Set of watercolor drawings showing three views of the enamel model of Sir Thomas Becket's tomb that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. The drawings of the front and back views are mounted above; the front face of the object is decorated with religious figures and the back face is decorated with geometric designs. The drawing of the side view, mounted below the other two drawings, shows the single standing figure that decorates this face of the object
Alternative Title:
Model of the shrine of St. Thomas Becket
Description:
Title written in ink across the bottoms of the two drawings mounted at the top of the page; alternative title written within image of the drawing mounted in the upper right., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted together on page 177 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Thomas, à Becket, Saint, 1118?-1170. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Set of watercolor drawings showing three views of the enamel model of Sir Thomas Becket's tomb that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. The drawings of the front and back views are mounted above; the front face of the object is decorated with religious figures and the back face is decorated with geometric designs. The drawing of the side view, mounted below the other two drawings, shows the single standing figure that decorates this face of the object
Alternative Title:
Model of the shrine of St. Thomas Becket
Description:
Title written in ink across the bottoms of the two drawings mounted at the top of the page; alternative title written within image of the drawing mounted in the upper right., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted together on page 177 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Thomas, à Becket, Saint, 1118?-1170. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Drawing of the view looking down the Gallery at Strawberry Hill. Paintings hang on the walls and busts and urns sit on tables and pedestals throughout the room. The wall on the left houses a row of windows. The wall on the right, punctuated wtih arched alcoves and a fireplace, is lined with four red settees. A long rug covers the floor. An ornate ceiling can be seen above
Description:
Title written on mount below image., Signed with initials and dated by the artist on mount., and Mounted on page 105 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, Interiors, and Galleries (Display spaces).
Page 8. Reminiscences, written in MDCCLXXXVIII, for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the garden gate at Strawberry Hill, Horace's Walpole's estate in Twickenham. Two posts of Gothic design support the metal gates between them, with walls and trees extending on either side of the gate. The path in the foreground continues through to the other side, where more greenery is visible
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner., and Bound in as page 8 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Reminiscences, written in MDCCLXXXVIII, for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry ... London : Printed by Richard Taylor and Co., 1805.
Drawing of the garden gate at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham and the grounds beyond, with trees on either side
Description:
Title written on mount below image., Signed with initials and dated by the artist on mount., and Mounted on page 171 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)
A drawing of a design for the gateway with scale to Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, Middlesex, with pencil sketches of a floor plan and other notes and sketch
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink at top right of sheet., Formerly mounted on leaf 57 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [approximately 1760]., and Date based on creation date of album.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Pencil drawing of General John Burgoyne, British army officer, dramatist, and politician. Burgoyne is facing right framed by an oval decorated with a wreath design
Alternative Title:
General Burgoyne
Description:
Title from graphite pencil inscription in plaque design in image. and For further information, consult library staff.
A view of the grounds of Strawberry Hill, the villa only partially visible in the distance through a gap in the trees. In the foreground stands the obelisk on a knoll, behind and to the right of which is the cottage set back among the trees. At left is the field to the east of the villa, which is separated from the road by a wooden fence. A man walks along the road in the middle distance; further down the road, a carriage can be seen traveling towards the house
Alternative Title:
General view coming from Twickenham, looking southwest
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 19 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Estates, and Dwellings
