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37. [The antiquary's last will and testament] [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [approximately 1814]
Call Number:: Print00240
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Death (left) poises his javelin, about to strike an old man in bed, reading a book by the light of a candle held in his left hand. The room is heaped with his treasures (armour, &c.). Rats scamper, chased by a cat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from description of a later state in the British Museum catalogue; the assigned title for each plate from The English dance of death is the heading to the opposite printed page., Early (proof?) state, before aquatint added. For a later state, see no. 12412 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Publisher and date of publication from imprint on later state: London, Pub. 1 April 1814, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, with possible loss of text below image., Later state issued in: Combe, W. The English dance of death. London : Published at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts ..., 1815-1816., This record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 320., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as Death., and Ink verse notation on verso, perhaps in Rowlandson's hand; additional pencil notation on verso.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Combe, William, 1742-1823.
Subject (Topic):: Death (Personification), Wills, Skeletons, Spears, Beds, Sleeping, Cats, Rats, Armor, Musical instruments, Books, Candles, Artists' materials, Urns, and Sculpture
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > [The antiquary's last will and testament] [graphic].

38. [Title page decorated with ivy growing out of an urn] [art original]

Creator:: Cronin, David Edward, 1839-1925, artist
Published / Created:: [between 1884 and 1890]
Call Number:: Folio 225 884S Copy 2
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Drawing of an urn from which grows ivy with clusters of purple berries climbing a stone wall behind; decorates the right margin of the text block on the title page
Description:: Title devised by cataloger., Signed by the artist with initials in lower left portion of image., Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period., Date from specially printed title page indicating that the volumes of this copy were "... privately illustrated 1884-1890"., and Bound in as page 14 in volume 10 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world/ edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Subject (Topic):: Vines and Urns
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Title page decorated with ivy growing out of an urn] [art original]

39. [Two ossuaria] [art original].

Creator:: 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:: Wash drawing depicting the two ossuaria that were kept by Horace Walpole in the garden at Strawberry Hill. The sides of each ossuarium are decorated with images of natural and supernatural creatures; each also has an inscription in Latin
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 203 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):: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Art collections, Urns, and Griffins
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Two ossuaria] [art original].

40. [Urn with handle] [art original]

Creator:: Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734-1808, artist
Published / Created:: [1776]
Call Number:: 49 3641 Shelved as 49 2523
Collection Title:: Page 196. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title devised by curator., Statement of responsibility and date written in ink on verso, in a contemporary hand. This annotation is written over a design in pencil and wash, presumably part of a larger drawing which is now mostly trimmed away., and Mounted on page 196 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
Subject (Topic):: Urns
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Urn with handle] [art original]

41. [Urn with two handles] [art original].

Creator:: 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 a green urn or vase with two handles that was apparently owned by Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill. Perhaps the large, damaged glass urn that was found near London and given to Horace Walpole by Dr. Charles Lyttelton, Bishop of Carlisle
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 33 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):: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Glassware and Urns
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Urn with two handles] [art original].

42. [Urns, jugs and vases] [art original].

Published / Created:: [not after 1797]
Call Number:: Folio 49 3582 (Oversize) Box 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Drawing of various containers sitting on an ornate mantel or shelf. Possibly drawn from life at Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill villa in Twickenham; alternatively, it could be a design drawing for the villa
Description:: Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., With several pencil sketches of a man's arm on verso., and Formerly laid in at page 97 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):: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Containers, Vases, Urns, and Mantels
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Urns, jugs and vases] [art original].