Volume 1, page 60. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
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1
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still image
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Depiction of a bust statue of a man, with Greek lettering on its base
Description:
Title devised by curator., Artist unidentified., Date from pencil annotation "-Re-1743-" beneath image, which may represent the production date of the drawing., and Mounted on page 60 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
A full-length portrait of a boy in three-quarter view facing left. The subject stands on an ornate rug and rests one hand on the back of a red chair. He wears a black hat with red band atop a long curly wig and lavish gold and red garments over a white cravat and ruffled sleeves. Through an open passage on the right is a landscape with a large architectural structure. A distant figure stands before it. This portrait hung at Strawberry Hill and was identified by Horace Walpole as Dorothy Townshend painted by Godfrey Kneller. Dorothy Walpole Townshend was Horace Walpole’s aunt and godmother
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal. and Formerly attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller and but now (2005) attributed to the Circle of Jacob Huysman.
Page 198. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
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1
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still image
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Title devised by curator., Statement of responsibility and date written in ink on verso, in a contemporary hand., Mounted above on the same page is a pen and ink drawing by John Gooch: Wm. Cole de Milton juxta Cantabrigiam, A:M:., and Mounted on page 198 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
Volume 1, page 17. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
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1
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still image
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Title devised by curator., Artist's name and date written in ink below image., This drawing was sent to Horace Walpole by John Fenn in 1774, with Walpole speculating on the identity of the sitter in his response. For a transcription of the letter and a reproduction of the drawing, see Horace Walpole's letter to John Fenn, 17 September 1774 (Yale edition, Horace Walpole's correspondence, v. 16, pages 232-235)., and Mounted on page 17 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.
A preliminary drawing showing the elevation of a design for the screen in the Holbein Chamber at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, Middlesex, with brattishing over the door added in pencil. One of three designs for the screen included in Walpole's album of Bentley drawings
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Formerly mounted on the verso of leaf 55 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760]., and Date from J. Harris.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Volume 1, page 10b. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
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1
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still image
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Bust-length portrait of a military officer, in profile to the right, wearing a tricorne hat
Description:
Title, printmaker, and date of publication supplied by curator., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 10b in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
"Portrait of Richard Tompson, half-length in an oval, long hair, wearing neckcloth and robe."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Richard Tompson
Description:
Title from later state., First state of the plate, before sitter's name added below image. See: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: P,6.175., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 152 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., and Sitter's name and occupation written in ink below image, in a contemporary hand: Thompson, printseller.
SH Contents B87 no. 1 Framed, shelved in Object Room A:B
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1
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A view of Richmond Hill, near Twickenham
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned., Formerly hung on the staircase at Strawberry Hill. See Description of Strawberry Hill, vol. ii, p. 420., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Richmond Hill (Richmond upon Thames, London, England)
Volume 1, page 15. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
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1
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still image
Alternative Title:
Inveniam viam avt faciam and Inveniam viam aut faciam
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Motto in upper left portion of image: Inveniam viam avt faciam., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 15 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.
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.
