Title below image., Plate engraved for: A catalogue of the extensive and most valuable collection of engraved portraits ... as originally collected by Horace Walpole. [London] : Smith and Robins, printers, [1842]., and With embossed ownership stamp of Thomas Mackinlay.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Wash drawing of the ornate silver bell that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. Made for a pope by Benvenuto Cellini, this bell is covered with images in relief of insects, snakes, and other animals. Images of the Virgin and boy-angels cover the top part of the bell; an image of a wreath of leaves runs along the bottom of the bell
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 189 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):
Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
