Volume 1, page 71. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from ink inscription at top of image., Signed by the artist in ink in lower right, using his monogrammatic initials., Date supplied by cataloger., With a scale in feet drawn to the right of image. Also with the note "x this part pulld. down by the late Lord -", referring to an "x" marked on the top portion of the depicted structure., and Mounted on page 71 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Subject (Geographic):
Tottenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Coleraine, Henry Hare, Baron, 1636-1708
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Towers
Beckford's Tower and tomb, Walcot Cemetery, near Bath
Description:
Title etched below image., Approximate date of publication based on the return of Beckford's tomb to Walcot, which occurred in 1848., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published (for the proprietors) by H.G. Collins, 22 Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1760-1844 and Lansdown Tower (Bath, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Towers, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Cemeteries
Page 201. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View of a Gothic-style tower framed by trees, with the edge of a separate structure with arched windows visible on the left; a pedestal is seen on the lawn to the right. A woman holding a parasol walks on the path leading to the tower
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, on mounting sheet., Artist "W.C.S." is unidentified., 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 201 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Titles from letterpress text below each image., Date of publication from that of the issue of the periodical in which the prints appeared., Page 308 from: Pictorial times. [London] : [publisher not identified], [18 May 1844], Three wood engravings, each individually titled below, printed on the same sheet as an article in letterpress entitiled: Death of the author of "Vathek" - Fonthill Abbey., Name of the periodical, "Pictorial times," printed within printer's ornament at top of sheet; sheet numbered "308" in letterpress at bottom., Publication date of the periodical issue, "May 18th, 1844," is written in ink next to the title of the letterpress article., and Stamp in red ink in lower left corner of sheet; page 307 of the same issue of Pictorial times printed on verso.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1760-1844, Fonthill Abbey., and Lansdown Tower (Bath, England)
Title etched below image., Date of publication based on the construction timeframe for the tower, which was completed in 1827., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., and Matted to 29 x 32 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1760-1844 and Lansdown Tower (Bath, England)
Twenty-four views, displaying the Beauties of Yarmouth and its environs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the northwest tower in the town of Yarmouth with an attached house and fencing surrounding
Alternative Title:
North West tower Great Yarmouth and Northwest tower Great Yarmouth
Description:
Title etched below image. and Plate from: Joseph Lambert's Twenty-four views, displaying the Beauties of Yarmouth and its environs. Yarmouth : Printed and sold by W. Meggy, [1822?].
Twenty-four views, displaying the Beauties of Yarmouth and its environs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the southeast tower in the town of Yarmouth with houses, walls, and fencing surrounding. A line of wash hangs from a shed; pedestrians walk along the road outside the city walls
Alternative Title:
Southeast tower of Yarmouth
Description:
Title etched below image. and Plate from: Joseph Lambert's Twenty-four views, displaying the Beauties of Yarmouth and its environs. Yarmouth : Printed and sold by W. Meggy, [1822?].
View of a brick tower at the top of the hill; at its runs a stream. Trees flank each side of the image in the foreground
Description:
Inscribed in ink below the title: Built by Thos. Greening Esq. (when Gardener of Kensington Gardens under his late Majesty King George the Second) for the purpose of a termination to the view from his house, now Sion School at Brentford-Encl: and also for exhibiting illuminations, and fire works on the Kings birthday, and other public occasions, it standing directly opposite the Kings Palace at Richmond, where his late Majesty usually resided., Inscription in pencil on verso: [Mercer] ?35, Farington of his drawing of ... Monument., Joseph Farington, English landscape painter, 1747-1827., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Kensington Gardens (London, England), Towers, and Architectural follies
Twenty-four views, displaying the Beauties of Yarmouth and its environs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the tower of the ruined Austin Priory Church in a field with cows, with a view of row houses and the sea beyond
Description:
Title etched below image. and Plate from: Joseph Lambert's Twenty-four views, displaying the Beauties of Yarmouth and its environs. Yarmouth : Printed and sold by W. Meggy, [1822?].
Volume 1, page 124. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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.
