"View of Twickenham, looking over the River Thames; the houses on the opposite shore reflected in the water; a barge and rowing boat in foreground"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition
Alternative Title:
Vüe du village de Twickenham
Description:
Titles from text below image, in English and French., Reissue of a print originally published in 1749 by John Bowles. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1875,0508.1447., Date of publication based on the separation of John and Carington Bowles's names in imprint statement. See British Museum online catalogue., "Publish'd according to act of Parliament"--Below image., No. 19, "William, 2d E. of Strafford (n.c.)," on Edith McKeon Abbott's map: Horace Walpole's Twickenham 1747-1797, in v. 42 of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980., and Watermark: Whatman.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles in Cornhil [sic], & Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard
"View of Twickenham, looking over the River Thames; the houses on the opposite shore reflected in the water; a barge and rowing boat in foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vüe du village de Twickenham
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Probably after a design by Heckel; statement of responsibility "A. Heckel delint." is present on another print of identical composition. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1875,0508.1447., Date of publication based on Robert Sayer's earliest year of activity. The address "near Sergeants Inn, Fleet Street" only appears on his very early prints; see British Museum online catalogue., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Views of villages, noblemen and gentlemen's seats, &c. situate on, or near the river Thames", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 88, no. 13., Plate numbered "No. 3" in upper left corner and "1" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 38 cm., and Leaf 2 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, map & printseller near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England) and Thames River (England)
Signatures: 1 l. unsigned, B-D⁴, 1 l. unsigned., Includes: Pope's Verses on a grotto: p. 12; 'The cave of Pope: a prophecy' by R. Dodsley: p. 19-20; 'A character of Mr. Pope's writings' [in verse; by William Thompson]: p. 21-29., Number [8] in volume labelled: Poems & odes., and Bound in volume with armorial bookplate "Kirkwall [i.e. Hamilton, earl of Orkney]" and binder's title "Poems & odes" on spine.
Title from caption below image., Text at bottom of plate identifies resident of leftmost house as "(Barnaby Backwell Esqr.)" and resident of rightmost house as "(Dr. Battie).", "No. 28"--Lower right corner., No. 10, "Hon. George Shirley," on Edith McKeon Abbott's map: Horace Walpole's Twickenham 1747-1797, in v. 42 of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980., No. 12, "Dr. William Battie," on Edith McKeon Abbott's map: Horace Walpole's Twickenham 1747-1797, in v. 42 of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament & sold by J. Boydell, engraver at [the] Unicorn, [the] corner of Queen Street, Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
England, Twickenham., and Twickenham (London, England)
A view of the home of Dr. Batty in Twickenham from across the Thames. Three horses on the shore pull a fishing boat in foreground, a tree to the left. A row boat on the river midfield wtih two other small boats in the distance, up and down stream
Description:
Title etched below image., Date based on the dated drawing on which this print is based., and Inscribed on backing: For Mr. Lewis our fairy Godfather on his 76th birthday, with love Becky & Tim More, Nov. 14th, 1971. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Batty, Robert, 1763?-1849
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Boats, Estates, and Landscapes (Representations)
"View in Twickenham; two men fishing in river surrounded by reeds in foreground to right; trees and shrubbery on the left; grand houses fronting river running across centre of view."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Names of the owners of the represented houses are engraved in lower margin above title: Lord Radnor's; Mr. Hudson's; Mr. Pope's now Sr. Wm. Stanhope's; Lady Ferrers's; Mrs. Backwell's., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 178 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.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England), England, and Twickenham.
"View in Twickenham; two men fishing in river surrounded by reeds in foreground to right; trees and shrubbery on the left; grand houses fronting river running across centre of view."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Names of the owners of the represented houses are engraved in lower margin above title: Lord Radnor's; Mr. Hudson's; Mr. Pope's now Sr. Wm. Stanhope's; Lady Ferrers's; Mrs. Backwell's., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 91 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 on wove paper ; sheet 41.8 x 56.2 cm., Annotation in pencil following title: Engrav'd from a private plate of Mr. Walpole's., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England), England, and Twickenham.
Titles from text below image, in English and French., Text at bottom of plate identifies the house at center of image as "Lord Kingston's" and the resident of house at right of image as "Green Esqr.", "No. 34"--Lower right corner., No. 38, "Sir John Hawkins," on Edith McKeon Abbott's map: Horace Walpole's Twickenham 1747-1797, in v. 42 of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980., No. 40, "Frances, Marchioness of Tweeddale," on Edith McKeon Abbott's map: Horace Walpole's Twickenham 1747-1797, in v. 42 of the Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980., and Watermark: W.F.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, & sold by J. Boydell, engraver at the Unicorn, the corner of Queen Street, Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England), England, and Twickenham.
Watercolor drawing of Little Strawberry Hill, which was home to the actress Kitty Clive in the 1780's and then to Mary and Agnes Berry after 1791. Trees flank either side of the house and a hedgerow separates the structure from the figures in the foreground. A man works in the garden on the left while a gentleman and lady walk arm in arm in the center of the image
Description:
Titled in Thomas Kirgate's hand below image on mounting page., Attribution to Joseph Charles Barrow from local catalog card., and Mounted on page 5 (formerly D) 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.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785, Berry, Mary, 1763-1852, and Berry, Agnes, 1764-1852
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, and Estates
