Page 82a. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
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Drawing of the shrine, designed by Pietro Cavallini, that was brought to the Chapel at Strawberry Hill from Rome in 1768. Four twisted Corinthian columns form the base of the shrine; four smaller columns, various panels of intricate decoration, and an ornate roof comprise the upper portion of the object. Sitting beneath the shrine is the cross, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, that was bought by Horace Walpole at the sale of Richard Bateman in 1774
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Title written in ink below image, on mounting page., Signed by the artist in lower left., Date based on artist's death date., and Inlaid on page 82a in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
Drawing of the interior of the Chapel at Strawberry Hill, with the ornate shrine brought from Rome in 1768 prominent at center. On the wall to the left of the shrine hangs the panel showing Humphrey Duke of Gloucester praying, and on the wall to the right hangs the panel showing an old man in a stable; these panels originally came from the abbey of St. Edmundsbury. In the shadows beneath the shrine, beyond its twisted columns, sits the cross inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Gothic tracery decorates the arched ceiling and runs down the walls in columns; two short steps leading up to the shrine are visible in the foreground
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Title written in ink below image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner., Mounted on page 230 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.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Drawing of the shrine, which was erected in Rome in the year 1256, as it looked when displayed in the chapel at Strawberry Hill. It is depicted from both the front and the side, with only minimal detail included apart from the outline. A scale bar in feet runs along the bottom of the sheet, a note of "Whole hight [sic] 12. 8 1/2" runs along the right side, and the dimensions of other parts of the shrine are written at various places within the image
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Title from note in brown ink below image, in Horace Walpole's hand., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., and Mounted on page 174 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.
Page 457. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
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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 other arms and armor hang on the walls in the background
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Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, on mounting sheet., Artist "E.B." identified as E. Bell in local card catalog record., 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 Mounted on page 457 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Title devised by curator., Text below image: from a drawing by the late Iohn Mortimer., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate from: Ireland, J. Hogarth illustrated (1st ed.), v. iii., Ms. note in Steevens's hand not directly related to any individual print below print., and On page 234 in volume 3.
Drawing depicting the shrine designed by Pietro Cavallini, brought to the chapel at Strawberry Hill from Rome in 1768. Four twisted Corinthian columns are at the base
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Title devised by curator., Probably drawn by William Bawtree, perhaps in preparation for a similar engraving he published in 1798. For a description of the engraving, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: G,2.199. For a reproduction of the engraving, see: Walpole, H. Strawberry Hill accounts ... Oxford : The Clarendon Press, 1927, opposite page 128., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 200 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.
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 other arms and armor hang on the walls in the background
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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.
