Watercolor of the southeast view of Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, with two workmen in the foreground rolling the lawn and clearing leaves
Alternative Title:
East front of Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title taken from a note in Horace Walpole's hand on verso of the drawing, now obscured by added mount. Companion drawing to his: South front of Strawberry Hill. Cf. Lewis Walpole call no.: 49 3485 (12) no. 2., Drawing that was later used as the basis of an engraving entitled "East front of Strawberry Hill"., Paul Sandby (bap. 1731-1809), English artist and architect., and For further information, consult library staff.
Title written in unknown hand below image. and Later note in pencil "Not SH"; other notes suggesting alternative identifications -- Mr. Hudson's House, Ham [...] House.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England), England, and Twickenham.
View of the entrance to Strawberry Hill, with a man at the door which stands ajar
Alternative Title:
Entrance of Strawberry Hill and Strawberry Hill (entrance)
Description:
Edward Edwards (1738-1806), British painter., Title written on mount below image., Signed with initials and dated by the artist on mount., and Formerly mounted on page 23 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)
Title from item., Inscribed with the title in unidentified hand below image: "The cottage at Strawberry Hill.", Inscribed with the artist's name in lower left corner below image: "Carne. Tringham ex.", and Amatuer copy after 1789 watercolor by J.C. Barrow's "The Cottage"?
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England), England, and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Architecture, Domestic, Dwellings, and Houses
"Bird's eye view of the Duke of Beaufort's house at Chelsea, surrounded by formal gardens, with the river in the foreground and Holland House, Camden House and Kensington House in the background"--British Museum online catalogue, description of variant state
Alternative Title:
House at Chelsea in the county of Middlesex ...
Description:
Title from caption below image., Variant (earlier?) state of a plate from: Britannia illustrata ... London : D. Mortier, 1707., and Plate numbered "13" in lower right corner.
"View of the front of a large house with walled garden; a small circular flowerbed lies in the foreground within the garden, surrounded by a pathway"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below title: Occupied by the present Earl 'till 1809, when it was taken down to facilitate the great improvements making in that neighbourhood., Small vignette of a house labeled "Peterborough House 1666" etched at bottom center of plate, bisecting title and imprint., and Plate from: Londina illustrata : graphic and historic memorials of monasteries, churches, chapels, schools ... London: R. Wilkinson, 1819-25.
Publisher:
Published 25th March, 1821, by Robert Wilkinson, No. 125 Fenchurch Street
In a semi-rural setting with a cow and duck pond in foreground, and house in the background, a husband with his wig falling off, carries a vomiting infant up a hill, accompanied by his 2 other children. His wife follows behind him, enjoying the attentions of a military officer. On the right, a chaise has overturned spilling its occupants. 18 lines of verse in three columns below image
Alternative Title:
Right road to the horns
Description:
Title from item., "Price One Shilling.", and Price changed to "6 pence" in ms.
Publisher:
Published at No. 46 St. Johns Street, West Smithfield as the Act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England and British
Subject (Topic):
Cuckolds, Clothing & dress, Houses, Walking, Military officers, Couples, Fathers & children, and Accidents
Elevation du costé du jardin del la maison du Monsieur Monsr. Iohnston a Twittenham dans la comté de Midlesex
Description:
Title from captions below images., Date of publication based on that of volume in which the plate appears., Three designs on one plate, each individually titled below., Plate from: Vitruvius Britannicus : or, The British architect ... / by Colen Campbell ... [London], 1715-1731]., "P. 77."--Upper right corner., No. 22, "Mr. and Mrs. George Morton Pitt," on Edith McKeon Abbott's map: Horace Walpole's Twickenham 1747-1797, in v. 42 of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980., and Partial watermark.