Watercolor drawing of Lady Diana Beauclerk's house, known as Little Marble Hill, in Twickenham. The white house is visible at right, atop a small hill and partially obscured by a tree. The lawn with scattered trees extends outward from the house to the left, with a low brick or stone wall and part of a wooden fence visible in the foreground. The Thames, with a single sailboat on it, can barely be seen in the distance through the trees. A few pinkish clouds fill the sky near the horizon
Description:
Title, statement of responsibility, and date from note in brown ink on verso, in Horace Walpole's hand. and Formerly laid in 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):
Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734-1808
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Dwellings
SH Views An565 no. 1 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 36
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A view of Chaucer's Grove near Spidehill the seat of Mr. Andrews, which was designed by John Chute Esq. In the distance is Donnington Castle were Chaucer lived
Alternative Title:
Chaucer's Grove near Spidehill, the seat of Mr. Andrews
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's manuscript note on verso of frame: 'Chaucer's Grove near Spidehill the Seat of Mr. Andrews. designed by John Chute Esq. of the Vine. Above is the View of Donnington Castle were Chaucer Lived.', Description based on imperfect impression., and Framed to 13 x 17 cm.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, May [the] 20th, 1786 by H.D. Symonds, No. 4 Stationers Court Ludgate Street
Watercolor of the view from the east of Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, with two men pulling a lawn roller across the grass
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Another larger drawing of this view: Strawberry Hill chiefly taken in the year 1769 by Mr. Sandby. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 769.00.0077dr++., Drawing that was later used as the basis of an engraving entitled "East front of Strawberry Hill" that appeared in the 1784 edition of: A description of the villa of Horace Walpole., and Paul Sandby (bap. 1731-1809), English artist and architect.
Subject (Geographic):
England, Twickenham., and Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Estates, and Buildings, structures, etc
A view of Strawberry Hill from across the road. A solitary man on horse back approaches from the right
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed in watercolor lower right: "W. Marlow.", Partial watermark, possibly Royal ciphers and bells. Cf. Churchill, W.A. Watermarks in paper, no. 252., and Possibly a copy. Another version in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Estates, and Buildings, structures, etc
Volume 1, after page xxxii. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of Horace Walpole's villa Strawberry Hill from the south across the lawn with the Thames in the distance on the right. In the foreground a man leads two woman and a child along with their two dogs across the lawn, gesturing with his arm to the right. Another man walks toward the river
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified. Another watercolor of the same view has been attributed to Moses Griffith; see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: SH Views G853 no. 1., Probably after a 1769 drawing by Paul Sandby; see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 49 3485 (12) no. 2., Formerly mounted to another backing, now removed, leaving only traces of manuscript note on verso: South vie[w] ... the Hon. [H?] ..., Mounted after page xxxii (leaf numbered '33' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of Joseph Spence's Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men., and Temporary local subject terms: Domestic architecture.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Homes and haunts, and Estates
Watercolor drawing of the front of Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill villa in Twickenham, as viewed from the north. The large white house can be seen in the middle distance, a blue turret roof capped with a weather vane rising above the crenellated walls. A brick wall, the top of which is covered with ivy, separates the house from the road in the foreground. A man walks on the road toward the house; the back wheels of a carriage can be seen further down the road, the front end having disappeared around a corner to the right. Tall trees with green foliage frame the right and left sides of the image; a blue sky is seen above
Alternative Title:
North view of Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner., Mounted on page 15 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 (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Dwellings
A view of the north side of Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, home of Horace Walpole, as seen from across the road. A man in a blue coat walks away from the viewer towards the house. Ahead of him on the road, a carriage is partially visible as it turns the bend in the road in front of the house. The trees arching over the road from either side shade the road in the foreground
Description:
Title devised by curator. and Unsigned; attributed to Barrow by curator.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Estates
Watercolor drawing of the front of Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill villa in Twickenham, as viewed from the south across a lawn dotted with trees. Several figures are seen in the middle distance among the tree trunks; one figure pushes a wheelbarrow, another sweeps the path leading to the house. Foliage fills the top half of the image
Alternative Title:
South view of Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title devised by curator., Attribution to J.C. Barrow from local catalog card., Date of production based on that of two similar drawings, both signed "I.C. Barrow 1789", mounted in the same volume., Mounted on page 6 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 (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, and Estates
A view of Horace Walpole's home in Twickenham, Strawberry Hill from the south. Two gardeners roll the lawn, pulling the heavy roller behind them, towards the lower right. In the distance is a view of the Thames and Richmond in the distance
Alternative Title:
Southview of Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title devised by curator., Artist unknown., Watermark: J. Whatman., and This is the drawing from which Annie Burr Lewis made her first needlepoint, now at the Lewis Walpole Library and signed: ABL '38.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Estates, and Gardening
