A view of the grounds of Strawberry Hill, the villa only partially visible 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 with sheep in front. At left, cows graze on the lawn in front of the villa, and behind them a man and a woman walk on a path towards the house. On the far right another man walks along the road
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 10 (formerly I) 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),
An image of two couples who appear to be dancing. The couple on the left includes a short, stocky man and a large buxom woman. The man is standing on his toes looking up to the woman while she gazes beyond his head. The couple on the right includes a lanky gentleman who is holding onto the index figure of a woman wearing a large plume in her hair
Alternative Title:
Precision & ease and Ardour and dignity ; Precision and ease
Description:
Titles written in ink below each image., William Heath, English caricaturist and illustrator, 1795-1840., and Sheet has a long crease down the center.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A drawing of the armor of Francis I, King of France, as seen in the niche on the staircase at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 75 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
A crow stands on top of a table flanked by two gallows inscribed with the words "To Botany Bay" (left) and "To Hell" (right). Cards and dice are also on the table, the front of which displays two crossed swords. Bottles of wine and a pot of gold pieces are underneath the table. The table itself sits on a dias
Description:
Title from item., Inscriptions in pencil above and below image with instructions on which colors to use. In the artist's hand?, Inscription in ink (part of image): Dedicated to the Members of White's, Boodle's, Brookes'. Let those laugh who win!. Arms of the Greeks!! 41 Pall Mall Augt. 1817., Signed in ink lower left: G. Cruikshank fecit., George Cruikshank, English graphic artist, 1792-1878., and For further information, consult library staff.
Manuscript on vellum prepared by Sir Gilbert Dethicke for Queen Elizabeth I includes colorful drawings of the arms of all the knights elected or installed during the reigns of Richard III and Henry VII
Description:
Sir Gilbert Dethick (1499/1500-1584), herald and diplomat. Dethick became Garter king of arms on 20 April 1550 and was knighted on 14 April 1551. He was genealogist and heraldist, and a member of the original Society of Antiquaries., In English, with one French phrase., Bound in red velvet, the arms are beautifully balzoned in color., and Bound in red velvet. Bookplate 2 early state. Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Volume 2, opposite page 130. Anecdotes of painting in England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi, half-length, facing the viewer but turning slightly right, in an oval with square frame; her hair is in curls and she wears pearls around her neck and wrist and she holds a paintbrush in her right hand
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production supplied by curator., and Bound in opposite page 130 in volume 2 of Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England. Printed by Thomas Kirgate at Strawberry-Hill, 1765-1771 [i.e. 1780].
Watercolor depicting a scowling elderly merchant wearing a floppy hat and apron. She stands a table on which her wares are laid; she leans on a knife, stabbed point-down into the table's surface. On the table are a crude balance scale for weighing the various goods on offer, a bucket and cutting board, and piles of oranges and cherries. Behind her (right) walks a disheveled passerby carrying a rolled document under his arm; on the left monkey climbs a ladder to reach a banner with a fierce hyena image and a title: The laughing hyena from Patria quite alive. A parrot is perched up high on the right edge of the banner
Description:
Title from caption penned near lower edge of sheet.
A large, masculine-looking woman with spectacles and a hat, stands before stool on which sits an open book of music. She holds in her right hand a baton which rests on the open page
Description:
Title in artist's hand, lower right corner of image. and Signed with his monogram 'J.N." and dated by the artist.
Inscriptions: Title at top of sheet, scale drawn in below image., Artist's name inscribed by Horace Walpole, recto lower left corner: Rt Adam Archt 1768., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and With an ownership stamp in red ink: A.C.
Watercolor view looking west towards Gibraltar. The eastern side of the Rock rises in the center of the drawing, with the "Signal House" on top labeled in black ink; the gradual decline in elevation to the left ends at "Europa Pt.", also labeled in black ink. Numerous ships sail in the waters of the foreground and background
Description:
Title written below image, in brown ink in a contemporary hand., Signed by the artist in black ink below image, in lower left., Date of production based on the death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found., Formerly laid in at page 125 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.