A view of Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill in Twickenham as seen from the south lawn, with the Thames River and Richmond in the distance on the right
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Combe, W. An history of the River Thames. London : Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for John and Josiah Boydell, 1794., and Mounted on brown paper: 32 x 44 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. June 1, 1793, by J. & J. Boydell, Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall & No. 90, Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
England, Twickenham., and Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Architecture, Domestic, Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, and Housing
Second leaf following title page. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View from the east of Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham; with two men pulling a lawn roller across the grass
Description:
Title etched below image., Mounted on page 19 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 on wove paper ; sheet 16.6 x 20.9 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Published according to act of Parliament G. Kearsly in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Second leaf following title page. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View from the east of Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham; with two men pulling a lawn roller across the grass
Description:
Title etched below image., Mounted on second leaf following title page in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 22, copy 3., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 15.8 x 20.1 cm, inlaid to 21 x 27 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published according to act of Parliament G. Kearsly in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
"Three-quarter length portrait of a military officer facing front, looking to right. His right elbow resting on masonry; a stone fortification on right with cannon. He wears a ribbon and star, military uniform, sword and cocked hat, with powdered hair tied at the nape. In the background there are battlements with cannon."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Honourable Sir William Howe
Description:
Title from text below image., Print signed 'Corbutt', which was a pseudonym used by the mezzotint engraver Richard Purcell. However, Purcell's generally accepted date of death occurred twelve years prior to the publication of this print, prompting Chaloner Smith to list it under "Engraver not ascertained." For a note about this decision, see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, v. 3, page 1018., "One of a series of portraits of officers in the American War; artist and publisher may be fictitious"--Note in local card catalog record, Lewis Walpole Library., Temporary local subject terms: America: American War -- Military uniform: English., Window mounted to 39 x 28 cm., and Bound in as page 172 in volume 11 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world. London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 10th Novr. 1777, by John Morris, Rathbone Place
Half-length portrait of Thomas Kirgate in profile to the right; with receding wavy hair, wearing a plain coat and frilled cravat; with a large tree behind him on the left anda a view of the Strawberry Hill printing house in the distance on the right. Below a second drawing, an untitled watercolor drawing of a row of books on a wall-mounted shelf
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Signed by the artist with initials in lower right corner of image., Probably copied from a print by A. Birrell after a drawing by Sylvester Harding. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 486 10 Copy 1., 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 Bound in as page 196 in volume 1 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.
Subject (Name):
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810, and Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England),
