Volume 3, page 248a. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
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Depiction of the shrine designed by Pietro Cavallini, brought to the chapel at Strawberry Hill from Rome in 1768. A cross sits on the floor beneath the shrine, between the twisted columns; an armored glove and dagger are seen in the foreground, while ...
Volume 3, page 192a. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
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1
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Depiction of the suit of armor, shown in an arched niche with a pike and shield, that Horace Walpole believed to be of Francis I, King of France. It sold in lot 77 on the nineteenth day of the 1842 Strawberry Hill Sale
Volume 1, page 124. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
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View of a white Gothic-style tower framed by trees, with the edge of a separate structure with arched windows and a crenellated roof visible on the left. A pedestal is seen on the lawn to the right. Several groups of people walk on the path leading to...
"Portrait of Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel, three-quarter length, standing to right in front of a large rock, holding a baton in his right hand, the left on the shoulder of his grandson; coat of arms below image; after Anthony van Dyck."--Britis...
Alternative Title:
D. Alonso Perez de Guzman el Bueno I. Señor de Sanlucar de Barrameda, y Fundador de la Casa de Medina Sidonia
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Arundel, Thomas Howard, Earl of, 1585-1646, and Howard, Philip Thomas, 1629-1694,
"Portrait of Jerome du Quesnoy, half-length directed to left, looking towards the viewer, pointing with left hand across breast to a sculpted bust in front of him, wearing a dark suit with cloak and plain white collar, with shoulder-length dark wavy h...
Alternative Title:
Hanc veram effigiem Hieronimi du Quenoÿ sculptoris egregii ad imitationem fabulae A. Van Dyck ad vivum depictae R. Brookshaw fet. Bruxellis anno salutis 1779 and Hic ille est quondam fratri vix dispar in arte ...
Volume 1, page 161. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
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The auctioneer George Robins is shown full-length in profile to the left, sitting at a small table draped with a tablecloth, an inkwell and a goblet on the table in front of him. He sits on the 16th-century oak chair from Glastonbury Abbey, an item fr...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Robins, George Henry, 1777-1847, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Auctioneers, Tables, Chairs, Writing materials, and Drinking vessels
Volume 1, page 126. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
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Exterior view of the temporary wooden structure built for the Strawberry Hill Sale of 1842, with part of Horace Walpole's Gothic villa visible on the left
Volume 1, page 127. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
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Interior view of the temporary wooden structure built for the Strawberry Hill Sale of 1842. Several dozen men in top hats and some women sit or stand around a long table on the left; the auctioneer George Robins sits on a platform on the right, holdin...
Description:
Title devised by curator.
Subject (Name):
Robins, George Henry, 1777-1847, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Volume 1, page 125. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
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View of a large Gothic-style building in the middle distance, framed by trees and with low bushes in front. A groundskeeper and two cows seen on the lawn in front of the structure; a small boat is moored to the shore of the body of water in the foregr...
Volume 2, opposite page 178. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by
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1
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Depiction of the finely carved chair, the back ornamented with grotesque heads and the center bearing the date 1601, that was owned by Horace Walpole and sold in lot 117 on the seventeenth day of the 1842 Strawberry Hill Sale
Volume 2, page 158a. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
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Four designs showing partial decorative borders, probably those of the 16th-century illuminated psalter of Don Giulio Clovio, owned by Horace Walpole and sold in lot 90 on the fifteenth day of the 1842 Strawberry Hill Sale
"The three children of Christian II of Denmark, painted after their mother's death in 1526, wrongly titled the children of Henry VII; three children sitting close to one another around a table within a frame, Prince Hans (who would die as a boy six ye...
Alternative Title:
Three children of King Henry VII and Elizabeth his queen
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Christian II, King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, 1481-1559. and Christine, Duchess, consort of Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, 1521-1590
"The three children of Christian II of Denmark, painted after their mother's death in 1526, wrongly titled the children of Henry VII; three children sitting close to one another around a table within a frame, Prince Hans (who would die as a boy six ye...
Alternative Title:
Three children of King Henry VII and Elizabeth his queen
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Christian II, King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, 1481-1559. and Christine, Duchess, consort of Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, 1521-1590
"Statue of the bird standing to left on a square base, resting on a ledge, oval design; after a sculpture by Anne Seymour Damer, from a series of engravings after her work."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, June 26, 1790, by James Roberts, Hogarth's Passage Oxford; and J. Jones, No. 75 Great Portland Street, London
"Statue of the bird standing to left on a square base, resting on a ledge, oval design; after a sculpture by Anne Seymour Damer, from a series of engravings after her work."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, June 26, 1790, by James Roberts, Hogarth's Passage Oxford; and J. Jones, No. 75 Great Portland Street, London
"Portrait, half length in an oval, hair in curls, veil at back of head, jewelled dress with lace border, and ermine-lined robe fastened by a brooch at the shoulder."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Messrs. Boydell and Co. and W. Bulmer and Co.
Subject (Name):
Sophia, Electress, consort of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover, 1630-1714,
"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 h...
"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 h...
"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-lengt...
"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; pu...
Volume 3, page 246b. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
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1
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still image
Alternative Title:
Queen Eleanor, Henry III
Description:
Title from note in ink below image, in Horace Walpole's hand.
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 Catherine Clive; three-quarter length seated directed to left, a book of music held open in her lap, right elbow resting on velvet cushion on a table beside her, wearing a gown with a bow at the breast, hair up with a coil over left shoul...
Alternative Title:
Of all the arts that sooth the human breast, music (blest power) the sweetest is confest ... and Fair songster
Description:
Title from text engraved on either side of verses below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69, St Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Name):
Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Horace Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, bust-length in profile to right, wearing wig, open coat, waistcoat, neckerchief and frill; in round frame in form of a miniature, with ribbon through ring at the top, and tablet below; after Falconet; s...
Description:
Title etched in open letters on tablet below image.
Publisher:
Sold by P. Falconet, Broad Street, Carnaby Market, & Ryland, Bryer, & Co., Cornhill
"Portrait of Horace Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, bust-length in profile to right, wearing wig, open coat, waistcoat, neckerchief and frill; in round frame in form of a miniature, with ribbon through ring at the top, and tablet below; after Falconet; s...
Description:
Title etched in open letters on tablet below image.
Publisher:
Sold by P. Falconet, Broad Street, Carnaby Market, & Ryland, Bryer, & Co., Cornhill
"Portrait of Catherine Sedley, half length in an oval, hair in curls, wearing loose, low dress. Modern; published in Boydell's 'Illustrious Heads', 1811."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Madam Sedley
Description:
Title engraved within circular tablet on pediment beneath portrait.
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1762]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
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still image
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"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1808); half-length in profile to left, wearing star and sash with short wig."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a proof state
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Waldegrave, James Waldegrave, Earl, 1715-1763, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
