Title below image., Plate engraved for: A catalogue of the extensive and most valuable collection of engraved portraits ... as originally collected by Horace Walpole. [London] : Smith and Robins, printers, [1842]., and With embossed ownership stamp of Thomas Mackinlay.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Cellini, Benvenuto, 1500-1571. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William), 1814-1866, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1842]
Call Number:
SH Contents F171 no. 1 Box 100
Image Count:
1
Description:
Title from published based on this drawing., Mounted on a 1843 printing of the wood engraving based on this drawing which had been engraved for: A catalogue of the extensive and most valuable collection of engraved portraits ... as originally collected by Horace Walpole. [London] : Smith and Robins, printers, [1842]., and Attributed to Fairholt who drew illustrations for the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue. See London magazine, ca. 1843.
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title from caption below image. and Mounted on page 7.
Publisher:
Richard Bentley & Son
Subject (Name):
Du Deffand, Marie de Vichy Chamrond, marquise, 1697-1780,, Choiseul-Daillecourt, Maxime de, 1782 or 1783-1854,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"The marriage of Henry VI, the king in an embroidered robe with a halo about his head standing to the left holding the hand of his bride, Margaret of Anjou dressed in a long gown and cloak, a tiara on her head, a bishop officiating at the ceremony binding the couple's hands, male nobles and attendants standing behind the king and female maids standing behind the princess, Westminster Abbey beyond with statues of kings and saints, an arch supported by two columns to the foreground acting as a border."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Marriage of Henry VI and Marriage of Henry the Sixth
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared., Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780]., Engraved after the painting hung by Horace Walpole over the chimney in the Library at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 76 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 and engraving with stipple on laid paper ; sheet 15.4 x 13.3 cm, and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471,, Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"The marriage of Henry VI, the king in an embroidered robe with a halo about his head standing to the left holding the hand of his bride, Margaret of Anjou dressed in a long gown and cloak, a tiara on her head, a bishop officiating at the ceremony binding the couple's hands, male nobles and attendants standing behind the king and female maids standing behind the princess, Westminster Abbey beyond with statues of kings and saints, an arch supported by two columns to the foreground acting as a border."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Marriage of Henry VI and Marriage of Henry the Sixth
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared., Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780]., Engraved after the painting hung by Horace Walpole over the chimney in the Library at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 101 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 and engraving with stipple on laid paper ; sheet 14.2 x 11.5 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471,, Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Plate painted with the sacrifices of Cain and Abel
Description:
Title devised by curator., A tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) plate, painted and gilt, with a scene showing the death of Abel. Formerly located in the China-Room at Strawberry Hill. The scene perhaps in reverse after an engraving by Gerard de Laitesse., Text from 1774 edition of Description of the villa of Horace Walpole, youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole Earl of Orford at Strawberry-Hill: 17. possibly [China Room]. Four dessert plates of fayence, with figures and boys round the borders; by Pietro da Cortona: very fine. A fifth ditto with goats, a present from Lady Diana Beauclerc., Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A pair of very rare plates, on one is represented the Building of Babel, with many figures, on the other the Death of Abel., Label on verso: Strawberry Hill; later dealer label “2575 Pair 2 gui”., Castelli maiolica from the workshop of Carlantonio Grue. Formerly inventoried at Lewis Walpole Library as Delft., and Also available as a digital reproduction.
Hand-painted tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica) palte, painted and gilt. Formerly located in the China-Room at Strawberry Hill., Title devised by curator., Castelli maiolica from the workshop of Carlantonio Grue. Formerly inventoried as Delft., Label on verso: Walpole Collection Strawberry Hill Sale'; later dealer label “2575 Pair 2 gui”., Text from 1774 edition of Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: 17 possibly [China Room]. Four dessert plates of fayence, with figures and boys round the borders; by Pietro da Cortona: very fine. A fifth ditto with goats, a present from Lady Diana Beauclerc., Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A Pair of ditto (very rare plates), Adam and Eve and the sacrifice of Isaac., and Also available as a digital reproduction.