Title from ms. note in Horace Walpole's hand., State before inscription., Sheet trimmed to plate mark. Bottom two corners trimmed at an angle., and Bottom two corners also trimmed at an angle.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Jany. 29 1779, by Wm. Doughty, No. 4 Little Litchfield St., Cavendish Square
"Portrait of a woman (possibly Mary Ruthven or Princess Mary), bust-length, turned to the right, with curly hair, pearl necklace, and embroidered dress."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from manuscript annotation in pencil above image, on mounting page., Place of publication based on printmaker's nationality; date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1888,0612.40., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of statements of responsibility from bottom edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., and Mounted on page 163 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.
Portrait of Mary Fairfax Villiers, wife of George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham; bust-length, shoulders slightly to right, head facing forward and glancing towards the viewer; wearing a gown with a single jewel or pearl hanging from the center of its low neckline; hair in curls
Description:
Title from note above image in Horace Walpole's hand., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility written below image in Horace Walpole's hand: S. Cooper pinx. ; Worlidge excudit., Date of publication based on printmaker's death date., After a miniature by Cooper that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Library at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 76 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 Additional annotation in ink at bottom of sheet, in Horace Walpole's hand: She is mention'd in Grammont.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Buckingham, Mary Villiers, Duchess of, 1638-1704, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
The scene in the church after Manfred has stabbed his daughter Mathilda. She lies on a cot as Theodore holds her head in his hands; a monk with a crucifix in his hand also attends her. Behind the monk, Manfred with arms crossed against his chest looks down in anguish. In the background (right) the right arm of the statue of Alfonso the Good points down accusatorily at the scene unfolding below his tomb
Description:
Title devised by curator. and Date based on Horace Walpole's letter (dated 22 February 1796) to Bertie Greatheed's father in which he admires his son's four drawings that were inspired by his reading of The Castle of Otranto. All four drawings are bound in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of The Castle of Otranto (Lewis Walpole Library 49 3729).
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Churches, Homicides, Monks, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the characters Matilda and Theodore speaking to one another from windows on separate levels of the castle. One facade of the castle is shown, with two trees growing in the foreground and additional trees, fields, hills, and a pond visible in the distance on the right. Matilda can be seen in the open half of an arched window on the upper floor; she looks outward, her arm propped against the opposite side of the window. Theodore, in a similar pose, looks out from the open window on the level below
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist not identified., Date of production supplied by curator., and Mounted opposite page 69 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].
Depiction of a large gold medal of Henry VIII. The obverse, with the king's titles in Latin around the edge and his head in profile at center, is shown at left. The reverse, with the king's titles listed in Hebrew and Greek and "Londini 1545" present below, is shown at right
Alternative Title:
Medal of Henry VIII
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, who included an impression of this print in his extra-illustrated copy of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole., Horace Walpole kept an example of this medal in the rose-wood case in the Library at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 88 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.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Depiction of a silver medal of Pope Julius III that was struck by Queen Mary at the restoration of the Roman Catolic religion in England. The obverse, comprising the left half of the design, shows a bust portrait of the Pope in profile with his title in Latin around the edge. The reverse, comprising the right half of the design, shows six full-length figures, with the Pope at center and one figure kneeling down before him; the text "Anglia resvrges" is present above this scene and "Vt nvnc novissimo die" is present below
Alternative Title:
Medal of Julius III
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, who included an impression of this print in an extra-illustrated copy of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Horace Walpole kept an example of this medal in the rose-wood case in the Library at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 89 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.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Julius III, Pope, 1487-1555, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Depiction of a gold medal of Mark Anthony. The obverse, comprising the left half of the design, bears his head in profile to the right with Latin text around the edge. The reverse, comprising the right half of the design, bears the head of Octavia, also in profile to the right and also surrounded by Latin text
Alternative Title:
Medal of Marc Antony
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, who included an impression of this print in an extra-illustrated copy of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Horace Walpole kept an example of this medal in the rose-wood case in the Library at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 90 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.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Antonius, Marcus, 83 B.C.?-30 B.C.,, Octavia, -11 B.C.,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A young Miss Palmer, niece of Sir Joshua Reynolds, seated and shown three-quarter length, directed and looking to the left, with a mantle around her shoulders and gloves. Her hair piled high and adorned with pearls
Description:
Title from ms. note in Horace Walpole's hand., Plate was first published by J.R. Smith in 1777. It was published again with the address of J. Boydell, 1778., Sheet trimmed to plate mark. Bottom two corners trimmed at an angle., Miss Palmer was the niece of Sr. Joshua Reynolds and wife of Mr. Gwarkin., and Bottom two corners trimmed at an angle.
