Second leaf following title page. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View from the east of Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham; with two men pulling a lawn roller across the grass
Description:
Title etched below image., Mounted on second leaf following title page 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., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 15.8 x 20.1 cm, inlaid to 21 x 27 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published according to act of Parliament G. Kearsly in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
View of the Horace Walpole's Gothic villa Strawberry Hill, seen across the parkland to the left, surrounded by trees
Alternative Title:
Strawberry Hill, the seat of the Right Honourable Horace Walpole at Twickenham, Middlesex
Description:
Title engraved below image., Copy of: South view of Strawberry-Hill, the seat of the Honble. Mr. Walpole / P. Sandby R.A. pinxt. ; M.A. Rooker sculpt. [London] : Published according to act of Parliament G. Kearsly, at No. 46 in Fleet Street, Augt. 1st, 1775., Above the image, right corner: "7"., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge.
Publisher:
Publish'd 12th Sepr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
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, and Estates
SH Views Sa5 no. 4 Impression 2 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 42
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View of the Horace Walpole's Gothic villa Strawberry Hill, seen across the parkland to the left, surrounded by trees
Alternative Title:
Strawberry Hill, the seat of the Right Honourable Horace Walpole at Twickenham, Middlesex
Description:
Title engraved below image., Copy of: South view of Strawberry-Hill, the seat of the Honble. Mr. Walpole / P. Sandby R.A. pinxt. ; M.A. Rooker sculpt. [London] : Published according to act of Parliament G. Kearsly, at No. 46 in Fleet Street, Augt. 1st, 1775., Above the image, right corner: "7"., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., and No. 160 in the Catalogue of Framed Pictures in the Lewis Walpole Library.
Publisher:
Publish'd 12th Sepr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
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, and Estates
View from the west front at Strawberry Hill, from the across the road. Two men stand in the road, as one gestures with his left hand. A brick wall surrounds the villa; an entrance from the road is shown on the far left
Description:
Title etched below image., Text above image: General magazine & impatial [sic] review., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching with engraving on wove paper ; sheet 16.3 x 9.9 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement and text above image.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
View from the west front at Strawberry Hill, from the across the road. Two men stand in the road, as one gestures with his left hand. A brick wall surrounds the villa; an entrance from the road is shown on the far left
Description:
Title etched below image., Text above image: General magazine & impatial [sic] review., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 3 (formerly B) 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.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A view of the south front of Strawberry Hill as seen through the trees on the grounds. A woman and child walk hand in hand towards the right in the foreground
Alternative Title:
South front of Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title inscribed in ink below image, unidentified hand. Date in pencil below title., "Original drawing by Martin A. Rooker" written in pencil below image in unknown hand., and Attribution to Edward Edwards based on later engraving of the image by F. Jukes attributing the original to E. Edwards.
Subject (Geographic):
England, Twickenham., and Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Dwellings, Buildings, structures, etc, and Estates
Title written in pencil beneath drawing, on mounting sheet., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 138a in an extra-illustrated copy of: Lysons, D. Magna Britannia. London : T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813.
Subject (Geographic):
Bedfordshire (England)
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, and Estates
A view of Marble Hill at Twickenham from across the Thames. In the foreground, along the edge of the river, a man on horseback holds the reins of a pair of horses as they drink; a dog stands in the shallow water looking up at the rider. A sail boat approaches from the left of the image while another, without its rigging, approaches from the right, another punt boat along its side. In the center of the image are a pair of rowboats. In the distance, on the opposite shore, is a view of the lawns leading up to the villa and the grove of trees flanking each side
Description:
Title inscribed by the artist at the bottom of the image., Inscribed with the date and monogram of the artist in lower right corner of the image., AH is the monogram of Augustin Heckel., Inscribed by Horace Walpole on the verso: "Marble Hill at Twickenham, villa built by King George 2nd for Henrietta Hobart, wife of Mr. Howard, afterwards Earl of Suffolk. The house was designed by Henry Herbert, Earl of Pembroke.", Formerly housed as part of the SH Contents collection., Possibly part of the collection of drawings described as no. 3678 by A.T. Hazen in Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library and dispersed at the Strawberry Hill sale, viii, lot 154., and For further information, consult library staff.
