Volume 3, page 246b. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Queen Eleanor, Henry III
Description:
Title from note in ink below image, in Horace Walpole's hand., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on death date of Horace Walpole, whose annotation is present below image., and Mounted on page 246b in volume 3 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Subject (Name):
Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272,, Eleanor, of Provence, Queen, consort of Henry III, King of England, 1223 or 1224-1291,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, bust directed to right but looking at the viewer, wearing sash and star of the Order of the Garter; in an ornamental oval with laurel branches beyond; a crown and collar of the Order of the Garter below; published state; after Arthur Pond.''--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text within image., Plate to: Birch's Illustrious heads., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted to: 478 x 319 mm.
"Portrait; head, in profile to the left, with pointed beard, in oval frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1837,0513.163., Window mounted to 31 x 24 cm., and Bound in after page 200 in volume 3 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of: A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Publisher:
Publish'd by Alexr. McKenzie, No. 101 Berwick Street
"Portrait with thick hair, beard and moustache; full-length standing directed to right looking ahead, left foot advanced and a right hand holding a wand, plumed hat in his right hand at his side, wearing a patterned doublet and hose under a knee-length tunic and long cloak, Garter regalia and lace ruff, a sword at his hip; with fringed gloves on a table to right and a curtain above; after Somer."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The biographical mirrour. London : Published by S. and E. Harding, Pall-Mall, 1795-[1814?]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 129 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.
Title below image., Plate engraved for: A catalogue of the extensive and most valuable collection of engraved portraits ... as originally collected by Horace Walpole. [London] : Smith and Robins, printers, [1842]., and With embossed ownership stamp of Thomas Mackinlay.
Title below image., Signed in image: "Mason." Walter George Mason?, Plate engraved for: A catalogue of the extensive and most valuable collection of engraved portraits ... as originally collected by Horace Walpole. [London] : Smith and Robins, printers, [1842]., and With embossed ownership stamp of Thomas Mackinlay.
"Portrait, whole length; standing to front, with head turned towards right, looking to front; wearing a long wig, ermine-trimmed robes, lace cravat, breeches and stockings, and a sword hanging from a belt; holding a crown in his right hand; his left hand at his chest; on left, column wrapped in curtain bearing coat of arms with motto: 'Virtute et Fide'; on right, ornate vase in a niche; after Dahl."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Place of publication from printmaker's place of activity., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Text at bottom of plate: Engraved by the appointment of the Honble. Henrietta-Cavendishe-Hollis, Countess of Oxford and Mortimer., 1 print : engraving and etching ; sheet 35.8 x 21.4 cm., Printed on laid paper., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of text from bottom of plate., and In paper frame: 461 x 343 mm.
"Portrait, whole length; standing to front, with head turned towards right, looking to front; wearing a long wig, ermine-trimmed robes, lace cravat, breeches and stockings, and a sword hanging from a belt; holding a crown in his right hand; his left hand at his chest; on left, column wrapped in curtain bearing coat of arms with motto: 'Virtute et Fide'; on right, ornate vase in a niche; after Dahl."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Place of publication from printmaker's place of activity., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Text at bottom of plate: Engraved by the appointment of the Honble. Henrietta-Cavendishe-Hollis, Countess of Oxford and Mortimer., Window mounted to 45 x 31 cm., and Bound in after page 208 in volume 3 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of: A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
"Head and shoulders in an oval wearing a flowered coat with lace frill; lettered state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., After a painting by John Astley; see: Russell, C.E. English mezzotint portraits and their states, State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Approximate date of publication based on form of publisher's name in imprint and their listed street address. William Wynne Ryland operated from his Kings Arms address in Cornhill around 1765-1766, and began his partnership with Henry Bryer in 1765; see British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Window mounted to 45 x 31 cm., and Bound in after page 214 in volume 3 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of: A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Publisher:
Sold by Ryland & Bryer, engravers at the Kings Arms, in Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Hertford, Francis Seymour Conway, Marquess of, 1719-1794,
View of the dagger in the scabbard, believed by Horace Walpole to have been formerly owned by King Henry VIII
Description:
Title below image., Plate engraved for: A catalogue of the extensive and most valuable collection of engraved portraits ... as originally collected by Horace Walpole. [London] : Smith and Robins, printers, [1842]., The watercolor drawing is pasted on the top half of the larger sheet of the print, above the wood-engraved image., and With embossed ownership stamp of Thomas Mackinlay.
Publisher:
Smith and Robins?
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
