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1. A prospect of Richmond-Hill, from Lord Cholmondeley's walk on the River of Thames [art original]
- Creator:
- Heckel, Augustin, approximately 1690-1770, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1751]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize) Box 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of the view from Chomondeley Walk on the River Thames, with Richmond Hill rising in the distance. The busy walk is seen at left, with pedestrians and several dogs traveling in both directions. In the foreground a man pulls a small boat loaded with passengers towards the bank; further offshore a woman and two men travel in a rowboat. Other small boats and several swans are visible further down the river, which curves to the right and is lined with buildings on its far bank. Clouds and birds fill the sky above
- Description:
- Title written in brown ink below image., Signed with initials by the artist below image, in lower left., Approximate date from a similar drawing by Heckel in The Lewis Walpole Library: A view from Richmond Hill up the River Thames., and Formerly laid in at page 5 (formerly D) of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Richmond upon Thames (London, England)
- Subject (Name):
- Cholmondeley, George Cholmondeley, Earl of, 1703-1770
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A prospect of Richmond-Hill, from Lord Cholmondeley's walk on the River of Thames [art original]
2. A view of Governour Pitts house at Twickenham Vüe de la maison du Governour Pitt a Twickenham / [graphic] =
- Creator:
- Boydell, John, 1720-1804, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1753.
- Call Number:
- Topos M627 no. 16+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Vüe de la maison du Governour Pitt a Twickenham
- Description:
- Titles from text below image, in English and French., "No. 32"--Lower right corner., No. 22, "Mr. and Mrs. George Morton Pitt," on Edith McKeon Abbott's map: Horace Walpole's Twickenham 1747-1797, in v. 42 of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980., and Watermark: G.R.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd according to act of Parliament & sold by J. Boydell, Engraver at the Unicorn, the corner of Queen Street, Cheapside
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and Twickenham.
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, George Morton, 1693-1756
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts and Houses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view of Governour Pitts house at Twickenham Vüe de la maison du Governour Pitt a Twickenham / [graphic] =
3. Designs for the Gallery round tower, & chapel [art original].
- Creator:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1760]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3585 leaf 57v Box 4
- Collection Title:
- Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A drawing of the floor plan design for the gallery round tower in Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, Middlesex, with pencil additions and a note "a window to the dome".
- Alternative Title:
- Designs for the Gallery round tower, and chapel and Plan of the Tribune at Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title from Horace Walpole's manuscript note in ink on verso., Title from former curator: Plan of the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Date based on creation date of album., Watermark in center of sheet: IV., and Formerly mounted on the verso of leaf 57 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts and Galleries (Display spaces)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Designs for the Gallery round tower, & chapel [art original].
4. Dr. Batty's house at Twickenham [art original]
- Creator:
- Heckel, Augustin, approximately 1690-1770, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1748]
- Call Number:
- SH Views H448 no. 2+ Box 200
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of the home of Dr. Batty in Twickenham from across the Thames. On shore in the foreground a string of houses pulls a load, which is not in view
- Alternative Title:
- View of Dr. Batty's House at Twickenham
- Description:
- Title, date, artist's initials, and artist name inscribed in ink, in the same hand., Inscribed in the lower right corner of the image: "AH. 1748." On the verso in the same hand, "by A. Heckel.", Drawing used as the basis of the engraving entitled: A view of Dr. Batty's house at Twickenham., and Watermarked: LV.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Twickenham (London, England)
- Subject (Name):
- Batty, Robert, 1763?-1849
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Boats, Estates, and Landscapes (Representations)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Dr. Batty's house at Twickenham [art original]
5. Dr. Battys house at Twickenham as view'd from the opposite shore of the River Thames Vüe de la maison de Monsieur le Docteur Batty a Twickenham prise du rivage opposee de la Tamisè. [graphic] =
- Creator:
- Heckel, Augustin, approximately 1690-1770, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1764]
- Call Number:
- Topos M627 no. 12+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View looking across the river towards the grand house fronting the Thames; three horses pull a fishing boat in foreground, a tree to the left"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition
- Alternative Title:
- Doctor Battys house at Twickenham as viewed from the opposite shore of the River Thames and Vüe de la maison de Monsieur le Docteur Batty a Twickenham prise du rivage opposee de la Tamisè
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Artist attribution from original drawing in The Lewis Walpole Library., Date of publication based on the separation of John and Carington Bowles's names in imprint statement. See British Museum online catalogue., Reissue of a print originally published in 1749 by John Bowles. See British Museum online catalogue., "Publish'd according to act of Parliament"--Below image., No. 10, "Hon. George Shirley," on Edith McKeon Abbott's map: Horace Walpole's Twickenham 1747-1797, in v. 42 of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980., No. 12, "Dr. William Battie," on Edith McKeon Abbott's map: Horace Walpole's Twickenham 1747-1797, in v. 42 of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Printed for John Bowles, No. 13 in Cornhill & Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard
- Subject (Geographic):
- Twickenham (London, England), Thames River (England),, England, and Twickenham.
