Watercolor drawing of Little Strawberry Hill, which was home to the actress Kitty Clive in the 1780's and then to Mary and Agnes Berry after 1791. Trees flank either side of the house and a hedgerow separates the structure from the figures in the foreground. A man works in the garden on the left while a gentleman and lady walk arm in arm in the center of the image
Description:
Titled in Thomas Kirgate's hand below image on mounting page., Attribution to Joseph Charles Barrow from local catalog card., and Mounted on page 5 (formerly D) 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 (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785, Berry, Mary, 1763-1852, and Berry, Agnes, 1764-1852
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, and Estates
"Portrait after a drawing by Lawrence; bust-length to front, head turned in three-quarter profile to look right, wearing a short wig curled at the sides."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Q,2.58.
Description:
Title etched below image., Proof state, with scratch lettering and lacking engraved frame. For later state, see the Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, p. 377., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"Portrait after a drawing by Lawrence; bust-length to front, head turned in three-quarter profile to look right, wearing a short wig curled at the sides."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Q,2.58.
Description:
Title etched below image., Proof state, with scratch lettering and lacking engraved frame. For later state, see the Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, p. 377., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : stipple engraving with roulette on wove paper ; sheet 37.4 x 24.8 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Inscribed in ink at bottom of sheet, in Mary Berry's hand: To Lord Sheffield from M. & A. Berry.
"Portrait after a drawing by Lawrence; bust-length to front, head turned in three-quarter profile to look right, wearing a short wig curled at the sides."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Q,2.58.
Description:
Title etched below image., Proof state, with scratch lettering and lacking engraved frame. For later state, see the Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, p. 377., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : stipple engraving with roulette on wove paper ; sheet 34.2 x 25.7 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Inscribed in ink at bottom of sheet, in Mary Berry's hand: To Mr. Bull from M. & A. Berry., and Pencil annotation in lower left corner, in Richard Bull's hand: Only 60 proofs were taken off.
A small pencil drawing of Little Strawberry Hill, a residence given to Mary and Agnes Berry by Horace Walpole, has been attributed to Mary Berry. A woman stands on the path in front of the house, as a man leans over the railing of the second story balcony. A second man walks toward the back of the house on the left
Description:
Title and artist name written on verso in brown ink, in unknown hand.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Berry, Mary, 1763-1852 and Berry, Agnes, 1764-1852
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Houses
Portrait of Mary Berry; bust length, looking to the right; wearing her hair loose and curly
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Statement of responsibility written in brown ink in lower left corner of sheet., Probably copied from a print by Henry Adlard after a miniature by Anne Mee. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1939,0513.140., Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period., Date from decorated title page indicating that the volumes of this copy were "... privately illustrated 1884-1890"., and Mounted on page 160 in volume 11 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Portraits of Miss Mary Berry and Mrs. Anne Damer seated across a table from each other in the Library at Strawberry Hill. Each holds a book in her hand; the table on which they lean is also piled with books
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Damer and Miss Berry by Cosway
Description:
Title in pencil below image added later in a different hand from the note on the verso., Note on verso in black ink in a contemporary hand: Mrs. Seymour Damer & Miss Berry in the Library at Strawberry Hill, a sketch by Cosway., No longer thought to be in the hand of Cosway., and Date based on other drawings in the collection which have been identified as circa 1816 and not before 1818.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828,, Berry, Mary, 1763-1852,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Watercolor drawing of Little Strawberry Hill as viewed from the northeast. The house at center is mostly obscured by trees, with a lawn extending from the front of the house to the left. Caged hedges with hedge arches border a path on the near side of the lawn, and two women walk on the path towards the house. A man pushing a wheelbarrow stands in the right foreground, and next to him sits a girl with a basket of flowers
Alternative Title:
Northeast view of the above
Description:
Titled in Thomas Kirgate's hand below image on mounting page; "the above" in title refers to the drawing entited Cliveden near Strawberry-Hill ..., which is mounted above this drawing on the same page., Attribution to Joseph Charles Barrow from local catalog card., Date based on that of the drawing mounted above this drawing on the same page., and Mounted on page 5 (formerly D) 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 (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785, Berry, Mary, 1763-1852, and Berry, Agnes, 1764-1852
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, and Estates
Holograph of a collection of notes and personal memoranda. The volume begins with a description of a dream, dated August 1840, in which she imagines she is with child, from which she awakes in tears, recalling that she has never possessed either husband or child, and has long survived that "Friend" who had been such a comfort to her. Following this recollection and dated 9 May 1842, she reminisces about her past vigor of body and mind, including extraordinary sense of sight and hearing, and notes how these senses are diminishing with age; she also mentions her quickness of mind which was nurtured by those to whom she was devoted. The volume concludes with a brief essay titled The apocalypse, which analyzes the Book of Revelation
Description:
Mary Berry (1763-1852), author, was born at Stanwick, Yorkshire. She and her sister Agnes began a close friendship with Horace Walpole in 1788, who spoke of them as his "twin wives." He established the sisters at Teddington, in 1789, and two years later offered them the use of his own secondary residence, Little Strawberry Hill. Berry became engaged to General Charles O'Hara (c.1740-1802) about October 1795, though the couple separated in 1796. In 1824 the sisters took up residence in Curzon Street, where they established a salon frequented by many prominent figures in society; Berry's acquaintances included William Thackeray, Maria Edgeworth, and Madame de Staël. Her literary productions include the comedy Fashionable Friends; A comparative view of the social life of England and France from the Restoration of Charles the Second to the French Revolution (1828) and its sequel Social Life in England and France from the French Revolution in 1789 to that of July 1830 (1831); and an edition of the Works of Horace Walpole (1798)., In English., Binding: cardboard covers. Written on cover: MB. 1839., and For further information, consult library staff.
