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1.
[Portrait of George Robins writing] [art original]

Creator:
Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer), artist
Published / Created:
[1843]
Call Number:
Quarto 485 842 C76 IV Copy 3
Collection Title:
Volume 4, page 26. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The auctioneer George Robins is shown half-length, sitting at a large table with pen in hand, several leaves of paper in front of him
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Signed with initials and dated by the artist in lower left corner of image., and Bound in as page 26 in volume 4 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Subject (Name):
Robins, George Henry, 1777-1847,
Subject (Topic):
Auctioneers and Writing materials
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of George Robins writing] [art original]

2.
[The shrine] [art original]

Creator:
Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer), artist
Published / Created:
[1843]
Call Number:
Quarto 485 842 C76 IV Copy 3
Collection Title:
Volume 3, page 248a. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depiction of the shrine designed by Pietro Cavallini, brought to the chapel at Strawberry Hill from Rome in 1768. A cross sits on the floor beneath the shrine, between the twisted columns; an armored glove and dagger are seen in the foreground, while other arms and armor hang on the walls in the background
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed with initials and dated by the artist in lower left corner of image., and Bound in as page 248a in volume 3 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Shrines, Armor, and Arms & armament
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [The shrine] [art original]

3.
[Portrait of George Robins sitting at a table] [art original]

Creator:
Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer), artist
Published / Created:
[1843]
Call Number:
Quarto 485 842 C76 IV Copy 3
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 161. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The auctioneer George Robins is shown full-length in profile to the left, sitting at a small table draped with a tablecloth, an inkwell and a goblet on the table in front of him. He sits on the 16th-century oak chair from Glastonbury Abbey, an item from Horace Walpole's collection at Strawberry Hill that Robins auctioned off in 1842
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Signed with initials and dated by the artist in lower left corner of image., and Bound in as page 161 in volume 1 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Subject (Name):
Robins, George Henry, 1777-1847, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Auctioneers, Tables, Chairs, Writing materials, and Drinking vessels
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of George Robins sitting at a table] [art original]

4.
[Suit of armour] [art original]

Creator:
Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer), artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1842]
Call Number:
Quarto 485 842 C76 IV Copy 3
Collection Title:
Volume 3, page 192a. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depiction of the suit of armor, shown in an arched niche with a pike and shield, that Horace Walpole believed to be of Francis I, King of France. It sold in lot 77 on the nineteenth day of the 1842 Strawberry Hill Sale
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed in lower left corner with the artist Thomas H. Shepherd's initials., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., and Bound in as page 192a in volume 3 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Armor
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Suit of armour] [art original]

5.
[Elizabethan arm chair] [art original].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1842]
Call Number:
Quarto 485 842 C76 IV Copy 3
Collection Title:
Volume 2, opposite page 178. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depiction of the finely carved chair, the back ornamented with grotesque heads and the center bearing the date 1601, that was owned by Horace Walpole and sold in lot 117 on the seventeenth day of the 1842 Strawberry Hill Sale
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., At top of sheet is a small (30 x 50 mm) pen and ink drawing showing the details of the coat of arms carved into the backrest of the chair., and Bound in opposite page 178 in volume 2 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Chairs and Coats of arms
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Elizabethan arm chair] [art original].

6.
[Borders from illuminated psalter] [art original].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1842]
Call Number:
Quarto 485 842 C76 IV Copy 3
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 158a. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Four designs showing partial decorative borders, probably those of the 16th-century illuminated psalter of Don Giulio Clovio, owned by Horace Walpole and sold in lot 90 on the fifteenth day of the 1842 Strawberry Hill Sale
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., Upper right design has the note "ground all blue" written vertically in blue watercolor., and Bound in as page 158a in volume 2 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Borders (Ornament areas) and Illuminations
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Borders from illuminated psalter] [art original].

7.
[Interior of the building for the sale] [art original]

Creator:
Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer), artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1842]
Call Number:
Quarto 485 842 C76 IV Copy 3
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 127. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Interior view of the temporary wooden structure built for the Strawberry Hill Sale of 1842. Several dozen men in top hats and some women sit or stand around a long table on the left; the auctioneer George Robins sits on a platform on the right, holding a gavel
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed by the artist in lower left corner of image., and Bound in as page 127 in volume 1 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Subject (Name):
Robins, George Henry, 1777-1847, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Auctions, and Auctioneers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Interior of the building for the sale] [art original]

8.
[Outside of the building for the sale] [art original]

Creator:
Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer), artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1842]
Call Number:
Quarto 485 842 C76 IV Copy 3
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 126. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Exterior view of the temporary wooden structure built for the Strawberry Hill Sale of 1842, with part of Horace Walpole's Gothic villa visible on the left
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed by the artist in lower left portion of image., and Bound in as page 126 in volume 1 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Buildings and Auctions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Outside of the building for the sale] [art original]

9.
[Gothic building] [art original]

Creator:
Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer), artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1842]
Call Number:
Quarto 485 842 C76 IV Copy 3
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 125. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View of a large Gothic-style building in the middle distance, framed by trees and with low bushes in front. A groundskeeper and two cows seen on the lawn in front of the structure; a small boat is moored to the shore of the body of water in the foreground
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed in lower left corner with the artist Thomas H. Shepherd's initials., Date of production based on the inclusion in the same volume of other drawings by Shepherd that depict the temporary building for the Strawberry Hill Sale of 1842., and Bound in as page 125 in volume 1 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, Bodies of water, and Boats
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Gothic building] [art original]

10.
[Round tower] [art original]

Creator:
Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer), artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1842]
Call Number:
Quarto 485 842 C76 IV Copy 3
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 124. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View of a white Gothic-style tower framed by trees, with the edge of a separate structure with arched windows and a crenellated roof visible on the left. A pedestal is seen on the lawn to the right. Several groups of people walk on the path leading to the tower; a dog bounds on the path in the foreground
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed by the artist in lower left corner of image., Date of production based on the inclusion in the same volume of other drawings by Shepherd that depict the temporary building for the Strawberry Hill Sale of 1842., and Bound in as page 124 in volume 1 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Subject (Topic):
Buildings and Towers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Round tower] [art original]