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1. [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].

2. Venus of Medicis [graphic]

Creator:: Thornthwaite, J., 1740?- printmaker
Published / Created:: [between 1771 and 1795]
Call Number:: Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title etched below image., Date of publication based on printmaker's active dates. See British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 140 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.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Aphrodite (Greek deity),
Subject (Topic):: Classical antiquities and Sculpture
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Venus of Medicis [graphic]

3. Aesculapii imago, una cum Telesphoro adjuncto ... [graphic]

Creator:: Mynde, James, 1702-1771, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1745]
Call Number:: Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Depiction of a statue of Asclepius, dressed in a toga, with his son Telesphorus at his side; both stand on a low, circular pedestal. This statue was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:: Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "E marmore"--Below image., "Tab. XI"--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:: R. Manby and H.S. Cox
Subject (Name):: Asklepios (Greek deity), Telesphorus (Greek deity), and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Classical antiquities and Sculpture
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Aesculapii imago, una cum Telesphoro adjuncto ... [graphic]

4. Aesculapii imago, una cum Telesphoro adjuncto ... [graphic]

Creator:: Mynde, James, 1702-1771, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1745]
Call Number:: Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Depiction of a statue of Asclepius, dressed in a toga, with his son Telesphorus at his side; both stand on a low, circular pedestal. This statue was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:: Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "E marmore"--Below image., "Tab. XI"--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 engraving on laid paper ; sheet 23.9 x 17.3 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: R. Manby and H.S. Cox
Subject (Name):: Asklepios (Greek deity), Telesphorus (Greek deity), and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Classical antiquities and Sculpture
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Aesculapii imago, una cum Telesphoro adjuncto ... [graphic]

5. Aliud vasculum ejusdem formae ac generis ... [graphic]

Creator:: Mynde, James, 1702-1771, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1745]
Call Number:: Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Drawing of an engraved patera, or shallow libation bowl. This object was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:: Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Ex aere" etched in lower part of plate, to the left of image., "Tab. XVI"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 141 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., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 26.3 x 17.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.
Publisher:: R. Manby and H.S. Cox
Subject (Name):: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Classical antiquities
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Aliud vasculum ejusdem formae ac generis ... [graphic]

6. Aliud vasculum ejusdem formae ac generis ... [graphic]

Creator:: Mynde, James, 1702-1771, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1745]
Call Number:: Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Drawing of an engraved patera, or shallow libation bowl. This object was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:: Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Ex aere" etched in lower part of plate, to the left of image., "Tab. XVI"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 185 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 on laid paper ; sheet 25.6 x 17 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: R. Manby and H.S. Cox
Subject (Name):: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Classical antiquities
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Aliud vasculum ejusdem formae ac generis ... [graphic]

7. Antinoi imago aenea, basi perpulchrae insistens ... [graphic]

Creator:: Mynde, James, 1702-1771, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1745]
Call Number:: Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Drawing of a statue of Antinous; cloth draped over left shoulder and around left forearm; standing on an ornate plinth. The statue was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744 and on view
Description:: Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Text "ex aere" is etched near the bottom of the plate, to the left of the tripod., "Tab. XII"--Upper right corner., 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., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 26.3 x 13.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:: R. Manby and H.S. Cox
Subject (Name):: Antinoüs, approximately 110-130, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Classical antiquities and Sculpture
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Antinoi imago aenea, basi perpulchrae insistens ... [graphic]

8. Antinoi imago aenea, basi perpulchrae insistens ... [graphic]

Creator:: Mynde, James, 1702-1771, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1745]
Call Number:: Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Drawing of a statue of Antinous; cloth draped over left shoulder and around left forearm; standing on an ornate plinth. The statue was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744 and on view
Description:: Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Text "ex aere" is etched near the bottom of the plate, to the left of the tripod., "Tab. XII"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 150 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 engraving on laid paper ; sheet 25.6 x 13.2 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: R. Manby and H.S. Cox
Subject (Name):: Antinoüs, approximately 110-130, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Classical antiquities and Sculpture
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Antinoi imago aenea, basi perpulchrae insistens ... [graphic]

9. As Romanorum libralis, ejusque partes. Ubi de aeris fignandi auctore ... [graphic]

Creator:: Mynde, James, 1702-1771, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1745]
Call Number:: Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Depiction of seven Roman weights(?), numbered in Roman numerals from I to VII. The sides of the circular objects bear pictures of various heads, beasts, objects and symbols. Three of the objects have their obverse and reverse depicted side by side, the two faces connected with a horizontal double line. All were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:: Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Ex aere" etched in lower center, below object numbered "VI"., "Tab. XVIII"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 116 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 engraving on laid paper ; sheet 22.4 x 18.5 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: R. Manby and H.S. Cox
Subject (Name):: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Classical antiquities and Weights & measures
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > As Romanorum libralis, ejusque partes. Ubi de aeris fignandi auctore ... [graphic]