Sixteen men are seated at an oval table in Windsor arm-chairs smoking long-stemmed tobacco pipes, drinking from glasses and tankards, and engaging in conversation. The figures include Lord George Gordon, William Holland, William Lloyd, Thomas Townley Macan, James Ridgway, Henry Delahay, Charles Pigott, Daniel Holt, Daniel Isaac Eaton, William Williams, Doctor Watson, and Joseph Gerald. On the far right a female servant brings in fresh tobacco pipes and a bottle and the walls include various prints and pictures including landscapes, 'three witches addressing Macbeth', and satires
Description:
Title and date based on Newton's aquatint print after this image. and Later published aquatint described in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8339.
Subject (Name):
Gordon, George, 1741-1779, Holland, William, active 1782-1817, Macan, T. T. (Thomas Townley), Ridgway, James, Symonds, H. D. (Henry Delahoy), Pigott, Charles, -1794, Holt, Daniel, and Eaton, Daniel Isaac, -1814
Watercolor of the view of Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, with the Thames River and the lawns
Description:
Title devised by curator., Companion drawing to his: Strawberry Hill chiefly taken in the year 1769 by Mr. Sandby. Lewis Walpole call no.: 49 3485 (12) no. 1., Drawing that was later used as the basis of an engraving for A description of the villa of Horace Walpole (1784) entitled: South front of Strawberry Hill., and Paul Sandby (bap. 1731-1809), English artist and architect.
Portrait of Anthonis Mor (ca. 1517-1576 or 7), portrait painter, born in Utrecht, Netherlands. He worked in London from 1553 until 1555 in the service of Prince Philip (later Philip II of Spain) until 1555. In addition to the portraits of members of the English court, he also portrayed élite merchants and financiers
Alternative Title:
Sir Antonio More and Anthonis Mor
Description:
Title from print based on this drawing, in Anecdotes of painting in England., Drawing that was later used for an engraving published in : Anecdotes of painting in England, with some account of the principal artists / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v.1, opp. p. 122., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Elevation drawing of the stairway at Strawberry Hill, with the suit of armor of Francis II in niche at the top
Alternative Title:
Elevation of the hall with Francis II armor
Description:
Title and tentative date supplied by curator., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and George Perfect Harding (1780-1853), British miniature painter.
Title page. Account of Russia as it was in the year 1710.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill estate as viewed from the east, with the house in the middle distance surrounded by trees. A lawn stretches towards the viewer in the foreground; a cloud-filled sky is above
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on depiction of the Round Tower of the house, which was not completed until 1762., With printed (letterpress?) text "Strawberry-Hill 17[blank]" below image, with the digits "58" written in brown ink to complete the date., and Mounted as lower half of title page in a copy of: Whitworth, C. An account of Russia as it was in the year 1710. Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758.
Watercolor drawing of the front of Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill villa in Twickenham, as viewed from the north. The large white house can be seen in the middle distance, a blue turret roof capped with a weather vane rising above the crenellated walls. A brick wall, the top of which is covered with ivy, separates the house from the road in the foreground. A man walks on the road toward the house; the back wheels of a carriage can be seen further down the road, the front end having disappeared around a corner to the right. Tall trees with green foliage frame the right and left sides of the image; a blue sky is seen above
Alternative Title:
North view of Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner., Mounted on page 15 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, and Dwellings
A view of the north side of Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, home of Horace Walpole, as seen from across the road. A man in a blue coat walks away from the viewer towards the house. Ahead of him on the road, a carriage is partially visible as it turns the bend in the road in front of the house. The trees arching over the road from either side shade the road in the foreground
Description:
Title devised by curator. and Unsigned; attributed to Barrow by curator.
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, and Estates
Watercolor drawing of the front of Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill villa in Twickenham, as viewed from the south across a lawn dotted with trees. Several figures are seen in the middle distance among the tree trunks; one figure pushes a wheelbarrow, another sweeps the path leading to the house. Foliage fills the top half of the image
Alternative Title:
South view of Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title devised by curator., Attribution to J.C. Barrow from local catalog card., Date of production based on that of two similar drawings, both signed "I.C. Barrow 1789", mounted in the same volume., Mounted on page 6 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, Dwellings, and Estates
A view of Horace Walpole's home in Twickenham, Strawberry Hill from the south. Two gardeners roll the lawn, pulling the heavy roller behind them, towards the lower right. In the distance is a view of the Thames and Richmond in the distance
Alternative Title:
Southview of Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title devised by curator., Artist unknown., Watermark: J. Whatman., and This is the drawing from which Annie Burr Lewis made her first needlepoint, now at the Lewis Walpole Library and signed: ABL '38.
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 Gardening
Watercolor drawing of Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill villa in Twickenham, as viewed from the west. The Round Tower is seen at the center of the image, the rest of the house extending into the middle distance on the right. A man walks in the forground in front of a brick wall; a cloud-filled sky is seen above
Alternative Title:
West view of Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner., Mounted on page 15 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, and Dwellings
