Case of the owners of the upper-levels, against the bill relating to the harbour or Rye
Description:
Dropped-head title., Verso blank., First line of text: The salt channel from White Kemp, and the Five Watering Sluices, to the point near Guldeford ..., Date on last line: 1st June 1786., and Not in ESTC.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England., Kent (England), Romney Marsh (England : Marsh), England, and Kent.
Subject (Topic):
Sluices, Public works, and Channels (Hydraulic engineering)
Medland, Thomas, active 18th century-19th century, printmaker
Published / Created:
[178-?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of Lee Priory, a gothic revival hall with castellated walls, pointed tower and large gothic window at right, seen from the grounds at back, trees surrounding."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and approximate date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1912,0319.5., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 202 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., 1 print : etching with engraving on wove paper ; sheet 22.8 x 33.4 cm., and Annotated "v. p. 93" by Horace Walpole in brown ink on mounting page, below lower right corner of sheet.
Medland, Thomas, active 18th century-19th century, printmaker
Published / Created:
[178-?]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of Lee Priory, a gothic revival hall with castellated walls, pointed tower and large gothic window at right, seen from the grounds at back, trees surrounding."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and approximate date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1912,0319.5., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 249 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., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; sheet 22.6 x 33.2 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
Title from note in ink above image, in Horace Walpole's hand., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production from Horace Walpole's note below image: This view was taken about 1750. It was then a farm house., and Tipped in opposite page 239 in Horace Walpole's copy of the Strawberry Hill Press edition of Hamilton's Memoires du comte de Grammont.
Page 14. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Floor plan of the chancel in St. Mary's Church, Sundridge, Kent, with the footprint of the altar at the top and nearest to the right the footprint of a tomb labeled "Lady Ayesbury" with measurements; in front on the right a footprint also with measurements is labeled "Vacant grave", but in a different and later hand updated with the information "now The Honble. Anne S. Damer, May 28, 1828, aet. 80". To the left of the altar an annotation reads "At this spot are the graves of Lord and Lady Frederick Campbell".
Description:
Title written in ink above image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date based on death date of Anne Seymour Damer, who possibly assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is mounted., and Mounted on page 14 in Anne Damer's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 33.
Subject (Geographic):
Kent (England)
Subject (Name):
Ailesbury, Caroline Campbell, Countess of, 1721-1803. and Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828.
A design for the tomb of Galfridus Mann of Boughton Malherbe in Kent, brother of Sir Horace Mann, with elevation and details
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on mount below drawing., Epitaph on tomb and notes below image are in Latin., Date from Horace Walpole correspondence with Sir Horace Mann 20 November 1757: "... that columbarium at Linton is to have a beautiful urn designed by Mr. Bentley as the whole is, with this plain, very true inscription, Galfredo Mann, amicissimo optimo, qui obit--H.W.P.", With a note in Horace Walpole's hand in ink bottom of image: Qui obit Dec 20. 1756 status sud 50 Horatius Walpole posuit., and Formerly mounted on leaf 50 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Geographic):
Kent (England)
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Urns
An album of amateur drawings, with scenes in Kent, East Sussex, Hertfordshire and Surrey. The artist, only identified with the initials 'S.G.L.', provides titles and dates for the majority of the drawings. The first group (thirteen in all) dated 1828 are views in Kent, Sussex, and Hertfordshire, including Leeds Castle, Hythe, Sandgate, Rye, Pevensey Castle, Tunbridge Wells, St. Albans, and Hatfield. The second, larger group of drawings are scenes in and round the village of Bletchingley (sometimes Bletchingly) in Surrey, depicting village life -- for example, the 'Church Yard', 'Parsonage', 'Farm Yard', landscapes with farm houses, country lanes, bridges, and people fishing, andc. -- and include both people and animals. Other views of places in the vicinity are scenes in Nutfield, London Road, Bletchingley from London Road, Rabbit Heath, et cetera All the drawings in or around Bletchingley (thirty-nine in total) are dated between August 14th and October 14th 1829. Several of the drawings are on blue paper and are highlighted with white chalk, conveying a nocturnal quality to the scene. A final group of ten undated, untitled drawings also depict rural scenes, presumably in southeastern England
Alternative Title:
Bletchingley S.G.L. 1828-1829
Description:
In English., Title from contemporary manuscript note on front cover., Album bound in three-quarter leather with marbled-paper boards, with the title written in black ink on front board: Bletchingly S.G.L. 1828 1829. Also with a dark-green morocco spine label gilt-stamped: S.G.L. Bletchingley 1828-29. On front pastedown: a label manuscript note "Laura" scored through and then "Alice" written above., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Bletchingley (England), East Sussex (England), Kent (England), Hertfordshire (England), Surrey (England), England, Surrey., and England.
Subject (Topic):
Country lif, Bridges, Castles & palaces, Fishing, City & town life, and Villages
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[1806]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 25
Collection Title:
Page 15. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the chancel in St. Mary's Church, Sundridge, Kent, with the altar at center beneath a large stained-glass, Gothic window and monuments to the left and right of the altar beyond the altar rail. Visible in an alcove on the right is the bust of Lady Ailesbury, made by her daughter Anne Seymour Damer
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner., and Mounted on page 15 in Anne Damer's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 33.
Subject (Geographic):
Kent (England)
Subject (Name):
Ailesbury, Caroline Campbell, Countess of, 1721-1803. and Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828.
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Interiors, Chancels, Altars, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Windows
