Wash drawing depicting a rectangular section of ceiling at Strawberry Hill, with Gothic tracery running longitudinally in parallel rows
Alternative Title:
Ceiling under the stairs
Description:
Titled in Thomas Kirgate's hand below image on mounting page; part of the word "cieling" has been rubbed from sheet., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., and Mounted on page 3 (formerly B) 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.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Architectural decorations & ornaments, and Ceilings
Watercolor drawing of the rectangular section of ceiling at Strawberry Hill. A sexfoil is at center, with Gothic tracery extending above and below
Alternative Title:
Ceiling of the Hall
Description:
Titled in Thomas Kirgate's hand below image on mounting page., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., and Mounted on page 3 (formerly B) 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.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Architectural decorations & ornaments, and Ceilings
Drawing depicting a large section of ceiling in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill. Trefoils and quatrefoils are included among the Gothic elements in the ornate design
Alternative Title:
Ceiling of the Holbein Chamber
Description:
Titled in Thomas Kirgate's hand above image on mounting page., Statement of responsibility and date written at bottom of sheet in Thomas Kirgate's hand., and Mounted on page 95 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.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Architectural decorations & ornaments, and Ceilings
Drawing of an inside wall of St. Albans Cathedral that includes a detailed depiction of an arched double door and the outline of a window above it. A horizontal row of trefoils separates the door from the window; an alcove with an empty pedestal is seen on either side of the door. The ornate doors are decorated with Gothic tracery. A scale bar in feet runs along the bottom of the image
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in brown ink below image, in Horace Walpole's hand., Horace Walpole used the door depicted in this drawing as a model for the doors in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 104 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.
Subject (Name):
St. Albans Cathedral
Subject (Topic):
Architectural decorations & ornaments and Doors & doorways
Six drawings mounted on a single leaf disbound from a 19th century album. One of the pencil drawings shows a vase that was in the Long Gallery at Strawberry Hill; the drawing is possibly by Paul Sandby sketched for his drawing of the view of the Long Gallery. Two other drawings in pen and ink with wash depict vases or urns. Two other pen and ink drawings with wash at the top of the sheet depict architectural ornaments, though one may be a design for jewelry. At the bottom of the sheet is a drawing of a sarchophagus, in pen and ink with pencil; on the front panel is a drawing in pencil of city view, a classical-style building on the left, a forum in the middle, and two columns on the right. The drawing of the sarchophagus is tentatively attributed to James Gibbs
Description:
One of four sheets from a 19th century album. To view other sheets, see Lewis Walpole Library: Drawings Un58 nos. 73, 74, and 75., Note below image, written in pencil in unknown hand, "The vase in long gallery, now in Waddesdon Coll. Brit. Mus, perhaps i Sandby/or his [ ] of long gallery. ms.", Numbered 706 on sheet., and Title devised by curator.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Architectural decorations & ornaments, Art collections, Sarcophagi, Urns, and Vases
A collection of drawings of Celtic designs, heads (a satyr, bacchanalian, Chinese, and two classical), ornaments, two with muscial motifs (wind instruments), on a variety of papers, some oiled, probably from the 16th-18th centuries, mounted on a leaf disbound from a 19th century album
Description:
Title devised by curator. and One of four sheets from a 19th century album. To view other sheets, see Lewis Walpole Library: Drawings Un58 nos. 74 and 75 and SH Contents Sa5 no. 1.
Subject (Topic):
Architectural decorations & ornaments and Heads (Anatomy)
Three designs within an oval -- an architectural ornament with a lion's face, another view with a lamp and two figures fishing -- above a door frame?
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., With an unidentified monogram in lower right,, Formerly attributed to Richard Bentley, but the monogram is not his (possibly a later owner?) and no reliable connection with Strawberry Hill has been established., and For further informaton, consult library staff.