A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the characters Manfred and Theodore standing at center and three servants holding torches standing at left. The location is a dimly-lit vault, its arched ceiling supported at intervals by short columns; Theodore points upward to a hole in the ceiling that was broken through from above. Manfred, standing beside the pointing Theodore, looks up in astonishment, leaning backwards slightly with his left arm out in front of him
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist not identified., Date of production supplied by curator., and Mounted opposite page 36 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].
A pencil skteches of designs for Gothic ceiling ornaments; on the verso two sketches: the first, a Palladian house with five bays, attached to a church by a walk; and the second, a floor plan for a house[?].
Alternative Title:
Pencil sketch of an elevation and plan of a Palladian five-bay house attached to a church by a covered walk
Pen and black ink architectural drawing of a fan-vaulting ceiling design that includes shields or blank escutcheons within quatrefoils. A preliminary measurement scale appears to the side of the image and lacks numerical assignment
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and One of four drawings in a folder.
Subject (Topic):
Ceilings, Vaults (Architecture), Quatrefoils, and Escutcheons (Heraldry)
"Interior view of the Banqueting Hall, adapted as a chapel; painted ceiling above congregation."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 95., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 239.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Whitehall Palace (London, England) and Banqueting House (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Religious services, Chapels, and Ceilings
"Interior view of Westminster Hall, showing the grand hammerbeam roof; groups of figures cluster in hall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 94., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 235., and 1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 28.2 x 23.7 cm, on sheet 34 x 27 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Westminster Palace (London, England), and Westminster Hall (London, England),
"Interior view of Westminster Hall, showing the grand hammerbeam roof; groups of figures cluster in hall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 94., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 235.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Westminster Palace (London, England), and Westminster Hall (London, England),
"View inside the grand conservatory; plants growing to either side of a central paved walkway, pillars supporting roof, a fountain at far end by entrance."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: La Belle assemblée, new series v. 4 (August 1811)., Text preceding imprint: Engraved exclusively for La Belle assemblee., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Folded to 25.8 x 16 cm; mounted to 27.1 x 20.9 cm., and Mounted opposite page 268 in volume 4 part 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
Published by John Bell, Southampton Str. Strand, London
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Carlton House (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Greenhouses, Plants, Fountains, Ceilings, Columns, and Windows
"Interior view of St Martin's in the Fields, looking east; Corinthian columns supporting the roof and galleries, the roof decorated with fret-work; the altar at far end with stained glass window above; during a service."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
St. Martin-in-the-Fields and Saint Martins in the Fields
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 79., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 130.
Publisher:
Pub. Augt. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Church : Westminster, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Churches, Interiors, Religious services, Stained glass, Columns, Altars, Ceilings, and Pulpits
Drawing depicting a large section of ceiling in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill. Trefoils and quatrefoils are included among the Gothic elements in the ornate design
Alternative Title:
Ceiling of the Holbein Chamber
Description:
Titled in Thomas Kirgate's hand above image on mounting page., Statement of responsibility and date written at bottom of sheet in Thomas Kirgate's hand., and Mounted on page 95 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, Architectural decorations & ornaments, and Ceilings
