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1. An excellent ballad of a dreadful combat betwen [sic] Moore of Moore-Hall and the dragon of Wantley
- Published / Created:
- [1760?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- Excellent ballad of a dreadful combat between Moore of Moore-Hall and the dragon of Wantley and Excellent ballad of a dreadful combat betwen Moore of Moore-Hall and the dragon of Wantley
- Description:
- Date of publication from ESTC., Verse begins: "Old stories ells how Percules"., The "t" of "tells" has failed to print., Percules" is a corruption of "Hercules"., In four columns with the title above the first two and a woodcut above the first; the columns are separated by ornamental rules., Mounted on leaf 7. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
- Publisher:
- s.n.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dragons, Knights, and Armor
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An excellent ballad of a dreadful combat betwen [sic] Moore of Moore-Hall and the dragon of Wantley
2. Battle of Bosworth Field [graphic]
- Creator:
- Thomson, Joseph, active 1790-1799, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Novr. 1st, 1802.
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 812 B68
- Collection Title:
- Plate [82] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; battle scene with soldiers and horses falling as a knight lances another in the foreground, a soldier at right directing troops with sword raised in the midst of combat at right."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides., and Plate [82] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
- Subject (Topic):
- Campaigns & battles and Knights
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Battle of Bosworth Field [graphic]
3. The beautiful shepherdess of Arcadia
- Published / Created:
- [1760?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- In four columns, with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are separated by a line of ornaments., Full stop after "daughter" in first line of verse, Verse begins: "There was a shepherd's daughter.", Date from ESTC., Mounted on leaf 6. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
- Publisher:
- Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-Yard, Bow-Lane
- Subject (Topic):
- Young men, Conduct of life, Young women, Love, Courtship, Knights, and Shepherdesses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The beautiful shepherdess of Arcadia
4. The combate in Paris between Iohn de Astley and Peter de Masse, 29 Aug. an. 1438 [art original]
- Creator:
- Tovey, J., active 1793-1801, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1793]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 142 793D
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 64.1. Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A jousting scene, with mounted knights charging in front of three stands full of spectators, including Charles VII of France
- Alternative Title:
- Combat in Paris between John de Astley and Peter de Masse, 29 Aug. an. 1438
- Description:
- Title written in ink within banner at top of image., Statement of responsibility written in ink on mounting sheet, below lower right corner of image., For the print from which this drawing was copied, see the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.4121., and Mounted on page 64.1 in volume 1 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 (Topic):
- Jousting and Knights
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The combate in Paris between Iohn de Astley and Peter de Masse, 29 Aug. an. 1438 [art original]
5. The combate in Smithfield betwixt Iohn de Astley and Sr. Philip Boyle, 30 Ian. an. 1441 [art original].
- Creator:
- Tovey, J., active 1793-1801, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1793]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 142 793D
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 64.2. Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- At a tournament with stands of spectators on two sides, and the royal stands with King Henry VI in the center flanked by his court on either side, in Smithfield, London; two knights battle on foot
- Alternative Title:
- Combat in Smithfield betwixt John de Astley and Sir Philip Boyle, 30 Jan. an. 1441
- Description:
- Title written in ink within banner at top of image., Artist identified as Tovey in the Sotheby's catalogue description of the volume in which this drawing is bound., Copied from a print by Wenceslaus Hollar; cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.4121., Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound., and Mounted on page 64.2 in volume 1 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 (Topic):
- Fighting and Knights
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The combate in Smithfield betwixt Iohn de Astley and Sr. Philip Boyle, 30 Ian. an. 1441 [art original].
