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1. Adelaide first seen in the Gardens of Bagnieres [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 November 1785]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 41. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A young woman wearing a plumed hat, carrying a feather fan, walking in a garden, past an urn set on a plinth, with two other women standing behind her to right, one fastening a corsage, wearing a striped scarf over her hair; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., One line of text below title: Je l'aimais dès ce premier moment, & ce moment à decidè de toute me vie. "Le Comte de Commenge.", and Mounted on page 41 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Novr. 26th, 1785, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Tencin, Claudine Alexandrine Guérin de, 1682-1749.
- Subject (Topic):
- Gardens, Urns, and Feathers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Adelaide first seen in the Gardens of Bagnieres [graphic]
2. Bronze vase [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1810]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
- Collection Title:
- Page 68c. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of a urn-shaped bronze vase that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. On the side of the vase is a scene in bas-relief, taken from an antique by Fiammingo, of five naked boys surrounding a long-haired calf(?). The vase was formerly part of the Harleian collection
- Description:
- Title written in pencil below image., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card., Date based on death date of Thomas Kirgate, who likely assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., Possibly a preparatory sketch for a finished piece. Marginal notes in pencil indicate that there should be "4 ring[s]" in the coiled handles and that the right side of the drawing should be the "shade side"; a note within the vase's shadow indicates "shade"., and Mounted on page 68c in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Vases, Urns, and Bas-reliefs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Bronze vase [art original].
3. Cabinet at Strawberry Hill [art original]
- Creator:
- Edwards, Edward, 1738-1806, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1781]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of the inside of the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. Small paintings hang on the walls; figurines, small statues, and urns fill the niches in the walls. The rosewood cabinet, in which Horace Walpole kept enamels and miniatures, is mounted on the wall near the center of the image. Two stools with red cloth occupy the corners. A domed ceiling with a yellow star at its center is seen above; the carpet below mirrors the ceiling in having a large yellow star among its ornamentation
- Description:
- Title written on mount below image., Signed with initials and dated by the artist on mount., and Mounted on page 126 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)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Interiors, Galleries (Display spaces)., Cabinets (Case furniture)., Sculpture, and Urns
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Cabinet at Strawberry Hill [art original]
4. Chimney in the Round Room [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1784] and [printing after 1798]
- Call Number:
- SH Views Ed25 no. 10 Box 105
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of the chimney piece in the Round Room at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, shown with vases on the mantel and andirons
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Numbered in upper right corner: "Vol. II. P. 468"., First state of the plate, without volume and page numbering, engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784., and Plate from: The works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1798, vol. ii.
- Publisher:
- G.G. and J. Robinson
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Andirons, Chimneypieces, Mantels, Urns, and Vases
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Chimney in the Round Room [graphic].
5. Chimney in the Round Room [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1784]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of the chimney piece in the Round Room at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, shown with vases on the mantel and andirons
- Description:
- Title etched below image., First state of the plate, before volume and page numbering added in upper right corner., Plate engraved for: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry-Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 156 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 laid paper ; plate mark 24.5 x 19.5 cm, on sheet 28.6 x 23.3 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Printed by Thomas Kirgate
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Andirons, Chimneypieces, Mantels, Urns, and Vases
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Chimney in the Round Room [graphic].
6. Chimney piece in Round Room [art original]
- Creator:
- Edwards, Edward, 1738-1806, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1781]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of the chimney-piece in the Round Drawing Room at Strawberry Hill, the design of which was taken from the tomb of Edward the Confessor. Two silver andirons sit inside the chimney; three large jars and two beakers, also of silver, sit on the mantel above the chimney. A scale bar (in feet) runs along the bottom of the drawing
- Description:
- Title written on mount below image., Signed with initials and dated by the artist on mount., and Mounted on page 120 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)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Chimneypieces, Andirons, Mantels, Urns, and Vases
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Chimney piece in Round Room [art original]
7. Frontispiece to Lond. mag. 1760 [graphic]
- Creator:
- Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1760]
- Call Number:
- 760.00.00.17
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Frontispiece to London magazine 1760
- Description:
- Title etched above image in upper right., Publisher and place of publication inferred from those of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Frontispiece from: The London magazine; or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : Printed for R. Baldwin ... , 1732- , v. 29 (1760), page 393., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: figure of Concord -- Figure of Justice -- Figure of Religion -- Figure of Liberty -- Figure of Providence -- Containers: funeral urn -- Monuments: funeral obelisk.
- Publisher:
- R. Baldwin
- Subject (Name):
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760 and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
- Subject (Topic):
- Death and burial, Britannia (Symbolic character), Justice, Liberty, Urns, Obelisks, and Cornucopias
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Frontispiece to Lond. mag. 1760 [graphic]
8. Jack and the bean stalk [graphic]
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1833]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Jack cutting the bean stalk leading to the fall of politicians with money bags and precious objects."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Jack and the beanstalk
- Description:
- Title from item., Initials of printmaker Charles Jameson Grant in lower left corner of design., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Wood engraving with letterpress text., Ten lines of text below title: In the days of King Blubberhead, Billy the Silly, there lived an old woman, y'clept Bull, who had a foster-son, y'clept Jack Rouseall, a rare blustering blade ..., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of imprint. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., and No. 98.
- Publisher:
- Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians, Vines, Axes, Falling, Money, Urns, and Chalices
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Jack and the bean stalk [graphic]
9. Lynn & Sharpes, artificial stone manufactory, No. 1 James Street, Golden Square for all kinds of ornament, figures, vases &c. For internal as well as external decoration. NB. Plaistering in general. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1800?]
- Call Number:
- 66 800 C69
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Alternative Title:
- Lynn and Sharpes, artificial stone manufactory ...
- Description:
- Title from text in center of image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides., and Part of a collection of 10 trade cards and tickets housed together in a box.
- Publisher:
- Lynn & Sharpes
- Subject (Topic):
- Urns and Sculpture
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Lynn & Sharpes, artificial stone manufactory, No. 1 James Street, Golden Square for all kinds of ornament, figures, vases &c. For internal as well as external decoration. NB. Plaistering in general. [graphic]
