Volume 2, page 396.4. Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of two circular seals side-by-side, the leftmost seal showing an armorial shield with bear and griffin supporters, surmounted by two helmets. On the seal on the right a shield on its side flanked by a lion rampant and an eagle, with feathers on either side and a crowned lion at top; this seal also has Latin text around its edge
Description:
Title devised by curator., Artist identified as Tovey in the Sotheby's catalogue description of the volume in which this drawing is bound., Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound., and Mounted on page 396.4 in volume 2 of James Dallaway's interleaved, extra-illustrated copy of his: Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England. Gloucester : Printed by R. Raikes, for T. Cadell, London, 1793.
Volume 2, page 398.3. Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of two seals, one above the other. The top seal shows Henry VIII on a throne holding the globus cruciger in his left hand and a dagger in his right hand; he is flanked by two armorial shields surmounted by crowns, and Latin text runs along the circular border of the seal. The bottom a seal of the Archbishop of York with Saint Peter holding a key and Saint Paul with a sword under the arches of a building and with Cardinal Thomas Wosley's coat of arms (in reverse) below identified by text in Latin encircling the border
Alternative Title:
Ego et rex meus
Description:
Title devised by curator; alternative title written in ink., Artist identified as Tovey in the Sotheby's catalogue description of the volume in which this drawing is bound., Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound., and Mounted on page 398.3 in volume 2 of James Dallaway's interleaved, extra-illustrated copy of his: Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England. Gloucester : Printed by R. Raikes, for T. Cadell, London, 1793.
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.
Subject (Topic):
Seals (Insignia), Coats of arms, Kings, and Clergy
Volume 4, after page 276. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Titled devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Place and date of production inferred from publication place and date of the book in which the drawing is found., In upper left, above the two depicted swords, is written in watercolor "Adml. De Winters sword, about 2 feet 6 inch long"; beside the handle of one of the swords is added "Adml. Duncan". In upper right, above the depicted coat of arms, is written "Spanish arms"., With another watercolor drawing on verso: [Spikes, ladle, hatchet, and other naval implements]., and Mounted after page 276 (leaf numbered '55' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of Joseph Spence's Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Subject (Name):
De Winter, Jan Willem, 1761-1812. and Duncan of Camperdown, Adam Duncan, Viscount, 1731-1804.
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 depicting black and yellow arms with two lion-like figures, which resemble the arms of William the Conquerer. The tile was formerly owned by Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title devised by curator., 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 37 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):
William I, King of England, 1027 or 1028-1087. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Pages 45-48. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Watercolor drawings of four tiles decorated with arms or other heraldic designs. These are presumably depictions of the Medieval tiles in the floor of the China Room at Strawberry Hill, stated by Horace Walpole to be from Gloucester Cathedral; however, the third drawing in the group is labeled "Tyle from Bysham Abbey" in pencil
Alternative Title:
Tiles with arms, from the cathedral at Gloucester
Description:
Title supplied by curator, taken from text on page 6 of the 1784 edition of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ..., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on death date of T. Crofton Croker, who assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., and Bound in as pages 45 to 48 in T. Crofton Croker's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Pages 45-48. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Watercolor drawings of four tiles decorated with arms or other heraldic designs. These are presumably depictions of the Medieval tiles in the floor of the China Room at Strawberry Hill, stated by Horace Walpole to be from Gloucester Cathedral; however, the third drawing in the group is labeled "Tyle from Bysham Abbey" in pencil
Alternative Title:
Tiles with arms, from the cathedral at Gloucester
Description:
Title supplied by curator, taken from text on page 6 of the 1784 edition of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ..., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on death date of T. Crofton Croker, who assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., and Bound in as pages 45 to 48 in T. Crofton Croker's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Pages 45-48. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Watercolor drawings of four tiles decorated with arms or other heraldic designs. These are presumably depictions of the Medieval tiles in the floor of the China Room at Strawberry Hill, stated by Horace Walpole to be from Gloucester Cathedral; however, the third drawing in the group is labeled "Tyle from Bysham Abbey" in pencil
Alternative Title:
Tiles with arms, from the cathedral at Gloucester
Description:
Title supplied by curator, taken from text on page 6 of the 1784 edition of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ..., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on death date of T. Crofton Croker, who assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., and Bound in as pages 45 to 48 in T. Crofton Croker's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Pages 45-48. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Watercolor drawings of four tiles decorated with arms or other heraldic designs. These are presumably depictions of the Medieval tiles in the floor of the China Room at Strawberry Hill, stated by Horace Walpole to be from Gloucester Cathedral; however, the third drawing in the group is labeled "Tyle from Bysham Abbey" in pencil
Alternative Title:
Tiles with arms, from the cathedral at Gloucester
Description:
Title supplied by curator, taken from text on page 6 of the 1784 edition of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ..., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on death date of T. Crofton Croker, who assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., and Bound in as pages 45 to 48 in T. Crofton Croker's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
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 depicting the painted glass shield, by William Price the younger, that hung over the door to the Little Parlour at Strawberry Hill
Alternative Title:
Fari quae sentiat
Description:
Title devised by curator., Motto on shield: Fari quae sentiat., 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 41 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.
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
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 3 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.
