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1. [Roman coins and medals] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Barlow, Inigo, artist, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1789]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Plate with numbered depictions of the obverse and reverse of fourteen Roman coins and medals. Numbered "4" among these is a gold medal, with heads of Marc Anthony and his wife Octavia, that was formerly in the collection of Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Pinkerton, J. An essay on medals: or, An introduction to the knowledge of ancient and modern coins and medals; especially those of Greece, Rome, and Britain. London : Printed for J. Edwards ... and J. Johnson ..., 1789., "Vol. I, plate 2"--Upper right corner., Imperfect; only top half of plate is present, with bottom half and all text trimmed away. Description based on a more perfect impression., Mounted on page 111 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 wove paper ; sheet 7.4 x 10.3 cm., Imperfect; only bottom half of plate is present, with top half and all text trimmed away., This impression probably represents the bottom half of a plate sent by Horace Walpole to Richard Bull. See top half of plate and note from Walpole to Bull mounted on preceding page (page 110)., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- J. Edwards and J. Johnson
- Subject (Name):
- Antonius, Marcus, 83 B.C.?-30 B.C., and Octavia, -11 B.C.,
- Subject (Topic):
- Classical antiquities, Coins, and Medals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Roman coins and medals] [graphic]
2. [Roman coins and medals] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Barlow, Inigo, artist, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1789]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Plate with numbered depictions of the obverse and reverse of fourteen Roman coins and medals. Numbered "4" among these is a gold medal, with heads of Marc Anthony and his wife Octavia, that was formerly in the collection of Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Pinkerton, J. An essay on medals: or, An introduction to the knowledge of ancient and modern coins and medals; especially those of Greece, Rome, and Britain. London : Printed for J. Edwards ... and J. Johnson ..., 1789., "Vol. I, plate 2"--Upper right corner., Imperfect; only top half of plate is present, with bottom half and all text trimmed away. Description based on a more perfect impression., Mounted on page 110 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., With manuscript label on separate strip of paper mounted below image: Mr. Walpole's unique gold is no. 4 of this plate., Mounted beside a note from Horace Walpole to Richard Bull in which Walpole mentions the depiction of his Marc Anthony medal in the second edition of Pinkerton's An essay on medals. In the note Walpole also mentions sending along the plate in question, and the impression mounted here probably represents the top half of the plate he sent to Bull., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- J. Edwards and J. Johnson
- Subject (Name):
- Antonius, Marcus, 83 B.C.?-30 B.C., and Octavia, -11 B.C.,
- Subject (Topic):
- Classical antiquities, Coins, and Medals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Roman coins and medals] [graphic]
3. [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].
4. [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].
5. [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].
6. 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]
7. Quatuor vascula, lacrymatoria, ut vulgo vocantur ... [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 four tear-shaped vessels, one at each corner of the plate, with a shorter cup-shaped vessel in the middle. These vessels 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., Text "e vitro" is etched twice at the bottom of the plate, once below the vessel in the lower left and once below the vessel in the lower right., "Tab. VI"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 44 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 22.9 x 17.6 cm, 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, Containers, Glassware, and Pottery
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Quatuor vascula, lacrymatoria, ut vulgo vocantur ... [graphic]
8. Quatuor vascula, lacrymatoria, ut vulgo vocantur ... [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 four tear-shaped vessels, one at each corner of the plate, with a shorter cup-shaped vessel in the middle. These vessels 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., Text "e vitro" is etched twice at the bottom of the plate, once below the vessel in the lower left and once below the vessel in the lower right., "Tab. VI"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 33 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 23.7 x 18.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- R. Manby and H.S. Cox
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Classical antiquities, Containers, Glassware, and Pottery
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Quatuor vascula, lacrymatoria, ut vulgo vocantur ... [graphic]
9. Quatuor item vascula vitrea, in eundem usum parata ... [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 four glass vessels with sepulchral functions. The two flask-shaped vessels at top were apparently used to hold oils and the pot-shaped vessels below used to hold ashes. These vessels 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., Text "e vitro" etched at bottom of plate., "Tab. VII"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 44 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 21.4 x 19.9 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, Containers, and Glassware
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Quatuor item vascula vitrea, in eundem usum parata ... [graphic]