Volume 2, opposite page 178. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depiction of the finely carved chair, the back ornamented with grotesque heads and the center bearing the date 1601, that was owned by Horace Walpole and sold in lot 117 on the seventeenth day of the 1842 Strawberry Hill Sale
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., At top of sheet is a small (30 x 50 mm) pen and ink drawing showing the details of the coat of arms carved into the backrest of the chair., and Bound in opposite page 178 in volume 2 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
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
Abstract:
Watercolor drawing depicting the black and orange Etruscan cup owned by Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 34 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.
Chinese export porcelain Mandarin pattern ewer and basin
Description:
A hard-paste porcelain ewer and basin, painted with figures in a landscape, of the style made specifically for the European market., Title devised by curator., and Also available as a digital reproduction.
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
Abstract:
Drawing of a female figure carrying a crucifix in one hand and a chalise in the other; from the painted glass window in the Library at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 84 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.
Engraved depiction of a fragment of a sovereign of Elizabeth I; the obverse with Elizabeth's face is depicted on the left side of the design, and the reverse is depicted on the right side and "Genuine gold pound sovereign of Elizabeth I, retooled to depict her as an old hag and purporting to have been defaced by her in a fury. ... This gold fragment has no known history prior to 1742, when it was acquired by Horace Walpole at the sale of the Earl of Oxford's collection. Walpole described it as 'a fragment of one of her last broad pieces, representing her horridly old and deformed: An entire coin with this image is not known: It is universally supposed that the die was broken by her command, and that some workman of the mint cut out this morsel, which contains barely the face ... it has never been engraved'. As knowledge of the piece did not extend beyond Walpole and his circle, the suggestions as to its origin must be Walpole's own, rather than any real general opinion. ... The motive behind the original work remains unclear. It is obviously an attack on Elizabeth's alleged vanity, but whether the standpoint was political (republican or aristocratic hostility), religious (Catholic or extreme Protestant reaction to the glorification of Elizabeth's role in the English religious settlement), moralistic, or just mischievous cannot now be ascertained."--British Museum online catalogue, description of the original fragment after which this plate was engraved
Alternative Title:
Gold fragment of Queen Elizabeth's last broad piece
Description:
Title devised by curator; alternative title from Horace Walpole's description of the fragment in his work: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Walpole, H. A catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England. [Twickenham, England] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758, v. 1, page 126., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Horace Walpole kept the original gold fragment, now in the British Museum, in the rose-wood case in the Library at Strawberry Hill. For a description of the fragment, see the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: E.3392., and Mounted on page 89 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.
Publisher:
Printed at Strawberry-Hill
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
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
Abstract:
Wash drawing of a girl, bust-length, cradling a cat in her left arm; the girl has has short, curly hair; the cat is partially wrapped in a blanket
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Probably after a watercolor drawing by Horace Walpole, which was copied from Rosalba and hung in the Library at Strawberry Hill., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 85 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.
LWL Object 25 Two on view in the Reading Room; two in Storage (UFS)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
three-dimensional form
Description:
Four gothic style chairs, made of beech, painted black, one pair overpainted with later white and gilt, modern upholstery designed by Mr. Bentley and Mr. Walpole. Formerly in the Refectory [Great Parlour] at Strawberry Hill., Title devised by curator., Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: Two Most Beautifully Carved Chairs, ebonized, the backs of the true Gothic order, very elaborately and delicately carved, black frames and seats of embossed work. Lot 50: Two equally beautiful chairs. Lot 51: Ditto. Lot 52: Ditto. These chairs were the joint designs of Mr. Bentley and Mr. Walpole, and are perfectly unique., and Also available as a digital reproduction.
A gothic lantern using colored, stained, and enamaled glass using15th and 16th century glass, set in an iron, lead, and painted tin frame. Designed by Richard Bentley and Horace Walpole. Formerly located in the Entrance of Strawberry Hill
Alternative Title:
Gothic lanthorn
Description:
Title from: Snodin, M. Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill., Text from 1774 and 1784 editions of Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole, ... at Strawberry-Hill near Twickenham, Middlesex ...: 4 [Entrance]: "In the well of the staircase, by a cord of black and yellow, hangs a gothic lanthorn of tin japanned, designed by Mr. Bentley, and filled with painted glass; the door of it has an old pane with the arms of Vere, earl of Oxford.", Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A curious gothic lanthorn, fitted with very fine ancient stained glass., and Also available as a digital reproduction.
From the 1774 Description: Charles Churchill, and Lady Maria Walpole, his wife, with their eldest son Charles who is tethered to a gold rope held by his mother. The family all dressed in 17th century Van Dyck attire stand in an exterior garden. To the right a red and blue parrot sits on a rose vine above a water fountain. In the distance is an antique style sculpture of a woman. At the upper right are the arms of Churchill impaling Walpole. T
Alternative Title:
Portrait of Colonel Charles Churchill and Lady Mary Churchill and their Eldest Son Charles
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal., Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A ditto [pleasing picture], the companion, with Portraits of Charles Churchill, and the Lady Maria, his wife, daughter to Sir Robert Walpole, and Charles, their eldest son, in a similar frame, 1749 Eckardt., and The frame is the black and gold frame is the original Strawberry Hill frame.
Subject (Name):
Churchill, Mary Walpole, Lady, 1725?-1801,, Churchill, Charles, 1720-1812,, Churchill, Charles, 1747-1783,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
