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1. Edgar [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 5. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title written in ink at top of image., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 5 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Edgar, King of England, 943 or 944-975,
- Subject (Topic):
- Kings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Edgar [art original].
2. Edward [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 5. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title written in ink at top of image., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 5 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Edward, King of England, 962?-978,
- Subject (Topic):
- Kings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Edward [art original].
3. Haraud [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 7. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Harold
- Description:
- Title written in ink at top of image., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 7 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Harold II, King of England, 1022?-1066,
- Subject (Topic):
- Kings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Haraud [art original].
4. Henry the Third [art original]
- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1797]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Watercolor drawing depicting a head of King Henry III carved in oak. The king wears a crown, and curled hair protrudes out from under it on both sides. The date(?) "12 III 16" and decorative symbols fill the space above the head
- Alternative Title:
- Henry III
- Description:
- Title from note in black ink below image, perhaps in the artist's hand., Artist's name added by Horace Walpole in brown ink in lower right corner., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., Three lines of descriptive text written below title in black ink: This head (carv'd in oak) is in the possession of Dr. Palmer of Peterborough Northamton shire and was brought from Barnwell Church near Oundle Norn. shire about 40 years ago. Henry the Third endow'd this church. This drawing is half the size of the original head., Two additional annotations by Horace Walpole in brown ink are present; below the descriptive text is written "The upper part above the crown is modern, and the date wrong" and at the bottom of the sheet is written "Now at Mr. Walpole's at Strawberry Hill.", and Mounted on page 73 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.
- Subject (Name):
- Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Kings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Henry the Third [art original]
5. Het beest van Babel is aan 't vluchten de godsdienst heeft niet meer te duchten!. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1688]
- Call Number:
- 688.00.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A Dutch broadside satirising the arrival of William III in England and the overthrow of James II and his Roman Catholic policies; with an engraving showing in the foreground on the right William (7) in armour mounted on the Dutch lion (1), attacking the many-headed Babylonian dragon (2) with his lance. Above William flies the angel of Providence (3). To left, priests and Catholic officials (4) flee, some riding on goats, wolves and asses. The dragon carries the infant Prince of Wales holding a windmill (5) held by Father Petre (6). The lion rides over fallen monks and Jesuits (8) and two decapitated heads of the dragon. In the centre background William is received by English notables (9). To left, James (10) departs in a small boat from a shore with a ruined church; to right; he is received by Louis XIV (11), together with Mary of Modena and the infant Prince of Wales. With engraved title, false publication line "Gisling Geneve exc.", and numbering 1-10, and with letterpress verses, including legend, in two columns."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image, with two columns of verse below in letterpress. and Publisher, place of publication, and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1864,0813.274.
- Publisher:
- Gisling Geneve exc. [that is, Romeyn de Hooghe?]
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- William III, King of England, 1650-1702,, James II, King of England, 1633-1701,, James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766,, Petre, Edward, 1631-1699,, Mary, of Modena, Queen, consort of James II, King of England, 1658-1718,, and Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715,
- Subject (Topic):
- Kings, National emblems, Babylonian, Dutch, Goats, Dragons, Armor, Pikes (Weapons), Shields, Monks, Priests, Boats, Churches, and Windmills
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Het beest van Babel is aan 't vluchten de godsdienst heeft niet meer te duchten!. [graphic]
6. King Richard III and Queen Anne [graphic]
- Creator:
- Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1768]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Double portrait of King Richard III and his Queen, full-length, in robes and crowned
- Alternative Title:
- King Richard the Third and Queen Anne
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Walpole, H. Historic doubts on the life and reign of King Richard the Third. London : Printed for J. Dodsley, 1768., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Engraved after a drawing formerly hung in the Breakfast Room at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 52 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:
- J. Dodsley
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485,, Anne, Queen, consort of Richard III, King of England, 1456-1485,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Kings and Queens
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > King Richard III and Queen Anne [graphic]
7. Sketch of the idea of one side of the chancel where the head was formerly placd [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1797]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Watercolor drawing depicting one wall of the chancel inside Barnwell Church, where the carved head of King Henry III was formerly located. The bottom parts of two windows, one of stained glass, are seen at top; an arch is built into the bottom part of the wall and a decorated rectangular structure is to the left of the arch
- Description:
- Title from note in black ink at bottom of sheet., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., Annotation in center of image in black ink: Head of King Henry the Third. About forty years ago the chancel of Barnwell Church (near Barnwell Castle two miles from Oundle) was repaired[?] and the head taken down by the carpenter employ'd, in whose hands it remaind. & his sons thirty years - who gave it to a carpenter of Peterborough where is remain'd till it came into the possession of Dr. Palmer of Peterborough. N.B. King Henry endow'd Barnwell Church., and Mounted on page 73 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.
- Subject (Name):
- Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272.
- Subject (Topic):
- Kings, Interiors, Chancels, and Churches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sketch of the idea of one side of the chancel where the head was formerly placd [art original].
8. The head of King Henry the Third (carv'd in oak) it was brought from Barnwell Church near Oundle Northamtonshire [sic], when it was repair'd about about [sic] 40 years ago, now in the possession of the Honble. Horace Walpole. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- March 1st, 1782.
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Depiction of a head of King Henry III carved in wood. The king wears a crown, and curled hair protrudes out from under it on both sides. The date(?) "12 III 16" and decorative symbols fill the space above the head
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from title page of the work for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: Carter, J. Specimens of the ancient sculpture and painting, now remaining in this kingdom ... London : Published as the act directs by John Carter, Wood St. Westminster, 1780-87 [1780-94]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 96 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs by Jon. Carter, Wood St., Westminster
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Kings, Sculpture, and Wood carvings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The head of King Henry the Third (carv'd in oak) it was brought from Barnwell Church near Oundle Northamtonshire [sic], when it was repair'd about about [sic] 40 years ago, now in the possession of the Honble. Horace Walpole. [graphic]
9. [Edward III] [art original].
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3581 v.1
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 9. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 9 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377,
- Subject (Topic):
- Kings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Edward III] [art original].
