Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy available as a pdf., Red morocco by Clarke & Bedford. Bookplate 2 early state, and a copy of the 2d Strawberry Hill fleuron. Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763. Bookplate of Samuel Putnam Avery., and Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy, with copious manuscript additions and corrections, some on added leaves.
Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy available as in a pdf., Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 9., Inscribed copy: "Bequeathed to Mary Dickenson by her valued friend the Earl of Orford." Numerous notes by Miss Anne Clark. Half calf, with worn marble boards., and For further information, consult library staff.
Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy available as in a pdf., Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11., Extra-illustrated with 100 original drawings, chiefly by G.P. Harding, and numerous engravings. Copy of "The disaster" inserted; also inserted is a ms. account of the occasion for the poem, written in 1871 by Bawtree's grandson. Inlaid to folio, russia, rebacked., and Title page printed in red, black and blue, with Gothic style architectural border in watercolor and watercolor vignette resembling Mary Berry's bookplate with strawberries. Attributed to G.P. Harding. Printed 1797? Trimmed to: 29 x 22.5 cm.
Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy available as in a pdf., Horace Walpole's copiously extra-illustrated copy, folio (65 x 48 cm), with Walpole's arms stamped on covers and with notes by Walpole and Thomas Kirgate. Drawings or proofs before letter are substituted for many of the original plates. Plates wanting - entrance of Strawberry Hill (Drawings removed from framing?). See W.S. Lewis's notes., Items removed from volume are shelved in two solander boxes., Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., and For further information, consult library staff.
Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy available as in a pdf., Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., Copiously extra-illustrated by Richard Bull with prints, drawings by John Carter, and Strawberry Hill Press detached pieces. Inlaid to folio probably before 1790, with letterpress pages and illustrations decorated with ruled edges, on fronts and backs of pages. Autograph memoranda by Walpole inserted. Coat of arms of Richard Bull painted inside cover. Formerly bound in russia, now in green morocco., and For further information, consult library staff.
Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy available as in a pdf., Bound in are 2 copies of: Harding, S. Epitaph on a canary bird., Russia by C. Lewis, rebacked; on spine: Walpole's Villa. Extra-illustrated with numerous plates and Strawberry Hill Press Detached pieces and original drawings by G.P. Harding and John Carter; ms. notes by Horace Walpole and Thomas Kirgate; name, perhaps S. Boyce, partially erased on the t.p. Probably from Kirgate's library. For further information, consult library staff., and Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 10.
"Portrait, bust, in a mock oval frame, in profile to right, wearing a lacy cravat and a wig with a curling queue; after Gardner."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
George Simon Harcourt, Viscount Nuneham
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge with loss of imprint. Imprint statement supplied from impression in the British Museum., and Mounted on page 40 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.
A portrait, bust, of George Simon Harcourt while still Viscount, nearly in profile looking to the right and wearing a lacy cravat and a wig with a curling queue; in a mock oval frame
Description:
Title from item., With plate maker's name stamped on verso: Whittow & Large. Partners Benjamin Whittow and Thomas Large were located in Shoe Lane., This copper plate was originally executed by V. Green in 1772 for an edition published by him. The plate has been altered for a second edition published by Shropshire., and For published prints from this plate see: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, v. 2, p. 437.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs May 2, 1776 by W. Shropshire, New Bond Street
Volume 1, page 23. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait, bust, in a mock oval frame, in profile to right, wearing a lacy cravat and a wig with a curling queue; after Gardner; scratched-letter state."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
George Simon Harcourt, Viscount Nuneham
Description:
Title from later state., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 23 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality., and Name of the sitter written in ink below image, in a contemporary hand: George Simon Harcourt, Viscount Nuneham, eldest son of Simon Earl of Harcourt.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 29th, 1772, by V. Green, Salisbury Street, Strand
