Page 190. Collectanea Cantabrigiensia, or collections relating to Cambridge, university, town, and
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Full-length depiction of a woman facing right, kneeling on a cushion with hands pressed together in prayer, a book open on a stand in front of her
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on publication date of the volume in which the drawing is found., With note in pencil below image: North isle of Chipenham Chapel, painted [?], no inscript[ion?]., Tipped in at page 190 in an extra-illustrated copy of Francis Blomefield's Collectanea Cantabrigiensia, or collections relating to Cambridge, university, town, and county ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Women in literature and art.
A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the character Theodore about to be executed in the courtyard of the castle. On the left, Theodore kneels down before the friar Jerome to pray, his shirt slipping down below his left shoulder to reveal the mark of a bloody arrow. Behind the friar stands Manfred, who ordered the execution, and several attendants; two guards holding pikes and a man carrying a sword stand behind the kneeling prisoner. At the far end of the courtyard on the right, the giant helmet sits in front of colonnades. In the background at center, the bordering colonnades are interrupted by a gray-colored section of the castle with arched windows and alcoves in which statues reside
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist not identified., Date of production supplied by curator., and Mounted opposite page 100 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Castles & palaces, Courtyards, Colonnades, Executions, Prayer, and Helmets
