An amateur drawing of a man with a mustache in an oval, half length, surrounded by an oval frame within a second square frame with double-ruled boarder
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and Artist possibly the G. Cook identified in the British Museum catalogue?
William Frederick Hanover (1776-1834) was the son of Maria, Duchess of Gloucester (1736-1807), and her second husband William Hanover, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743-1805). He was a great-grandson of King George II and nephew of King George III., The miniature is in a double-sided burnished bezel locket constructed with front and rear compartments separated by an interior divider; one side holds the portrait and the other holds a thick plait of woven hair. The locket is stored in a protective case that is contemporary with, but not original to, the miniature; when closed the outer case does not accomodate the top ring on the locket., Identification of the sitter is based on correspondence between Doris Haydock and W. S. Lewis when the miniature was being acquired. Date of the miniature was, and For further provenance information, see the custodial history note in the Guide to the Sir Edward Walpole and Dorothy Clement Family Papers (LWL MSS 37).
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:
Wash drawing of the Indian weapons, in the Armoury at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., 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 78 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.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Art collections, Arms & armament, Arrows, Axes, and Spears
Drawing depicting the monumental brass plate to Ralph Walpole (died 1302) that was engraved by Müntz and hung by Horace Walpole in the Little Cloyster of Strawberry Hill
Alternative Title:
Radulphi de Walpoole
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Latin text in border surrounding figure: ... Radulphi de Walpoole ..., Unsigned; artist unidentifed., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 14 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.
Title devised by cataloger., Unsigned; artist unidentifed., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., Possibly a depiction of one of the tiles with arms, from the catherdral at Gloucester, that was in the floor of the China Room at Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill house., and Mounted on page 25 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.
Watercolor in an oval design depicting the British admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown, 1731-1804. Duncan is portrayed in the standard naval dress uniform of an embroidered blue coat with white facings, gold tassles at the shoulder, and a medal pinned at his breast. Duncan wears a stern expression on his mature wrinkled face framed by curly white hair
Alternative Title:
Admiral Adam Duncan
Description:
Title from grapite pencil inscription below image., General note., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Duncan of Camperdown, Adam Duncan, Viscount, 1731-1804,
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:
Wash drawing depicting one of the ossuaria kept by Horace Walpole in the Library at Strawberry Hill. The sides of the ossuarium are decorated with images of rams' heads and a hunting scene involving a lion running from men with bows and arrows; the cover is topped with a perched eagle
Description:
Title devised by curator., 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 90 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.
