Wash drawing depicting one of the pavillions of the Gunnersbury House, Middlesex. John Webb (1611-1672) was the architect, and the property was owned by Princess Amelia, the third daughter of King George II from 1762 until 1786. A view from the front ...
Description:
Title from caption inscribed by artist below each of the four images.
Scrapbook kept by Anne Scafe, containing clippings from London newspapers and magazines, with some clippings from regional and Scottish publications as well as manuscripts and letters from the Spencer and Devonshire family members, including a letter ...
Description:
Anne Scafe, maidservant of Georgiana Spencer Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806).
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and France
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Bessborough, Henrietta Frances Spencer Ponsonby, Countess of, 1761-1821., Lamb, Caroline, Lady, 1785-1828., Finch, Charlotte, Lady, 1725-1813., Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806., Devonshire, Margaret Georgiana Poyntz, Duchess of, 1736-1814., Devonshire, William Spencer Cavendish, Duke of, 1790-1858., Lyttelton, William Henry Lyttelton, Baron, 1782-1837., Lyttelton, Sarah Spencer, Lady, 1787-1870., Melville, Robert Saunders Dundas, Viscount, 1771-1851., Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805., Ponsonby, Frederick Cavendish, 1783-1838., Ponsonby, William, Sir, 1772-1815., Scafe, Anne., Bonaparte family., and Roscoe, William, 1753-1831.
Subject (Topic):
Nobility, Social life and customs, and Politics and government
Wash drawing depicting the chapel of the Gunnersbury House, Middlesex. John Webb (1611-1672) was the architect, and the property was owned by Princess Amelia, the third daughter of King George II from 1762 until 1786. A view from the front of the buil...
Description:
Title from caption inscribed by artist below image.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1853]
Call Number:
24 17 791P Copy 5
Collection Title:
Opposite page xxxii. Castle of Otranto.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An interior view of the fictional castle in Horace Walpole's Gothic novel, with the landing of a stairway seen through an arched passageway. The stairs and associated banister turn left and ascend to the landing on the next level, which is bathed in l...
Description:
Title devised by curator.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Castles & palaces, Interiors, Stairways, and Windows
The writer Lady Louisa Stuart (1757-1851) was the daughter of George III’s prime minister Lord Bute. She is shown in a cluttered interior seated in an upholstered armchair at small table desk. She leans in to closely to read an open book that she hold...
Alternative Title:
Portrait of Lady Louisa Stuart, in an interior, reading book
