Two elevations and three floor plans of Marble Hill House, Twickenham. Design consists of five images in two rows, each with a caption in English and French etched below
Alternative Title:
Maison dans Twittenham Middlesex aproche le Rivier Thames
Description:
Title from text between the two rows of images., Date of publication based on that of volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Vitruvius Britannicus : or, The British architect ... / by Colen Campbell ... [London, 1715-1731]., "P. 93. Vol. 3d."--Upper left corner., No. 24, "Marble Hill," on Edith McKeon Abbott's map: Horace Walpole's Twickenham 1747-1797, in v. 42 of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980., and With letterpress description of Marble Hill on separate sheet (23 x 23 cm).
Title from caption below image., Publication date based on that of a similar print in The Lewis Walpole Library. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Topos M627 no. 7+., "Price 1 s."--Following imprint., and "No. 2."--Lower right corner.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament by J. Boydell at the Unicorn, the corner of Queen Street, Cheapside
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 of the building which features a single archway entrance, a central tall slender spire or steeple capped by a cross, and two smaller spires on either side. Pasted on mount with three other views of the Gunnersbury House property
Description:
Title from caption inscribed by artist below each of the four images., Date from local card catalog record., and For further information, consult library staff.
Watercolor of Strawberry Hill with a partial view of the lawns as well as the temporary wooden structure erected by the Strawberry Hill auctioneer, George Henry Robins (1778-1847) for the 1842 sale of contents of the villa
Description:
Unknown artist, amateur.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Middlesex.
Subject (Name):
Robins, George Henry, 1778-1847. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"View of the church, with an elevation of the east end at top left"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from British museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 40 x 30 cm.
Elevation du costé du jardin del la maison du Monsieur Monsr. Iohnston a Twittenham dans la comté de Midlesex
Description:
Title from captions below images., Date of publication based on that of volume in which the plate appears., Three designs on one plate, each individually titled below., Plate from: Vitruvius Britannicus : or, The British architect ... / by Colen Campbell ... [London], 1715-1731]., "P. 77."--Upper right corner., No. 22, "Mr. and Mrs. George Morton Pitt," on Edith McKeon Abbott's map: Horace Walpole's Twickenham 1747-1797, in v. 42 of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980., and Partial watermark.
Seven celebrated cartoons of Raphael Urbin were drawn at the command of Pope Leo the 10th ... and Septum tabulus chartaceae (jussu Leonis X Pontificis Romani) a Raphaele Urbinate ...
Description:
Title from text below image., Date of publication based on printseller's street address. See British Museum online catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
England, Middlesex., and Middlesex (England)
Subject (Name):
Hampton Court (Richmond upon Thames, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Castles & palaces, Galleries (Display spaces), and Cartoons (Working drawings)
"Interior; a great hall with figures in Elizabethan dress, the women in balconies around the side, men standing below, a procession approaching from the right towards Henry VIII who sits enthroned at the far end, below a coffered ceiling with pendants"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from dedication etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
