Volume 2, page 15. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 7. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A girl sitting on a chair with weary expression outside a cottage, her parents standing either side of her anxiously, a cat in the left foreground, the sea behind at left with a boat."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
My faither urg'd me sair, my mither did nae speak ...
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., State from: Baudi di Vesme, A. Francesco Bartolozzi., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Two lines of text below image: My faither urg'd me sair, my mither did nae speak, but she look'd in my face till my heart was like to break. Auld Robin Gray., Dedication etched above imprint statement: To Her Grace the Dutchess of Hamilton and Brandon, this print after an original drawing by H. Bunbury Esqr. is with the greatest respect dedicated by Her Graces most obedient humble servant, W. Dickinson., Mounted on page 7 of: Bunbury album., and 1 print : stipple engraving and etching in sepia ink on laid paper ; circular image 30.0 cm, on sheet 41.1 x 36.3 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 10th, 1783, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
Volume 2, page 15. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 7. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A girl sitting on a chair with weary expression outside a cottage, her parents standing either side of her anxiously, a cat in the left foreground, the sea behind at left with a boat."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
My faither urg'd me sair, my mither did nae speak ...
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., State from: Baudi di Vesme, A. Francesco Bartolozzi., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Two lines of text below image: My faither urg'd me sair, my mither did nae speak, but she look'd in my face till my heart was like to break. Auld Robin Gray., Dedication etched above imprint statement: To Her Grace the Dutchess of Hamilton and Brandon, this print after an original drawing by H. Bunbury Esqr. is with the greatest respect dedicated by Her Graces most obedient humble servant, W. Dickinson., and Mounted on page 15 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 10th, 1783, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
View of houses along the shore of Isleworth Middlesex as seen from the Thames River. Ladies and gentlemen stroll on the path along the river. One gentleman alights from a boat that has pulled up to the landing on the right as his companion turns to pay the boatman
Description:
Title from curator., After the title is written, in same unknown hand, "H. Walpole's collection.", Attributed to J.-H. Müntz., and Press-mark C.1.22 in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763; moved to the Round Tower.
Subject (Geographic):
England, Middlesex., and Isleworth (London, England)
Nine views, arranged in three rows with three each, showing castles and fortifications, houses, bridges over rivers, and harbor
Description:
Title and publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., Plate numbered "34" in upper right corner., and Partial watermark at lower edge: [...]C [...]06?
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Topic):
Bridges, Castles & palaces, Forts & fortifications, Dwellings, and Bays (Bodies of water)
Drawing of the exterior of the Great Cloyster (ground floor) and Gallery (first floor) that form part of the southern facade of Strawberry Hill. Two rows of arched windows are depicted, and a doorway is present in the lower right. At top is seen a castellated roofline with evenly-spaced spires. Measurements are written in various places to provide scale
Description:
Title devised by curator., Statement of responsibility written below image on mounting page, in Thomas Kirgate's hand., Date of production based on John Chute's death date., and Mounted on page 103 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):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
End flyleaf. Miscellanies historical and phililogical.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Attributed to Horace Walpole in local card catalog record., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., and Drawn on end flyleaf in Horace Walpole's copy of Miscellanies historical and phililogical.
Watercolor drawing of the front of Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill villa in Twickenham, as viewed from the north. The large white house can be seen in the middle distance, a blue turret roof capped with a weather vane rising above the crenellated walls. A brick wall, the top of which is covered with ivy, separates the house from the road in the foreground. A man walks on the road toward the house; the back wheels of a carriage can be seen further down the road, the front end having disappeared around a corner to the right. Tall trees with green foliage frame the right and left sides of the image; a blue sky is seen above
Alternative Title:
North view of Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right corner., Mounted on page 15 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.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Dwellings
