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37. [Ceres seated with a bull in her lap] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1786]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Plate depicting a statue of Ceres at center (labeled "Fig. 1"), with several medals depicted below (labeled "Fig. 2" and "Fig. 3"). Ceres is represented seated, holding a cup in her left hand and various fruits in her right hand; a bull, the emblem of the power of the Creator, is in her lap. This ancient bronze statue was kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print was issued., Plate from: Knight, R.P. An account of the remains of the worship of Priapus ... at Isernia ... in two letters ... London : Printed by T. Spilsbury, 1786., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Plate VIII"--Upper right corner., and Mounted on page 119 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.
- Publisher:
- T. Spilsbury
- Subject (Name):
- Ceres (Roman deity) and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Classical antiquities, Sculpture, and Medals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Ceres seated with a bull in her lap] [graphic].
38. [Roman coins and medals] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Barlow, Inigo, artist, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1789]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Plate with numbered depictions of the obverse and reverse of fourteen Roman coins and medals. Numbered "4" among these is a gold medal, with heads of Marc Anthony and his wife Octavia, that was formerly in the collection of Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Pinkerton, J. An essay on medals: or, An introduction to the knowledge of ancient and modern coins and medals; especially those of Greece, Rome, and Britain. London : Printed for J. Edwards ... and J. Johnson ..., 1789., "Vol. I, plate 2"--Upper right corner., Imperfect; only top half of plate is present, with bottom half and all text trimmed away. Description based on a more perfect impression., Mounted on page 110 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., With manuscript label on separate strip of paper mounted below image: Mr. Walpole's unique gold is no. 4 of this plate., Mounted beside a note from Horace Walpole to Richard Bull in which Walpole mentions the depiction of his Marc Anthony medal in the second edition of Pinkerton's An essay on medals. In the note Walpole also mentions sending along the plate in question, and the impression mounted here probably represents the top half of the plate he sent to Bull., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- J. Edwards and J. Johnson
- Subject (Name):
- Antonius, Marcus, 83 B.C.?-30 B.C., and Octavia, -11 B.C.,
- Subject (Topic):
- Classical antiquities, Coins, and Medals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Roman coins and medals] [graphic]
39. [Roman coins and medals] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Barlow, Inigo, artist, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1789]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Plate with numbered depictions of the obverse and reverse of fourteen Roman coins and medals. Numbered "4" among these is a gold medal, with heads of Marc Anthony and his wife Octavia, that was formerly in the collection of Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Pinkerton, J. An essay on medals: or, An introduction to the knowledge of ancient and modern coins and medals; especially those of Greece, Rome, and Britain. London : Printed for J. Edwards ... and J. Johnson ..., 1789., "Vol. I, plate 2"--Upper right corner., Imperfect; only top half of plate is present, with bottom half and all text trimmed away. Description based on a more perfect impression., Mounted on page 111 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., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 7.4 x 10.3 cm., Imperfect; only bottom half of plate is present, with top half and all text trimmed away., This impression probably represents the bottom half of a plate sent by Horace Walpole to Richard Bull. See top half of plate and note from Walpole to Bull mounted on preceding page (page 110)., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- J. Edwards and J. Johnson
- Subject (Name):
- Antonius, Marcus, 83 B.C.?-30 B.C., and Octavia, -11 B.C.,
- Subject (Topic):
- Classical antiquities, Coins, and Medals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Roman coins and medals] [graphic]
