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:
Drawing depicting both sides of a silver medal from Italy that Horace Walpole kept in the Library at Strawberry Hill. On one side is the head of Queen Mary of England and on the other is the head of Philip II of Spain; both heads are shown in profile
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 99 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):
Mary I, Queen of England, 1516-1558,, Philip II, King of Spain, 1527-1598,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Portrait of Lady Sofia Farmor in the form of a medal and Mediceae veneris sublimem interroget artem, qui Sophiae charites pingere, et ora velit ...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Four lines of Latin text printed in letterpress below plate: Mediceae veneris sublimem interroget artem, qui Sophiae charites pingere, et ora velit. Virtutem et patriae studium meditetur; amores noverit hic Sophiae, noverit ingenium., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appeared., Plate from: Raccolta di varie canzoni sopra diversi leggiadri soggetti. : A sua eccellenza Mylady Sofia Farmor. In Firenze : Nella stamperia di Bernardo Paperini, 1740., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., Mounted on page 144 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., Annotation in pencil below plate and above Latin text: Lady Sopia Fermour. Privat., and For further information, consult library staff.
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.,
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.,
A silver medal from Holland, with satirical images of Oliver Cromwell. On the obverse is a bust of Oliver Cromwell, crowned with laurel leaves and in armor; on the reverse, Cromwell kneels in the lap of Britannia, with his breeches down, as the French and Spanish ambassadors in the background argue over who shall kiss first. Formerly housed in the Library at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist not identified., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 99 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):
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A sketchbook of drawings of antiquities, with brief notations about the objects depicted, in multiple hands. Horace Walpole describes the volume in his 1774 Description of Strawberry Hill as "a book of drawings of vases, bas-reliefs, and other antiquities." These very fine, detailed drawings in a variety of media -- graphite, pen and ink, wash, and watercolor -- are in some cases mounted onto the leaves, in other cases, drawn directly onto the rectos
Alternative Title:
Drawings from coins, medals, bronzes, etc. from Greek and Roman antiquities and Book of drawings of vases, bas-reliefs, and other antiquities
Description:
Pietro Santi Bartoli, Italian painter, etcher and engraver, active in Rome., Title from Hazen., No text; a few notes in Italian and Latin., Title from f. [1r] of item. "The title, distributed over six lines on the frontispiece ... was riddled with gaps -- "SO...TI [or "SC...TI"]/D... / VAR ... /COSE / ANTI / CHE"--which I suggest should be read as "Scritti di varie cose antiche" (Notes on various ancient objects)". From Irène Aghion's unpublished research. Aghion also identifies the artist as Bartoli., Cited in Allen T. Hazen's Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library, no. 2371 (New Haven : Yale University Press, 1969) and titled: Drawings from coins, medals, bronzes, &c., In his Description of Strawberry Hill (1774), Horace Walpole cites the volume as: A book of drawings of vases, bas-reliefs, and other antiquities., Rebound in blue morocco by Hodgson of Liverpool, with gold tooled borders and blind-stamping on boards. 'Antiquities. Original drawings' in gold on spine; gilt edges. Binder's stamp on verso of front flyleaf., With the armorial bookplate of Earl of Derby, 1775-1851 and press mark 26. B ; and with the bookplate of Horace Walpole (BP1)., Numbered pages bound in the following sequence: 1-2, 4-5, 3, 6-7, 9-10, 8, 11-16, 18-20, 17, 22-149., Blank leaves: 2-5, 7-8, 16-17, 65. Page 21 missing., and Rebound in blue morocco by Hodgson of Liverpool. Bookplate 1. Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763. Bookplate of Lord Derby.
Subject (Topic):
Art, Greek, Art, Roman, Classical antiquities in art, Antiquities, Roman, Greek, Bas-reliefs, Coins, Medals, and Vases
Depiction of a silver medal of Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, when he was Lord High Treasurer. The obverse, comprising the left half of the design, shows a bust portrait of Lord Southampton in profile to the left. The reverse, comprising the right half of the design, bears his name and title in Latin and a date: Thomas Comes Sovthamptoniae Svmmvs Angliae Thesavrarivs & MDCLXIIII
Description:
Title devised by curator., Engraved after a medal created by Abraham Simon., Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, who included an impression of this print in an extra-illustrated copy of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Horace Walpole kept an example of this medal in the rose-wood case in the Library at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 89 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:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Southampton, Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of, 1607-1667.
Engraved depiction of a medal on the destruction of the Spanish Armada, the obverse depicted at the top of the design and the reverse depicted below it. Inscribed on obverse: "O COECAS HOMINVM MENTES O PECTOEA COECA" (Oh! the blind minds, the blind hearts of men); "DVRVM EST CONTRA STIMVLOS CALCITRARE" (It is hard to kick against the pricks--Acts ix. 5). Inscribed on reverse: "VENI VIDE VIVE 1588" (Come, see, live); "TV DEVS MAGNVS ET MAGNA FACIS TV SOLVS DEVS" (Thou, God, art great and doest wondrous things; thou art God alone--Psalms. lxxxvi. 10). Translations from the British Museum online catalogue and "Silver medal: (obverse) Pope, kings, bishops and others, seated in consultation, with bandaged eyes; the floor filled with spikes. (reverse) The Spanish fleet driven against rocks ... The obverse sarcastically satirizes the vain efforts of the Pope, the Emperor, Philip II, the Duke de Guise and other Princes, who had confederated against Elizabeth. The reverse records the destruction of the Spanish Armada, and ascribes the event to the immediate interference of Heaven."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an example of the medal after which this plate was engraved
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, who included an impression of this print in an extra-illustrated copy of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Horace Walpole kept an example of this medal in the rose-wood case in the Library at Strawberry Hill., For a description of an example of the medal, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1950,0805.3., and Mounted on page 89 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.