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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. An elegy, addressed to His Serene Highness Prince Leopold, on the death of our much beloved and lamented Princess, Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales and Saxe Cobourg, who departed this life November 6, 1817

Published / Created:: [1817]
Call Number:: File 56 C47 817El
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: text and still image
Abstract:: Illustrated memorial published after the death of Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Wales, who died after giving birth to a stillborn child in 1817. One of many similar memorials using the same illustration (an urn beneath a weeping willow) but with different verses
Description:: Title from item., Letterpress text with engraved illustration above; within a mourning border., First line of verse beneath title: Trembling I touch the plaintive chord, to speak our England’s grief ..., and "Maria" written in a contemporary hand in lower right corner. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: Published by the authoress, and sold by T. Gardiner and Son, 20, Princes-street, Cavendish-square; and at No. 209, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):: Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817
Subject (Topic):: Urns
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > An elegy, addressed to His Serene Highness Prince Leopold, on the death of our much beloved and lamented Princess, Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales and Saxe Cobourg, who departed this life November 6, 1817

3. An elegy, on the death of Mrs. Mayhew, wife of Mr. Isaac Mayhew, who departed this life. Dec 31. 1814 in the twenty fifth year of her age and was interred at Croydon, in Surrey, Jan 8th 1815

Creator:: Shakeshaft, John, active 1815-1818
Published / Created:: [1815]
Call Number:: File 763 815 Sh525
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: text
Description:: Caption title., In verse., In two columns, with three woodcuts, two skulls and crossbones and one urn, above the title and with printer's ornaments around and between columns on three sides., "Price one penny."--Following title., First line: Ah! Mary dear! how soon thy days are fled., and Mounted on recent card sheet. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: Printed and sold by J. Pitts, 14 Great St Andrew Street, Seven Dials
Subject (Name):: Mayhew, Mary, 1789-1814
Subject (Topic):: Skull & crossbones and Urns
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > An elegy, on the death of Mrs. Mayhew, wife of Mr. Isaac Mayhew, who departed this life. Dec 31. 1814 in the twenty fifth year of her age and was interred at Croydon, in Surrey, Jan 8th 1815

4. Another green bag!!, or, Plundering the Q-n's plate vide Dr. L-n's speech, July 15, 1820. [graphic]

Published / Created:: [July 1820]
Call Number:: Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A large green bag with broken seals, inscribed 'Private Property', stands on the ground filled with large ornate pieces of plate, decorated with crowns and the initials 'C.P.W.' This Ministers are rifling; Eldon places on his head a huge bowl, saying: "This Bowl will be an "heir loom" to my descendants--I have it Scot free and I shall have it inscribed with my Titles and emblazon'd with my Arms--" Canning holds on his head a tea-service, saying, "So help me G-- I should not touch an Iota of the Plate, was I not determined to prevent it falling into the hands of Such Rascals." Castlereagh, smiling, helps himself to an urn, saying: "This Urn will be an addition to my Side Board when I get a Dukedome--Our Master has desired us to divide the Contents of this Green bag--I obey orders--." In the doorway (left) stands John Bull in a smock; he waves his hat to a throng of country people who are running towards him, saying: "Theives! Theives!! Let us protect private property!!!" The country people shout "Stop Theif!!"; "Assist the Q--n"; "Robbers!!"; "Plunderers!!" On the right Sidmouth and a man in court-dress hurry off each with a (green) sack of 'Plunder' on his back; Sidmouth, carrying a tea-urn, says: "Let us make our Escape my L--d its all over with us let us take care of what we have got." The other, carrying a kettle on his head, says: "This is a pretty kettle of Fish that fellow has given the Alarm and we shall be pursued." They walk towards a flaming fire in the foreground, in which is the Devil pointing his trident at the plunderers, and shouting, "Gentlemen I am come for ye." A pendant to this on the left is a newly-made grave: 'The Grave', with skull, bones, pick, and shovel.."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Plundering the Q-n's plate and Plundering the Queen's plate
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 46 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Eldon," "Canning," "Liverpool," "Sidmouth," and "Castlereagh" identified in pencil at botoom of sheet. Typed extract of seven lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:: Published July 1820 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Name):: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Canning, George, 1770-1827
Subject (Topic):: John Bull (Symbolic character), Bags, Robberies, Bowls (Tableware), Tea services, Urns, Doors & doorways, Fire, and Devil
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Another green bag!!, or, Plundering the Q-n's plate vide Dr. L-n's speech, July 15, 1820. [graphic]

5. 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].

6. 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]

7. 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].

8. 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].

9. 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]