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37. [Altar to Vespasian, with inscription] [art original].

Creator:: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, artist
Published / Created:: [not after 1797]
Call Number:: Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A drawing of the Roman sepulchral altar that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill. The side of the altar bears an image in bas-relief of a man sacrificing; below the image is the inscription "TI. CLAVDIVS AVG. L. DOCILIS AEDITVS AEDIS FORTVNAE TVLLIANAE." An area at the top of the drawing is labeled "To be restored," and on the left and bottom edges are written the altar's height and width in feet. A bust of Vespasian, from the collection of Cardinal Ottoboni, stood on this altar
Description:: Title devised by curator., Unsigned; attribution to Horace Walpole from curator., Date of production based on artist's death date., and Mounted on page 112 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.
Subject (Name):: Vespasian, Emperor of Rome, 9-79, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Classical antiquities, Altars, and Sacrifices
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Altar to Vespasian, with inscription] [art original].

38. [Ceres seated with a bull in her lap] [graphic].

Published / Created:: [1786]
Call Number:: Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Plate depicting a statue of Ceres at center (labeled "Fig. 1"), with several medals depicted below (labeled "Fig. 2" and "Fig. 3"). Ceres is represented seated, holding a cup in her left hand and various fruits in her right hand; a bull, the emblem of the power of the Creator, is in her lap. This ancient bronze statue was kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill
Description:: Title devised by cataloger., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print was issued., Plate from: Knight, R.P. An account of the remains of the worship of Priapus ... at Isernia ... in two letters ... London : Printed by T. Spilsbury, 1786., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Plate VIII"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 151 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 : etching and crayon manner on wove paper ; sheet 22.5 x 18.5 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: T. Spilsbury
Subject (Name):: Ceres (Roman deity) and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Classical antiquities, Sculpture, and Medals
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Ceres seated with a bull in her lap] [graphic].

39. [Ceres seated with a bull in her lap] [graphic].

Published / Created:: [1786]
Call Number:: Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Plate depicting a statue of Ceres at center (labeled "Fig. 1"), with several medals depicted below (labeled "Fig. 2" and "Fig. 3"). Ceres is represented seated, holding a cup in her left hand and various fruits in her right hand; a bull, the emblem of the power of the Creator, is in her lap. This ancient bronze statue was kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill
Description:: Title devised by cataloger., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print was issued., Plate from: Knight, R.P. An account of the remains of the worship of Priapus ... at Isernia ... in two letters ... London : Printed by T. Spilsbury, 1786., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Plate VIII"--Upper right corner., and Mounted on page 119 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:: T. Spilsbury
Subject (Name):: Ceres (Roman deity) and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Classical antiquities, Sculpture, and Medals
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Ceres seated with a bull in her lap] [graphic].