Title etched below image., Plate from: Hoare, R.C. The history of modern Wiltshire: hundred of Dunworth and vale of Noddre. London : Printed by and for John Bowyer Nichols and son ..., 1829., and "Plate IV."--Above image.
Title etched below image., Plate from: Hoare, R.C. The history of modern Wiltshire: hundred of Dunworth and vale of Noddre. London : Printed by and for John Bowyer Nichols and son ..., 1829., and "Plate VI."--Above image.
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
Description:
Titles from notes in artist's hand below images., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., Design consists of two images side by side, each with an individual caption written in ink below., and Mounted on page 12 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):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Page 121.11. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Titles from notes in ink below images, in Horace Walpole's hand., Unsigned; attributed to Horace Walpole by curator., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., Two small drawings on one sheet, side by side. The leftmost drawing, which shows the earlier iteration of the house, includes labels in Walpole's hand: Mrs. Chenevix's library ; East bed ch. ; East parlour ; staircase ; closet ; kitchen., and Mounted on page 121.11 in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 22, copy 3.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Inscriptions: Title at top of sheet, scale drawn in below image., Artist's name inscribed by Horace Walpole, recto lower left corner: Robt Adam archt.1768., and Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection.
A view of the grounds of Strawberry Hill, the villa only partially visible in the distance through a gap in the trees. In the foreground stands the obelisk on a knoll, behind and to the right of which is the cottage set back among the trees. At left is the field to the east of the villa, which is separated from the road by a wooden fence. A man walks along the road in the middle distance; further down the road, a carriage can be seen traveling towards the house
Alternative Title:
General view coming from Twickenham, looking southwest
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 19 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):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Estates, and Dwellings
"View of the Grosvenor House to the right behind a fence, a couple and little girl in the foreground to the left, the lady with her back to the viewer while the other two are walking to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Ninth in a series of twelve plates showing country seats outside London; the first plate bears the series title: Twelve views of gentlemens seats, in the environs of London., Plate numbered "9" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 39 cm., and Leaf 56 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Published 12th Septr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Walthamstow (England)
Subject (Name):
Grosvenor family and Grosvenor House (Walthamstow, England),
"A woman seated outside the door of a cottage at right in conversation with a man standing at left, wearing a feathered hat and with his hand resting on the hilt of his sword, hills behind with buildings and figures leading horses; after Kaufmann; oval design."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Imprint at bottom of plate includes publisher's name and street address; secondary publication statement immediately below image includes publication date., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Angelica's ladies library; or, Parents and guardians present. London : Printed for J. Hamilton and Co.; and Mrs. Harlow, 1794., Illustration to George Ogle's 'The clerk of Oxford's tale', translated from the original by Chaucer., and Mounted on page 103 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
Publish'd by W. Dickinson, No. 24 Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Ogle, George, 1704-1746 and Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400.
Scene at the door of a cottage. Two soldiers on horseback talk to a young couple in the door of a cottage. The young man scratches his head as the woman looks down demurely. A kid plays with the large goat. An obese rustic sits on the bench near the door smoking a pipe and holding a large pitcher in his hand. A dog sleeps at his feet
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate., Companion print to: She Will Be A Soldier. See British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "No. 2" above title., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. May 1, 1798, at Ackermann's Gallery, No. 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Dwellings, Goats, Horses, Soldiers, British, and Recruiting & enlistment
