Designs for the chapel tribune at Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex. On the recto a wash drawing of the interior vaults with additions in pencil. On the verso a rough sketch of the floor plan
Description:
Title from mount in Horace Walpole's Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley [1760].
Designs for the chapel tribune at Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex. On the recto a wash drawing of the interior vaults with additions in pencil. On the verso a rough sketch of the floor plan
Description:
Title from mount in Horace Walpole's Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley [1760].
Plate showing side-by-side floor plans for two levels of Houghton Hall. The image on the left shows a floor plan of the main level of the house; the image on the right shows a floor plan of the attic level of the house
Alternative Title:
Plan du principal etage de Houghton dans Norfolk maison Robert Walpole Esqr. &c. and Plan of the attik story
Description:
Title in English for image on left is etched in lower left above scale bar; title in French for image on left is etched in lower left below scale bar. Title in English for image on right is etched in lower right above scale bar.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and Norfolk.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 and Houghton Hall (England)
Pen and black ink architectural drawing of an elevation of a bed chamber featuring cornice molding, a decorative chimneypiece, and two window bays. Corresponding dimensions, notes, calculations, and profiles occupy empty space throughout the design
Alternative Title:
Elevations of the interior walls of a room with the chimney-piece and the profile of a cornice and Elevation of a room, the bed chamber for Lord Dacre
Page 14. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Floor plan of the chancel in St. Mary's Church, Sundridge, Kent, with the footprint of the altar at the top and nearest to the right the footprint of a tomb labeled "Lady Ayesbury" with measurements; in front on the right a footprint also with measure...
Description:
Title written in ink above image.
Subject (Geographic):
Kent (England)
Subject (Name):
Ailesbury, Caroline Campbell, Countess of, 1721-1803. and Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828.
Plate showing two architectural representations of Houghton Hall, one above the other. The top image shows an elevation of the front of the house; the bottom image shows a floor plan of the building
Alternative Title:
General plan and Elevation general de Houghton dans le Comté de Norfolk maison de Robert Walpole Esqr. &c.
Description:
Titles in English and French for top image are etched below scale bar for that image; title in English for bottom image is etched above scale bar for that image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and Norfolk.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 and Houghton Hall (England)
Pen and black ink architectural drawing of an elevation of a gothic room featuring columns, profiles of cornice molding, a detail of a fleur-de-lis or Strasburg lily, and a single window with intersecting lattice work
Alternative Title:
Elevation of a gothic room of three bays by two, with gothic ornaments and cornices
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Topic):
Quatrefoils, Cornices, Architectural decorations & ornaments, Fleur-de-lis, and Floor plans
Ink and wash architectural drawing of an elevation of a room with a gothic chimneypiece that includes an ornate mirror with cartouche frame over the mantel. Copious notes in pencil are dispersed throughout the plan and include construction materials a...
Alternative Title:
Interior elevation and plan of a room with gothic chimneypiece surrounded by a mirror
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Topic):
Chimneypieces, Cornices, Architectural mirrors, and Floor plans
