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28. [Marble vase on pedestal with Greek inscription] [art original].

Creator:: Bawtree, William, 1744-1824, artist
Published / Created:: [not after 1824]
Call Number:: Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Wash drawing depicting the antique marble vase that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Great Cloyster at Strawberry Hill. The vase has on its side an image of three figures, full length; on the pedestal is an inscription in Greek and an image of a wreath with a ribbon
Description:: Title devised by curator., Unsigned; formerly cited with a questionable attributed to George Perfect Harding. Now attributed to Bawtree by Michael Snodin., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 194 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Subject (Name):: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Vases
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Marble vase on pedestal with Greek inscription] [art original].

29. [Scritti di varie cose antiche].

Creator:: Bartoli, Pietro Santi, 1635-1700
Published / Created:: [169-?]
Call Number:: 49 2371
Image Count:: 349
Abstract:: A sketchbook of drawings of antiquities, with brief notations about the objects depicted, in multiple hands. Horace Walpole describes the volume in his 1774 Description of Strawberry Hill as "a book of drawings of vases, bas-reliefs, and other antiquities." These very fine, detailed drawings in a variety of media -- graphite, pen and ink, wash, and watercolor -- are in some cases mounted onto the leaves, in other cases, drawn directly onto the rectos
Alternative Title:: Drawings from coins, medals, bronzes, etc. from Greek and Roman antiquities and Book of drawings of vases, bas-reliefs, and other antiquities
Description:: Pietro Santi Bartoli, Italian painter, etcher and engraver, active in Rome., Title from Hazen., No text; a few notes in Italian and Latin., Title from f. [1r] of item. "The title, distributed over six lines on the frontispiece ... was riddled with gaps -- "SO...TI [or "SC...TI"]/D... / VAR ... /COSE / ANTI / CHE"--which I suggest should be read as "Scritti di varie cose antiche" (Notes on various ancient objects)". From Irène Aghion's unpublished research. Aghion also identifies the artist as Bartoli., Cited in Allen T. Hazen's Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library, no. 2371 (New Haven : Yale University Press, 1969) and titled: Drawings from coins, medals, bronzes, &c., In his Description of Strawberry Hill (1774), Horace Walpole cites the volume as: A book of drawings of vases, bas-reliefs, and other antiquities., Rebound in blue morocco by Hodgson of Liverpool, with gold tooled borders and blind-stamping on boards. 'Antiquities. Original drawings' in gold on spine; gilt edges. Binder's stamp on verso of front flyleaf., With the armorial bookplate of Earl of Derby, 1775-1851 and press mark 26. B ; and with the bookplate of Horace Walpole (BP1)., Numbered pages bound in the following sequence: 1-2, 4-5, 3, 6-7, 9-10, 8, 11-16, 18-20, 17, 22-149., Blank leaves: 2-5, 7-8, 16-17, 65. Page 21 missing., and Rebound in blue morocco by Hodgson of Liverpool. Bookplate 1. Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763. Bookplate of Lord Derby.
Subject (Topic):: Art, Greek, Art, Roman, Classical antiquities in art, Antiquities, Roman, Greek, Bas-reliefs, Coins, Medals, and Vases
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Scritti di varie cose antiche].

30. [Tall vase decorated with lions and wheat sheaves] [art original].

Creator:: Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:: [not after 1824]
Call Number:: Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Wash drawing depicting an ornate vase apparently owned by Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill
Description:: Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 31 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Subject (Name):: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Art collections and Vases
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Tall vase decorated with lions and wheat sheaves] [art original].

31. [The reader tickled by Cupid] [graphic].

Published / Created:: [ ca. 1800?]
Call Number:: 800.00.00.143
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A young woman, viewed in profile, sits on a stool reading a book as Cupid, with his bow in hand, reaches to touch her with his arrow turning to smile at the viewer as he does so. In front of the woman is a table with more books, paper, and a feather pen in an ink well as well as an oil lamp. To the left on the ground is a large urn
Description:: Title and publication date assigned by curator.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):: Books, Cupids, Lamps, Reading, Women, Vases, and Writing materials
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [The reader tickled by Cupid] [graphic].

32. [Urns, jugs and vases] [art original].

Published / Created:: [not after 1797]
Call Number:: Folio 49 3582 (Oversize) Box 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Drawing of various containers sitting on an ornate mantel or shelf. Possibly drawn from life at Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill villa in Twickenham; alternatively, it could be a design drawing for the villa
Description:: Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., With several pencil sketches of a man's arm on verso., and Formerly laid in at page 97 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 (Name):: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Containers, Vases, Urns, and Mantels
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Urns, jugs and vases] [art original].

33. [Vase in which the cat died] [art original].

Creator:: Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:: [ca. 1800?]
Call Number:: 486 3
Collection Title:: Page 31. Strawberry Hill collection.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: Oriental china cistern
Description:: Title devised by curator., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local card catalog record., Date supplied by cataloger., With a contemporary note in pencil below image: From Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 31 in a volume with the manuscript spine title: Strawberry Hill collection by Thomas Bell.
Subject (Name):: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Vases and Porcelain
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Vase in which the cat died] [art original].

34. [Vase in which the cat died] [art original].

Creator:: Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:: [ca. 1801?]
Call Number:: 335 R
Collection Title:: Page 2 after The press at Strawberry Hill to ... the Duke of Clarence. Poems - Strawberry-Hill
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title supplied by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to G.P. Harding and supplied date of production from other drawings in the same volume that are signed "G.P.H. 1801"., and Mounted on page 2 after The press at Strawberry Hill to ... the Duke of Clarence, in a volume with the binder's title: Poems - Strawberry-Hill - 1757-1789.
Subject (Name):: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Vases and Porcelain
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Vase in which the cat died] [art original].

35. [Vase in which the cat died] [art original].

Creator:: Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:: [not after 1824]
Call Number:: Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Watercolor drawing that depicts the china fish bowl in which Horace Walpole's cat drowned
Description:: Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 14 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Subject (Topic):: Vases and Porcelain
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Vase in which the cat died] [art original].