A drawing of the Holbein Chamber at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham. An arched passageway is seen near the center of the image, thorough which a canopy bed and a chair are visible. On either side of the passageway are pierced arches forming a screen, the design for which was taken from the gates of the choir of Rouen. Wooden furniture lines the wall of the room at left, above which framed works of art hang. Across the room on the right is the chimneypiece designed after the tomb of Archbishop Warham at Canterbury; an embroidered firescreen and two blue vases sit in front of the fireplace. The ornate ceiling, taken from the Queen's dressing-room at Windsor, dominates the top half of the image; a large, colorful rug sits on the floor in the center of the room
Alternative Title:
Holbien Chamber
Description:
Titled in ink below image: Holbien chamber., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 117 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Dwellings, Interiors, Chimneypieces, Furniture, Vases, and Rugs
Drawing of a chimney piece and mantel, with scale, possibly for Horace Walpole's villa in Twickenham, Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title devised by curator., On verso, in upper right corner are some faded and almost indistinguishable words., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Fireplaces, Design and construction, and Chimneypieces
An architectural drawing depicting the cross-section of a house with the most detail being lent to mantels, doorways, and a staircase featuring an ornamental bannister
Description:
Title and date supplied by cataloger.
Subject (Topic):
Chimneypieces, Mantels, Doors & doorways, and Stairways
One of two drawings of an Gothic chimneypiece mounted on page 26. On the verso of this drawing is a pencil sketch of a man in profile showing the left portion of the coat and sleeve
Alternative Title:
Design for a Gothic chimneypiece
Description:
Title from curator., Artist and date based on creation date of album., and Formerly mounted on the upper half of leaf 26 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
One of two drawings of an Gothic chimneypiece mounted on page 26. On the verso of this drawing is a pencil sketch of a man in profile showing the left portion of the coat and sleeve
Alternative Title:
Design for a Gothic chimneypiece
Description:
Title from curator., Artist and date based on creation date of album., and Formerly mounted on the upper half of leaf 26 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
One of two drawings of an Gothic chimneypiece mounted on page 26.
Alternative Title:
Design for a Gothic chimneypiece
Description:
Title from curator., Artist and date based on creation date of album., and Formerly mounted on the lower half of leaf 26 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
