"Portrait of Humphrey Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester; half-length directed to the left, hands clasped in prayer; in oval."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Humphrey Duke of Gloucester
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. May 1, 1783, by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market
Subject (Name):
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, 1391-1447, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Marie de Médicis and Louis XIII and Marie de Médici and Louis XIII
Description:
Title from manuscript text on verso in Horace Walpole's hand.
Subject (Name):
Marie de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France, 1573-1642, Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1643, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Drawing the gothic lantern that eventually hung "in the well of the staircase" according Horace Walpole's account in his 1774 Description of the Villa of Horace Walpole. Date of creation based on the appearance of the gothic lantern, as originally des...
Alternative Title:
Sir Horace Walpole's gothic lamp
Description:
Title from item.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
An auctioneer with gavel in raised hand presides over a crowd of bidders wearing tall top hats and long coats as they frantically scribble notes and examine items indistinclty depicted in the background
Description:
Title from a later caption inscribed in graphite pencil below image.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Art collections, Auctions, Auctioneers, and Gavels
Wash drawing of the shell seat, which was completed in 1754, located on the grounds of Horace Walpole's estate Strawberry Hill, in Twickenham, Middlesex
Description:
Title in pencil by unknown hand at bottom of sheet.