807]
- Call Number:
- Drawer Drawings B87 no. 29
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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 with a concerned expression as he reads a newspaper "Morning post" dated Nov. 3, 1807. Behind him, two men, their hair freshly curled, stand in profile to the left before a looking-glass (left) adjusting their cravats. Beside them is a barber's block with a large, dressed wig. On the extreme right a barber shaves a man whose face is lathered; a low table to his left contains other shaving equipment. Next, a stout man wearing top-boots, standing full-face, turning his head upwards and in profile to the left, stanches a cut on his cheek with a towel. A boy stands beside him holding a barber's basin. In the centre foreground two dogs tug at a bag-wig. A barber's block has been overturned (right). Wigs and wig-boxes decorate the back wall
- 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 servant, John Jones.", Date of this drawing based on the date of the newspaper in the image., and Light crease down part of middle. Tear on the left hand side, and over all slight discoloration, scuffs. Light pencil drawing on verso.
- Subject (Topic):
- Barbers, Barbershops, Dogs, Hairdressing, Hairstyles, Shaving, Shaving equipment, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A barber's shop] [art original].
8. [A barber's shop] [art original].
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811
- Published / Created:
- [1807]
- Call Number:
- Drawer Drawings B87 no. 29
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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 with a concerned expression as he reads a newspaper "Morning post" dated Nov. 3, 1807. Behind him, two men, their hair freshly curled, stand in profile to the left before a looking-glass (left) adjusting their cravats. Beside them is a barber's block with a large, dressed wig. On the extreme right a barber shaves a man whose face is lathered; a low table to his left contains other shaving equipment. Next, a stout man wearing top-boots, standing full-face, turning his head upwards and in profile to the left, stanches a cut on his cheek with a towel. A boy stands beside him holding a barber's basin. In the centre foreground two dogs tug at a bag-wig. A barber's block has been overturned (right). Wigs and wig-boxes decorate the back wall
- 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 servant, John Jones.", Date of this drawing based on the date of the newspaper in the image., and Light crease down part of middle. Tear on the left hand side, and over all slight discoloration, scuffs. Light pencil drawing on verso.
- Subject (Topic):
- Barbers, Barbershops, Dogs, Hairdressing, Hairstyles, Shaving, Shaving equipment, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A barber's shop] [art original].
9. A visit to my uncle & a visit to my aunt [art original].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1819?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings C889 no. 4 Box D115
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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 counter and behind the man. The right panel, "A Visit to my Aunt," depicts the same two women being served drinks by a corpulent woman behind a counter
- Alternative Title:
- Visit to my uncle and a visit to my aunt
- Description:
- Title from item., Inscription in ink underneath title: Original drawing., George Cruikshank, English graphic artist and son of Isaac Cruikshank (1764-1811, caricaturist), 1792-1878., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Visiting, Families, and Usury
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A visit to my uncle & a visit to my aunt [art original].