6. The parting of Hotspur and Lady Percy [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dickinson, William, 1746 or 1747-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 June 1784]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 37. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Hotspur on horseback at right, placing his hand on his chest and looking down at the Lady Percy standing at left in feathered hat with a handkerchief in her hands, accompanied by two woman, the elder holding the hand of a little girl, castle behind; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker attribution to Dickinson from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2990., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Dedication etched below title: To Lady Williams Wynne, this print after an original drawing by H. Bunbury Esqr. is with the greatest respect dedicated by her Ladyships most obedient humble servant, W. Dickinson., Probably an illustration to Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part I., and Mounted on page 37 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd June 26th, 1784, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Percy, Henry, Lord, 1364-1403,, and Percy, Elizabeth, 1371-1444,
- Subject (Topic):
- Knights, Castles & palaces, Handkerchiefs, Children, and Arrivals & departures
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The parting of Hotspur and Lady Percy [graphic]
7. [Castle of Otranto] [art original]
- Creator:
- Joinol (Artist)
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1795]
- Call Number:
- 24 17 795 Copy 2
- Collection Title:
- Opposite frontispiece. Castello di Otranto.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawn frontispiece to Horace Walpole's novel The castle of Otranto, with the Gothic castle featured prominently at center, rising above a tall fortification wall. In the foreground are three mounted knights in full armor and two additional knights on foot leading them. On the far left outside the walls is a church; rolling hills and trees are seen in the distance
- Alternative Title:
- Castello di Otranto
- Description:
- Title devised by curator; alternative title from the print that was engraved after this drawing., Signed by the artist in ink in lower right corner., Date of production based on publication date of the book issued with a frontispiece engraved after this drawing., Original drawing for the frontispiece, engraved by Thomas Medland and entitled Castello di Otranto, that was issued with the 1795 edition in Italian of The castle of Otranto., and Inlaid opposite frontispiece in a copy of: Walpole, H. Il castello di Otranto. Londra : Presso, Molini, Polidor, Molini, ed I. Edwards, 1795.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Castles & palaces and Knights
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Castle of Otranto] [art original]
8. [Heraldic figures] [art original]
- Creator:
- Tovey, J., active 1793-1801, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1793]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 142 793D
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 182.1. Inquiries into the origin and progress of the science of heraldry in England.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A drawing in four compartments, two in a row and each labeled: In the upper left, the knight "William de la Zuche, 1280" is shown in profile to the left, kneeling and praying, a dagger hanging from his belt and with a scroll starting at his mouth with the words "Miserere Mei Deus". On the upper right "Alicia de Wolvey, 1326" is shown standing and facing the viewer, with shoulder-length hair, dressed in a long gown and holding up an armorial shield in each hand. In the lower left, "Maud Baroness Clifford, 1370" is shown kneeling and with hands in prayer holding a rosary, turned slightly left; she wears a bonnet and cape. In the lower right, the knight "Guy de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, 1312" faces the viewer, wearing armor and a helmet, his hands clasped in prayer
- Alternative Title:
- From Dugdale's History of Warwickshire
- Description:
- Title devised by curator; alternative title written in ink below image., Statement of responsibility written in ink on mounting sheet, below lower right corner of image., Presumably copied from illustrations by Wenceslaus Hollar from: Dugdale, W. The antiquities of Warwickshire illustrated. London : Printed by Thomas VVarren, in the year of our Lord God, 1656., Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound., and Mounted on page 182.1 in volume 1 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):
- Dugdale, William, 1605-1686.
- Subject (Topic):
- Prayer and Knights
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Heraldic figures] [art original]
9. [Isabella comforting the dying knight] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1800]
- Call Number:
- 24 17 791P Copy 7
- Collection Title:
- Opposite page 152. Castle of Otranto.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto: Isabella standing at left in front of the mouth of a cave, her left hand held out in front of her and her right hand at her breast. On the ground in front of her lies a knight in armor wearing a red sash; Theodore, also wearing armor, stoops down and holds the hand of the injured knight. Several servants mull around behind Isabella; beyond them on the right is a forest, at the edge of which a horse waits
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist not identified., Date of production supplied by curator., and Mounted opposite page 152 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Caves and Knights
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Isabella comforting the dying knight] [art original].
