A drawing of the library at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham. Shelves with Gothic arches line three walls and are filled with books; on the back wall is a large arched window and two small rose windows filled with painted glass. On the far left is the chimney-piece imitated from the tomb of John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall in Westminster Abbey, over which the painting of The Marriage of Henry VI hangs. In front of the fireplace is a desk on which Mrs. Damer's terra-cotta eagle sits in its glass case. Half of the ceiling painted by Clermont from Walpole's designs is visible at top; oval and rectangular paintings line the walls above the bookshelves
Description:
Title devised by curator., 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 102 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):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Dwellings, Libraries (Rooms & spaces), and Interiors
A view of the stairway at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, looking up towards the Armory. The ornate railing of the staircase, each post of which is topped with a single antelope supporting a shield, is prominent in the foreground; its winding path up to the landing containing the Armory and further up to the next floor can be traced. On display on the back wall of the Armory is a cluster of weapons and armor, visible between two columns supporting decorative arches on the ceiling. A stained glass window is visible on the left wall of the Armory; armorial shields are seen above the doors to the right of the window. The walls are decorated with Gothic tracery; part of a quatrefoil window is visible at the top of the image
Description:
Title devised by curator., 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 93 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):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Arms & armament, Interiors, and Stairways
A portrait of Thomas Kirgate, half-length, looking to the right
Description:
Title written in black ink below plate line, in an unidentified hand., Statements of responsibility written in black ink below title, in an unidentified hand: Painted & etched by E. Edwards, 1784; finished by J. Hall., Mounted on page 187 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., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 12.4 x 8.2 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Sitter identified by Horace Walpole in brown ink below image, on mounting page: T. Kirgate the printer.
A portrait of Thomas Kirgate, half-length, looking to the right
Description:
Title written in black ink below plate line, in an unidentified hand. and Statements of responsibility written in black ink below title, in an unidentified hand: Painted & etched by E. Edwards, 1784; finished by J. Hall.
A portrait of Thomas Kirgate, half-length, looking to the right
Description:
Title written in black ink below plate line, in an unidentified hand., Statements of responsibility written in black ink below title, in an unidentified hand: Painted & etched by E. Edwards, 1784; finished by J. Hall., and Mounted on page 18 in Horace Walpole's Journal of the printing-office at Strawberry Hill near Twickenham in Middlesex.
A portrait of Thomas Kirgate, half-length, looking to the right
Description:
Title written in black ink below plate line, in an unidentified hand., Statements of responsibility written in black ink below title, in an unidentified hand: Painted & etched by E. Edwards, 1784; finished by J. Hall., Mounted on page 240 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 laid paper ; sheet 12.5 x 8.2 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Note in ink below image on mounting sheet: Mr. Walpoe's printer., Print was probably given to Richard Bull by Edward Edwards. See letter from Edwards to Bull that is tipped into volume beside this portrait., and For further information, consult library staff.
