Pencil drawing of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, in profile looking left, half-length view, seated in a chair
Description:
Title written in pencil below image., Date based on entry in James Farington's Anecdotes of Walpole: "Saturday July 13th [1793]. Went early this morning in company with Mr George Dance, the architect ... In the forenoon Mr Dance made a drawing from his Lordship's profile, an excellent resemblance ...", and Patrick Noon of the Yale Center for British Art believes that this is in fact a tracing by William Daniell made from the Dance original. See Object File in The Lewis Walpole Library.
"Portrait of Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, when a boy, whole length, standing to front in a park, holding a scroll, leaning on a table, with head turned to look to right at an old, half-naked man, seated on a tree trunk, addressing him; another man seated at left in a contemplating pose; Walpole's villa at Strawberry Hill in background."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1875,0508.479
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece to volume 1 and Lord Orford's Memoires
Description:
Title from text above and below image., Publication information from that of the volume to which this print is a frontispiece., and Frontispiece to volume one of: Walpole, H. Memoires of the last ten years of the reign of George the Second. London: J. Murray, 1822.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length portrait of Horace Walpole; his left hand leaning on a book; a view of Strawberry Hill behind him
Description:
Title written in ink in open letters below image., Unsigned; attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., After a portrait by John Giles Eccardt, commissioned by Horace Walpole, that hung in the Blue Bed Chamber at Strawberry Hill. Cf. National Portrait Gallery, London, no.: NPG 988., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 71 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
SH Contents L572 no. 1 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 34
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Portrait of Horace Walpole, age 10, shown half-length, in a long powdered wig, cravat, and blue velvet coat
Alternative Title:
Portrait of Horace Walpole, age 10
Description:
Title from note on verso in Charles Bedford's hand., Artist unknown, possibly by Bernard Lens., and No. 228 in the Catalogue of Framed Pictures in the Lewis Walpole Library.
Portrait of Horace Walpole, full length, facing right, stooped forward slightly with bent knees, walking on tiptoe; wearing a lavender suit and tan stockings; holding a tricorne in front of him, his curled white wig exposed; woodwork, a vase, and a framed painting are visible in the background on the right; a bust on a pedestal, a stained glass window, and the railing to a staircase are visible through a doorway on the left
Description:
Title written below image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right portion of image., Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period., Page reference written below title: Page 293., and Bound in as page 249 in volume 12 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1757]
Call Number:
Portraits W218 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1819/1821); standing three-quarter length to left and leaning his right elbow on table, his right hand to his cheek, eyes to front, wearing plain coat and waistcoat, lace collar and cuffs; published second state. The objects on the table are a print of the Roman eagle at Strawberry Hill, which Walpole considered 'one of the finest pieces of Greek sculpture in the world' (see Description of Strawberry Hill, Works, v. ii, p. 463), an ink pot and quill; a roll of manuscript, and three books
Alternative Title:
Horace Walpole : youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1757]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1819/1821); standing three-quarter length to left and leaning his right elbow on table, his right hand to his cheek, eyes to front, wearing plain coat and waistcoat, lace collar and cuffs; published second state. The objects on the table are a print of the Roman eagle at Strawberry Hill, which Walpole considered 'one of the finest pieces of Greek sculpture in the world' (see Description of Strawberry Hill, Works, v. ii, p. 463), an ink pot and quill; a roll of manuscript, and three books
Alternative Title:
Horace Walpole : youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 8 (formerly G) 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 1 print : mezzotint on laid paper ; sheet 35.9 x 25.7 cm.
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1757]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1819/1821); standing three-quarter length to left and leaning his right elbow on table, his right hand to his cheek, eyes to front, wearing plain coat and waistcoat, lace collar and cuffs; published second state. The objects on the table are a print of the Roman eagle at Strawberry Hill, which Walpole considered 'one of the finest pieces of Greek sculpture in the world' (see Description of Strawberry Hill, Works, v. ii, p. 463), an ink pot and quill; a roll of manuscript, and three books
Alternative Title:
Horace Walpole : youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 3 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., 1 print : mezzotint on laid paper ; sheet 35.7 x 25.5 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark; with Horace Walpole's bookplate (bookplate 5, type 1), printed on red paper, pasted in lower left corner of image., and For further information, consult library staff.
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1757]
Call Number:
SH Contents R462 no. 10+ Impression 1 Box 200
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1819/1821); standing three-quarter length to left and leaning his right elbow on table, his right hand to his cheek, eyes to front, wearing plain coat and waistcoat, lace collar and cuffs; published second state. The objects on the table are a print of the Roman eagle at Strawberry Hill, which Walpole considered 'one of the finest pieces of Greek sculpture in the world' (see Description of Strawberry Hill, Works, v. ii, p. 463), an ink pot and quill; a roll of manuscript, and three books
Alternative Title:
Horace Walpole : youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On the back of the picture which hung in his bedroom, Walpole copied a passage in Latin from de Thou's autobiography.
