Wash drawing of the side of the 16th-century oak chair, with Latin text carved into the arms and back of the chair, kept by Horace Walpole in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill
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 118 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.
Page 393. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depiction of the 16th-century oak chair from Glastonbury Abbey, an item from Horace Walpole's collection at Strawberry Hill that was sold at auction in 1842
Description:
Title supplied by curator., Page reference, lot number, and statement of responsibility written in ink below image. Artist "E.B." identified as E. Bell in local card catalog record., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, in which this drawing is found as an illustration., and Drawn in the right margin of page 393 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Depiction of the front and back of the 16th-century oak chair kept by Horace Walpole in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill. In the border of the print is etched a reproduction of the Latin text that was carved into the chair
Alternative Title:
Outside left arm, Da pacem Domine ...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Text within print border: Outside left arm, Da pacem Domine; outside of the right arm, Sit Laus Deo; on the inside of [the] rt. arm, Joannes Arthurus; on the inside of [the] back, Monacus Glastonie; inside left arm, salvet eum Deus., Questionable date of publication supplied by cataloger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 96 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 : etching on wove paper ; sheet 22.8 x 16.5 cm.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1810]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
Collection Title:
Page 46a. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of a chair, possibly the "chair covered with purple cloth" that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Holbein at Strawberry Hill. The purple cushion, with two tassels hanging from the front, sits in a simple wood frame; the arms and back of the chair are upholstered in the same purple fabric secured at the edges with furniture nails
Description:
Title from local catalog card., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card., Date based on death date of Thomas Kirgate, who likely assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., and Inlaid on page 46a in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
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:
Watercolor drawing showing three chairs kept by Horace Walpole in the Star Chamber at Strawberry Hill. At top is depicted a chair with a triangular seat; below are two small Welsh armchairs, blue and white with cushions of point-lace, the one on the right also having the arms of Mr. Richard Bateman on its backrest
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 108 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.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
[26 May 1797]
Call Number:
797.05.26.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two images on one plate. The top image represents a master glowering at his terrified footman; the bottom image shows a mistress scowling at a frightened maid
Description:
Title from item., Numbered 'Plate 6' in upper left corner., Title devised by cataloger., Plate from: An Olio of Good Breeding ... / by G.M. Woodward. London : Printed for the author and sold by W. Clarke ..., [1797]., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 26, 1797, by G.M. Woodward, Berners Street
Volume 2, opposite page 178. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Depiction of the finely carved chair, the back ornamented with grotesque heads and the center bearing the date 1601, that was owned by Horace Walpole and sold in lot 117 on the seventeenth day of the 1842 Strawberry Hill Sale
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., At top of sheet is a small (30 x 50 mm) pen and ink drawing showing the details of the coat of arms carved into the backrest of the chair., and Bound in opposite page 178 in volume 2 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Translated title supplied by curator., Date derived from pre-revolutionary style of poster., Publisher supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Council on Health Education, 4 Quinsan Gardens, Shanghai, China
Subject (Topic):
Public health, Posture, Health literacy, School children, Health and hygiene, Health education, Children, and Chairs
Title supplied by curator., From: Hieronymous Brunschwig, Chirurgua, das ist, Hankwürckung der Wundtartzney M. Jeronymi Braunschwig, Augsburg: A. Weissenhorn, 1534., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Alexander Weissenhorn
Subject (Name):
Brunschwig, Hieronymus, approximately 1450-approximately 1512.
Subject (Topic):
Medical consultation, Surgeons, Wounds and injuries, Treatment, Physicians, Wounds & injuries, Surgical instruments, and Chairs
Volume 1, page 161. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The auctioneer George Robins is shown full-length in profile to the left, sitting at a small table draped with a tablecloth, an inkwell and a goblet on the table in front of him. He sits on the 16th-century oak chair from Glastonbury Abbey, an item from Horace Walpole's collection at Strawberry Hill that Robins auctioned off in 1842
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Signed with initials and dated by the artist in lower left corner of image., and Bound in as page 161 in volume 1 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Subject (Name):
Robins, George Henry, 1777-1847, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Auctioneers, Tables, Chairs, Writing materials, and Drinking vessels
