A view of the north front of Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill with a procession lead by a group of monks proceeding away from the viewer toward the entrance of the villa. Also on the road are a coach and a post-chaise with a dog racing along side, supposedly on their way to Hampton Court. On the far right along the fence that encloses the property opposite, is a fountain whose spout is in the shape of a lion's head
Alternative Title:
North entrance of Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title devised by curator. and Note on back of frame: "Rowlandson, North Entrance of Strawberry Hill."
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England), England, and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, Carriages & coaches, Houses, Monks, Fountains, and Religious processions
"Mary kneeling and holding out the Christ child to the high priest, who leans down with open arms; a group of men looking on from a higher level between pillars, one climbing down; Joseph standing behind Mary in a humble attitude to right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from published state., Proof state with scratched lettering. For published state with title, painting dimensions, new statements of responsibility and new publication line engraved below image, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1861,1109.248., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Engraved after the painting kept by Horace Walpole in the Great North Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill. The published state of the plate includes the text "From the original picture painted by Rembrandt, in the collection of the Honble. Horace Walpole" below image; see British Museum catalogue., and Mounted on page 160 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.
Volume 2, page 62. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young man in a cap sitting on a basket, smoking a pipe, a tankard in his hand, resting on his crossed legs, his right arm draped over the back of a chair at left, his hat fallen on the ground beside; circular design after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title from later state., Early state, before addition of title and before alterations to publication year and publisher's street address in imprint. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1873,0712.440., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 62 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., and Title written in ink below image, in a contemporary hand: The repose.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs April 7th, 1787, by J. Jones, No. 63 Great Portland Street
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Baskets, Drinking vessels, and Pipes (Smoking)
Holy Family seated before a steep hill in a landscape with lush trees. Mary with a gold halo holds the infant savior on her lap. Joseph sits to her proper right. The young St. John the Baptist standing to Mary’s proper left extends his hand with and offering for the infant. Flanking the group, winged putti gather flowers and pet a sheep. A pile of fruit lies before them. In the left foreground is a body of water. Buildings are visible in the left distance
Alternative Title:
Holy Family, in a landscape and Holy family, with boys and angels, in a landscape
Description:
Title devised by curator., Label on front of frame: Avont Pieter van 1600-1652., Attributed by Horace Walpole to Pieter Van Artois. Now attributed by curator to Antwerp School, first half of the 17th century., Text from 1774 Description: East end: ... Holy family, with boy angels, in a landscape; by Van Artois, scholar of Rubens: from Sir Robert Walpole's collection. Formerly hung in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., and Title from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: The Holy Family, in a Landscape. St. John is seen presenting fruit to the Infant Saviour, with Angels fondling a Lamb and gathering fruit and flowers, a highly finished and exquisite specimen of the art, the colours most brilliant and in fine preservation, on copper, by Van Artois, a pupil of Rubens. From Sir Robert Walpole's collection.
View of the north side of the house at Strawberry Hill, looking towards the screen leading into the Prior's garden. The exterior walls of the house rise above on the left; in the middle distance a man stands within the doorway to the garden, the open door behind him. The courtyard wall and door leading to the road are seen at right
Description:
Title devised by curator., Artist and date of production from curator., 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 (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the characters Matilda and Theodore shown at center talking in a church, one on either side of the statue marking the tomb of Alphonso; Theodore wears full armor and Matilda wears an orange gown. Behind Matilda on the right is Manfred, who interrupts the conversation by reaching over Maltida's shoulder and stabbing her with the dagger held in his left hand. The interior of the church forms the background, with statues in alcoves along the wall on the right and a row of arched windows along the wall on the left
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist not identified., Date of production supplied by curator., and Mounted opposite page 228 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Churches, Interiors, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Homicides
A view of the stairway at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, looking up towards the Armory. The ornate railing of the staircase, each post of which is topped with a single antelope supporting a shield, is prominent in the foreground; its winding path up to the landing containing the Armory and further up to the next floor can be traced. On display on the back wall of the Armory is a cluster of weapons and armor, visible between two columns supporting decorative arches on the ceiling. A stained glass window is visible on the left wall of the Armory; armorial shields are seen above the doors to the right of the window. The walls are decorated with Gothic tracery; part of a quatrefoil window is visible at the top of the image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 93 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 (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Arms & armament, Interiors, and Stairways
Volume 2, page 63. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A woman in a bonnet hunching over and pulling her cloak around her against the high wind and rain, blowing her skirts from the left; oval design after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title from later state., Early state, before addition of title and before alterations to publication year and publisher's street address in imprint. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2427., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 63 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., and Title written in ink below image, in a contemporary hand: The storm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs April 7th, 1787, by J. Jones, No. 63 Great Portland Street
Watercolor of the Tribune at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham
Description:
John Carter (1748-1817), British draughtsman and antiquarian., Title devised by curator. Formerly attributed to Edward Edwards., and Exhibited in 1789. See The Royal Academy of Arts / Algernon Graves. London : Henry Graves and Co., Ltd., 1905, p. 4.
SH Contents B373 no. 7 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 40
Image Count:
1
Description:
Lady Diana Beauclerk, English artist, 1734-1808., Title, date, and artist from print based on this drawing published in The fables of John Dryden (London : T. Bensley, 1797)., and One of a series of nine illustrations for this edition of Dryden's Fables.
