Drawing of Theobalds framed by two pencilled lines and mounted on a secondary sheet
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Ms. note left unmounted., Drawing attributed to Vertue in pencil on the mount above. Identification from early sales catalog which has been questioned by former owner. Suggested alternative identification: Oatlands Palace (Surrey) from a painting by Van Somer in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763, but recorded in the Description of Strawberry Hill, 1774, among the rare books of prints and drawings in the library.
A view of a church, maybe the parish church of Saint Giles in Stoke Poges, also known as the Stoke Poges Church, seen in the middle distance, beyond a low picket fence and surrounded by trees
Description:
Title from local catalog card., Statement of responsibility written in pencil below image., Date assigned by curator., Watermark, trimmed: [J. What]man [...]0., and Inlaid on page 24 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Gray, T. Odes. Printed at Strawberry-Hill, for R. & J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1757.
A view with an active volcano in the center in the distance, steam rising from the top. On the right on a hilltop is a walled monastery. In the foreground, one woman rides on a horse side saddle while another woman walks ahead; the two are followed by a dog. The areas of the drawing are numbered as follows: 1. The hillside, 2. The wall surrounding the monestary, 3. The river surrounding the hillside, 4. The active volcano in the center of the image, 5. A range of hills on the left in the far distance, and 6. the hills mid-iew, beneath the active volcano. In the upper left corner, the image is numbered "XI".
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Horses, Monasteries, Volcanoes, Volcanic eruptions, and Women
A view from Richmond of the Twickenham bank of the Thames, showing (left to right) Pope's villa, Lady Ferrers' summer house, Cross Deep, and Dr. Batty's house (later Poulett Lodge).
Alternative Title:
Pope's villa, Twickenham
Description:
Title and date assigned by curator., Unsigned; attributed to Augustin Heckel., and Previously attributed to Johann Heinrich Mü̈ntz (1727-1798) and inscribed on the wash line mount 'J H Muntz / Pope's Villa Twickenham'. Also on the mount in lower right corner is the ownership stamp 'Scipio' (Henry Scipio Reitlinger).
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England) and Thames River (England),
Title from later state in the Austrian National Library online catalogue., Early (proof?) state lacking title and dedication., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Published Octr. 15, 1792, by Colnaghi & Co., No. 132 Pall Mall, Chez S. Tessavi, and Chez J. Lanna, Rue de la Madeleine
Title supplied by cataloger, based on that of an earlier print after Bunbury from which this design was copied., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., A reduced copy in reverse of no. 4918 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill.
"Two officers stand together directed to the right, almost in profile, dressed alike. The taller (right) holds a sheathed sword crooked in the left elbow; his shorter and slightly stouter friend stands very erect, and takes his right arm. They wear cocked hats with small plumes and side-tassels, stock and jabot under high-collared tunics, wide crossed belts, high cavalry boots, and gauntlet gloves. They are Robert Christopher Packe, Captain Royal Horse Guards, killed at Waterloo, and Lieut. George Augustus Fenwick."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Two soldiers
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Leaf 75 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.6 x 18.4 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
Publisher:
Dighton Junr.
Subject (Name):
Packe, Robert Christopher, -1815 and Fenwick, George Augustus, active 1805
"Two officers stand together directed to the right, almost in profile, dressed alike. The taller (right) holds a sheathed sword crooked in the left elbow; his shorter and slightly stouter friend stands very erect, and takes his right arm. They wear cocked hats with small plumes and side-tassels, stock and jabot under high-collared tunics, wide crossed belts, high cavalry boots, and gauntlet gloves. They are Robert Christopher Packe, Captain Royal Horse Guards, killed at Waterloo, and Lieut. George Augustus Fenwick."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Two soldiers
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue. and Ms. annotations below plate mark identify figures in the print: Capt. Pack & Fenwick.
Publisher:
Dighton Junr.
Subject (Name):
Packe, Robert Christopher, -1815 and Fenwick, George Augustus, active 1805
A drawing by Bentley showing a lion reclining on his side in front of a cave
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date and attribution from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on verso., and Formerly mounted on leaf 10 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
