Collection of small engravings from various works printed at Strawberry Hill. These include two fleurons, two decorated initial letters, two of Horace Walpole's bookplates (one printed on orange paper), and several vignettes, two of which are signed "...
Description:
Title from note in Horace Walpole's hand near bottom of page.
Pair of wash drawings, one above the other, showing overall and detail views of the bronze hand kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. Described by Walpole as "an Egyptian hieroglyphic hand," this sculpture is shown in the top drawi...
Alternative Title:
In the Tribune (size of the original) ; All the work round the hand
Drawing of three objects kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. In the upper left is a depiction of Henry VIII's dagger, a Turkish work having a case and handle of chalcedonyx set with diamonds and rubies; the blade of steel damaske...
Alternative Title:
(These subjects slightly sketch'd from the originals)
Description:
Title devised by curator; alternative title written in ink below images.
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547., Claude, Queen, consort of Francis I, King of France, 1499-1524., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"The marriage of Henry VII, the crowned king in his ermine-lined robes of state over a heraldric tabard holding his sceptre and accompanied by the bishop to the right and Elizabeth of York in an embroidered floral gown accompanied by a bearded priest ...
Alternative Title:
Marriage of Henry VII and Marriage of Henry the Seventh
Description:
Title from published state of the plate.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509,, Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Henry VII, King of England, 1465-1503,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
View of Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill estate from the northeast with the villa in the distance on the left, the obelisk in the center, and a cottage, on the right. On the hill below the obelisk, one man lies face down while the second figure is sea...
