Watercolor drawing of Elizabeth Castle in Jersey, as viewed from the west across St. Aubin's Bay. Mainland Jersey is visible on the left; several sailboats surround the islet on which the castle sits, with men seen hoisting a sail on the boat in the right foreground. Gray clouds fill the sky
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, in Thomas Kirgate's hand., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., and Mounted on page 69 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.
