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 of the view of Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, with the Thames River and the lawns
Description:
Title devised by curator., Companion drawing to his: Strawberry Hill chiefly taken in the year 1769 by Mr. Sandby. Lewis Walpole call no.: 49 3485 (12) no. 1., Drawing that was later used as the basis of an engraving for A description of the villa of Horace Walpole (1784) entitled: South front of Strawberry Hill., and Paul Sandby (bap. 1731-1809), English artist and architect.
Portrait of Anthonis Mor (ca. 1517-1576 or 7), portrait painter, born in Utrecht, Netherlands. He worked in London from 1553 until 1555 in the service of Prince Philip (later Philip II of Spain) until 1555. In addition to the portraits of members of the English court, he also portrayed élite merchants and financiers
Alternative Title:
Sir Antonio More and Anthonis Mor
Description:
Title from print based on this drawing, in Anecdotes of painting in England., Drawing that was later used for an engraving published in : Anecdotes of painting in England, with some account of the principal artists / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v.1, opp. p. 122., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Painted glass with Walpole arms and English stained glass panel depicting the Walpole coat-of-arms
Description:
The portion of the stained glass that was formerly at the top of the five windows in the Gallery, which includes the quarterings of the Family of Walpole, embellished by a variety of old mosaic glass. Formerly located in the Gallery of Strawberry Hill. The areas of glass which today appear clear had been painted in Walpole's time with blue enamel, probably once with blue florets. Remnants of the enamel can be seen in several sections, notably along the bottom edge. This piece was placed in the window opposite the chimneypiece -- from "Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill.", Title devised by curator., Text from the 1774 and 1784 editions of Description of the villa of Horace Walpole, youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole Earl of Orford at Strawberry-Hill: 64 [Gallery]. In the windows, painted by Peckitt, are all the quarterings of the familyic glass, the size of each, 3 feet 6 inches wide by 1 foot 6 inches high., Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: The beautiful old stained glass at the top of the five windows in the Gallery, which includes all the quarterings of the Family of Walpole, very rich in colour, and embellished by a variety of fine old mosaic glass, the size of each, 3 feet 6 inches wide by 1 foot 6 inches high., and Also available as a digital reproduction.
Volume 2, page 19. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
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1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man standing in profile to left, whole-length, with a hat, sack over shoulder, axe in hand."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by curator., Printmaker identified as Edward Haistwell in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1931,0413.205., Identification of printmaker is confirmed by a letter, pasted above print in album, from Richard Bull to Horace Walpole. In sending the print to Walpole, Bull mentions that it was "engrav'd by Mr. Haistwell, formerly a fellow commoner of C.C.C. College Cambridge [sic]"., Print signed with "CCCC", which probably stands for "Corpus Christi College, Cambridge", where Edward Haistwell was a fellow commoner., and Mounted on page 19 in volume 2 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Figure of Moses, on a pedestal in a niche; sitting, looking away to right, right hand twined in his long beared with the wrist resting on a book propped beside him. On the pedestal are three lines of text beginning: Moysis ingens ex marmore simulacrum ...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Printmaker, place of production, and date range for production from the Victoria and Albert Museum online catalogue, museum no.: DYCE.1169., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from bottom right., and Mounted on page 124 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.
Laurence Sterne stands on the left facing Death who has just come in the door (right) carrying an hourglass and carrying a walking stick. On the wall behind him is a map of the fortifications of Namur and on the table by his side, a statue of Diana of the Ephesians under a glass dome (bell glass) as well as a feather pen in an ink stand. Below the table is a jackboot. Between the two columns of verse below the image in a cartouche is a butterfly fluttering over a torch, a reference to the soul
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Date from manuscript note in Horace Walpole's hand., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and sides., Five lines from Tristam Shandy below image in English and Italian, etched below image: and when Death himself knocked at my door, ye had him come again, and in so gay a tone, of careless indifference, did ye doit, that he, doubted of his commission. There must certainly be some mistake in thy matter, quoth he ..., In lower left corner: Price half-crown., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Aristotle's works -- Ovid -- A sentimental journey by Laurence Sterne -- Emblems: mundane egg -- Reference to plagiary -- Machine for tearing books., and Annotated by Horace Walpole below plate line: Sterne, author of Tristam Shandy, done at Florence.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768 and Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Subject (Topic):
Death, Hourglasses, Skeletons, and Staffs (Sticks)
End flyleaf. Miscellanies historical and phililogical.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Attributed to Horace Walpole in local card catalog record., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., and Drawn on end flyleaf in Horace Walpole's copy of Miscellanies historical and phililogical.
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
