A portrait of Thomas Kirgate, half-length, looking to the right
Description:
Title written in black ink below plate line, in an unidentified hand., Statements of responsibility written in black ink below title, in an unidentified hand: Painted & etched by E. Edwards, 1784; finished by J. Hall., and Mounted on page 18 in Horace Walpole's Journal of the printing-office at Strawberry Hill near Twickenham in Middlesex.
A portrait of Thomas Kirgate, half-length, looking to the right
Description:
Title written in black ink below plate line, in an unidentified hand., Statements of responsibility written in black ink below title, in an unidentified hand: Painted & etched by E. Edwards, 1784; finished by J. Hall., Mounted on page 240 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., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 12.5 x 8.2 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Note in ink below image on mounting sheet: Mr. Walpoe's printer., Print was probably given to Richard Bull by Edward Edwards. See letter from Edwards to Bull that is tipped into volume beside this portrait., and For further information, consult library staff.
A portrait of Thomas Kirgate, half-length, looking to the right
Description:
Title written in black ink below plate line, in an unidentified hand., Statements of responsibility written in black ink below title, in an unidentified hand: Painted & etched by E. Edwards, 1784; finished by J. Hall., Mounted on page 187 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., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 12.4 x 8.2 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Sitter identified by Horace Walpole in brown ink below image, on mounting page: T. Kirgate the printer.
A portrait of Thomas Kirgate, half-length, looking to the right
Description:
Title written in black ink below plate line, in an unidentified hand. and Statements of responsibility written in black ink below title, in an unidentified hand: Painted & etched by E. Edwards, 1784; finished by J. Hall.
Volume 3, page 248a. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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 other arms and armor hang on the walls in the background
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed with initials and dated by the artist in lower left corner of image., and Bound in as page 248a in volume 3 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Volume 3, page 192a. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
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1
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still image
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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
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed in lower left corner with the artist Thomas H. Shepherd's initials., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., and Bound in as page 192a in volume 3 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Volume 1, page 124. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
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1
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still image
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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 the tower; a dog bounds on the path in the foreground
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed by the artist in lower left corner of image., Date of production based on the inclusion in the same volume of other drawings by Shepherd that depict the temporary building for the Strawberry Hill Sale of 1842., and Bound in as page 124 in volume 1 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Volume 4, page 26. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
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1
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still image
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The auctioneer George Robins is shown half-length, sitting at a large table with pen in hand, several leaves of paper in front of him
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Signed with initials and dated by the artist in lower left corner of image., and Bound in as page 26 in volume 4 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Volume 1, page 161. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
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1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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 from Horace Walpole's collection at Strawberry Hill that Robins auctioned off in 1842
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Signed with initials and dated by the artist in lower left corner of image., and Bound in as page 161 in volume 1 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
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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1
Resource Type:
still image
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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
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed by the artist in lower left portion of image., and Bound in as page 126 in volume 1 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.