Title from text etched at bottom of plate; the name "Wm. Beckford" in title is an etched facsimile of Beckford's signature., Date of publication from that of the periodical in which the plate appeared., Plate from: The lady's magazine. London : S. Robinson, v. 3 (New Series) no. 12, December 1822., and Two images on one plate, each with a caption etched below; upper image is captioned "View from the great western entrance" and lower image is captioned "S.E. view."
Title etched below image., Plate from: Havell, R. A series of picturesque views of noblemen's & gentlemen's seats ... London : Published ... by R. Havell, Chapel Strt., 1823., Dedication etched below title: To William Beckford Esqr., the founder of this splendid mansion, the present plate is inscribed., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Published July 1, 1823, by R. Havell, 3 Chapel St., Tottenham Court Road
Varrall, John Charles, active 1818-1848, printmaker
Published / Created:
April 1, 1823.
Call Number:
Babb-Beckford no. 73
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Fonthill Abbey, distant view from southwest
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Britton, J. Graphical and literary illustrations of Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire. London : Printed for the author, 1823., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge.
"View of park, with lake in the centre, the house on the other side of the lake, two figures under trees in the left foreground, one standing and playing the flue, the other sitting and listening, herd and flock to the right; after JMW Turner (Wilton 334)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Angus, W. The seats of the nobility and gentry in Great Britain ... [Islington] : Published by W. Angus ..., Feby. 1, 1787 [i.e. 1787-1815], "Pl. 50"--Upper right corner., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs March 1st, 1800, by W. Angus, No. 4 Gwynne's Buildings, Islington
"View of park, with lake in the centre, the house on the other side of the lake, two figures under trees in the left foreground, one standing and playing the flue, the other sitting and listening, herd and flock to the right; after JMW Turner (Wilton 334)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Angus, W. The seats of the nobility and gentry in Great Britain ... [Islington] : Published by W. Angus ..., Feby. 1, 1787 [i.e. 1787-1815], "Pl. 50"--Upper right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : steel engraving on wove paper ; sheet 20.4 x 26.3 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs March 1st, 1800, by W. Angus, No. 4 Gwynne's Buildings, Islington
Title etched below image., Plate from: Hoare, R.C. The history of modern Wiltshire: hundred of Dunworth and vale of Noddre. London : Printed by and for John Bowyer Nichols and son ..., 1829., and "Plate II"--Above image.
Title etched below image., Plate from: Hoare, R.C. The history of modern Wiltshire: hundred of Dunworth and vale of Noddre. London : Printed by and for John Bowyer Nichols and son ..., 1829., and "Plate III"--Above image.
View of the house from across a field, trees on either side and a low hill rising in the background; horses, sheep and cows graze in the foreground
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Hutchins, J. The history and antiquities of the county of Dorset. 2nd ed. London : Printed by J. Nichols, 1796-1815., "Vol. I, p. 584"--Upper right corner., and Laid in at beginning (between front free end-paper and flyleaf) of volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs July 1, 1794, by J. Nichols, Red Lion Passage, London
Watercolor of the view from the Library at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, with horse and carriage in the distance
Description:
Inscription in ink, in lower right corner of image: "from the library window at Strawberry hill 1783." The hand that wrote the title is the same hand that wrote the title for "Armour of Francis I". G. Harding?, On the verso of the drawing in pencil: "Drawn by Mr. Edwards, mentioned in one of his letters.", Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and Edwards, Edward (1738-1806), British painter.
Drawing of the garden gate at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham and the grounds beyond, with trees on either side
Description:
Title written on mount below image., Signed with initials and dated by the artist on mount., and Mounted on page 171 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)
