"View of the grand house from the garden, in Twickenham; battlements and pinnacles along top; trees in foreground partly obscuring the view; a woman and young girl stand to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 19 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:
Published as the act directs Feby. 1st, 1784, by F. Jukes, No. 1 Great Marylebone Street
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
View from the south lawn of Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, with a couple and two children and their two dogs walking to the right
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Plate numbered "11" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Published according to act of Parliament G. Kearsly, at No. 46 in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Third leaf following title page. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View from the south lawn of Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, with a couple and two children and their two dogs walking to the right
Description:
Title engraved below image., Mounted on third 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 and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 16.0 x 19.7 cm, inlaid to 21 x 27 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published according to act of Parliament G. Kearsly, at No. 46 in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Third leaf following title page. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View from the south lawn of Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, with a couple and two children and their two dogs walking to the right
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published according to act of Parliament G. Kearsly, at No. 46 in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Inscription in ink on verso, unknown hand: "Strawberry Hill Middx.", Signature in ink on wash-lined mount: "E.E.", Wash-lined mount framed with gold ink., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Edward Edwards (1738-1806), English artist, associate and teacher of perspective in the Royal Academy, London., and This drawing is possibly one of a collection dispersed at the Strawberry Hill Sale, 1842, day viii, lot 154. Chewton Collection of Lord Waldegrave, to W.S. Lewis, 1948.
Pencil drawing by an amateur artist of the west front of Strawberry Hill, as seen from the road. Also in the road is a man pushing a wheel barrel as a young boy gestures to him. On the verso is a pencil sketch of a donkey's head
Description:
Drawing signed by artist in lower right corner of image; signed and dated again in left corner of image., On verso, in later hand, misidentified as "SH - North Front"., and Partial watermark: [W]hatman 1817.
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 Donkeys
View of Strawberry Hill (north front) as seen from the lane with fences on either side. A man with a scythe and a woman carrying a baby walk in the road in front of the estate, towards the viewer
Alternative Title:
Strawberry Hill, view from the northeast road and Strawberry Hill, north front
Description:
Edward Edwards (1738-1806), British painter., Titled, dated, and signed on wash-line mount, bottom edge., and Formerly mounted on page 20 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 west front of Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill, as seen from across the road. Much of the road and brick wall are in shadow. A man pushes a wheelbarrel past the house. In the distance a man stands outside the door in the wall
Alternative Title:
West front of Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title written in ink in an unidentified hand.
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
A view of the south side of Horace Walpole's villa as seen across the lawn from under a grove of trees. A woman holding the hand of a child walks towards the right
Alternative Title:
South view of Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title from label on verso. Added title by curator., Attributed to Edwards and dated on label removed from verso., 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, Estates, and Buildings, structures, etc
Title written in unknown hand at bottom right of image., Label pasted below image on mount: "Drawn by S. Owen. Engraved by W.B. Cooke. Strawberry Hill. Seat of the Honble. Mrs. Damer." Label probably from a much later engraving published by Cooke., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Samuel Owen (1768/9-1857), marine painter. He supplied a series of eighty-four drawings which were engraved by William Bernard Cooke for his work The Thames (1811), and seven others for the Picturesque Tour on the River Thames, published by Owen himself and William Westall in 1828., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