- Subject (Name):
- Batty, Robert, 1763?-1849
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Houses, Estates, Rivers, Horses, and Boats
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Dr. Battys house at Twickenham as view'd from the opposite shore of the River Thames Vüe de la maison de Monsieur le Docteur Batty a Twickenham prise du rivage opposee de la Tamisè. [graphic] =
6. East view of Strawberry-hill near Twickenham in Middlesex [art original]
- Creator:
- Müntz, Jean-Henri, 1727-1798, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1758]
- Call Number:
- SH Views M92 no. 5 Box 110
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill in Twickenham from the view in the southeast
- Alternative Title:
- East view of Strawberry Hill near Twickenham in Middlesex
- Description:
- Title inscribed by artist below image; signed and dated by the artist lower right of image., On verso in contemporary hand: Strawberry Hill en Middlesex maison de campagne de Mr. Horace Walpole. Added in pencil is a note (in French) giving biographical information on Walpole and noting that this drawing was likely to have been intended as a print, citing the presence of pinpricks that outline some of the buildings., and Johann Heinrich (or John Henry) Müntz (1727-1798), painter and architect, engaged by Walpole to paint at Strawberry Hill . He created a series of topographical drawings and copied old masters, but relations were broken off in late 1759 after a quarrel.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Twickenham (London, England), England, and Twickenham.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Houses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > East view of Strawberry-hill near Twickenham in Middlesex [art original]
7. Entrance from the road at Strawberry Hill N.B. There is a rose window added under the battlemen[t]. [art original]
- Creator:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1758]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3585 leaf 29 Box 2
- Collection Title:
- Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A drawing showing the view of the entrance from the road at Strawberry Hill, home of Horace Walpole, with detailed notes and measurements by the artist. The doorway is flanked by two windows and a large window above
- Description:
- Title at top of drawing, from a ms. note in Horace Walpole's hand in ink over graphite. Damage with loss of text in upper right corner., Date from J. Harris., Watermark in center of sheet., Part of a portfolio of drawings assembled by Horace Walpole under the title Drawings and designs, ca. 1760., "Breadth of the window with [the] frame: 5: foot"--Note in Walpole's hand, in image., "The shields must project in a ridge down the middle"--Note in Walpole's hand, lower right., and Formerly mounted on leaf 29 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts and Doors & doorways
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Entrance from the road at Strawberry Hill N.B. There is a rose window added under the battlemen[t]. [art original]
8. Governor Pitt's house a [sic] Twickenham [art original]
- Creator:
- Heckel, Augustin, approximately 1690-1770, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1748]
- Call Number:
- SH Views H448 no. 1+ Box 200
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of the home of Governor Pitt in Twickenham from across the Thames. Several boats can be seen on the river, including one being pulled by a string of rowboats
- Alternative Title:
- Governor Pitt's house at Twickenham
- Description:
- Title written in ink at bottom of sheet., Signed in the lower right of image: AH [monogram]. 1748., and Compare this drawing to the print later published by John Bowles.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Twickenham (London, England)
- Subject (Name):
- Rivers, George Pitt, Baron, 1721-1803
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Boats, Estates, and Landscapes (Representations)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Governor Pitt's house a [sic] Twickenham [art original]
9. Library at Strawberry Hill [graphic]
- Creator:
- Godfrey, Richard Bernard, approximately 1728- printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1784] and [printed 1798)
- Call Number:
- SH Views Ed25 no. 13 Box 105
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of the Horace Walpole's library at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham; with the fireplace in the center, shelves filled with books, oval portraits above bookcases, and partial view of the ornate ceiling with coats of arms; the room is otherwise depicted unfurnished
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Numbered in upper right corner: "Vol. II. P. 442"., Plate from: The works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1798-1825, vol. ii., and First state of the plate, without volume and page numbering, engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784.
- Publisher:
- G.G. and J. Robinson
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts and Libraries (Rooms)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Library at Strawberry Hill [graphic]
