Portrait of Madame de Prie, half-length, directed to right, looking to front, index pointing upwards, a bird perched on her right hand
Description:
Title from note in Horace Walpole's hand below image on mounting page., Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, whose manuscript annotation is present., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., A version of this portait, done in crayons, was hung by Horace Walpole in the Red Bed Chamber at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 70 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):
Berthelot de Pléneuf, Agnès, marquise de Prie, 1698-1727, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"The marriage of Henry VII, the crowned king in his ermine-lined robes of state over a heraldric tabard holding his sceptre and accompanied by the bishop to the right and Elizabeth of York in an embroidered floral gown accompanied by a bearded priest in long robes to the left, the ornamented arches of the cathedral above them and the interior view stretching away into the distance."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Marriage of Henry VII and Marriage of Henry the Seventh
Description:
Title from published state of the plate., Artist from statement of responsibility on published state: John Mabuse p., Early (proof?) state, before title and artist's name added to plate. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0822.6094., Publication information from that of the volume in which a later state of the plate appeared., A later state of this plate was published in: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780]., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Engraved after the painting hung by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 107 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 Title "Marriage of Henry 7th" and statement of responsibility "J. Mabuse pinx." added by Horace Walpole in brown ink below image.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509,, Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Henry VII, King of England, 1465-1503,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Portrait of a woman, head and shoulders slightly to left, head turned to right and glancing towards the viewer, wearing a low-necked gown with a rope of pearls hanging from the shoulder and a veil over her hair; in an oval
Description:
Title from note below image in Horace Walpole's hand., Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, whose annotation is present on sheet., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., and Mounted on page 68 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.
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 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)
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.
Volume 1, page 77. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"This etching gives a portrait to the hips in profile, to our right, of an elderly woman, with a big nose and a protruding lower jaw: she wears a close cap, trimmed with lace at the fore edges; her right hand hangs in front of her body in a listless manner; she stoops."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mrs. A. Young, of Eltham, 1746
Description:
Title from contemporary note in brown ink below image., Additional title from annotation on British Museum impression of a variant state; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1852,1211.148., Printmaker and date from Horace Walpole's note in brown ink, in lower right corner: By Mr. W. Fauquier 1783., Variant (later?) state, with printmaker's initials etched in lower right corner. For a state lacking these initials, see no. 2845 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3., and Mounted on page 77 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
"Portrait of Baroness Mary Nolcken, or Mary Le Maistre, seated to front resting on table with her hands clasped in her lap, almost three-quarter length, and facing left, her hair elaborately done with long plait falling over her right shoulder."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum online catalogue., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Mrs. Lemaitre, since married to Baron Nolliken envoy from Sweden," written in black ink below artist and printmaker by unknown hand., Mounted on leaf numbered 8 in an album of 50 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm, Ms. notes written in black ink by unknown hand., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 21st, 1771, by J. Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
Drawing of a plan for one pier for the Great Cloister at Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex; with extensive notes on the design and measurements. An incomplete pencil sketch on verso. Harris notes: "It is difficult to relate this drawing to the Great Cloister. It may be for Bateman's cloister at Old Windsor."
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Part of a watermark at top of sheet, centered., One of 11 drawings numbered 56-66 by W.S. Lewis, continuing the numbering used for an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760]., and Harris dates these drawings tentatively between 1757-1760.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
