- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1797]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Watercolor drawing depicting a head of King Henry III carved in oak. The king wears a crown, and curled hair protrudes out from under it on both sides. The date(?) "12 III 16" and decorative symbols fill the space above the head
- Alternative Title:
- Henry III
- Description:
- Title from note in black ink below image, perhaps in the artist's hand., Artist's name added by Horace Walpole in brown ink in lower right corner., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., Three lines of descriptive text written below title in black ink: This head (carv'd in oak) is in the possession of Dr. Palmer of Peterborough Northamton shire and was brought from Barnwell Church near Oundle Norn. shire about 40 years ago. Henry the Third endow'd this church. This drawing is half the size of the original head., Two additional annotations by Horace Walpole in brown ink are present; below the descriptive text is written "The upper part above the crown is modern, and the date wrong" and at the bottom of the sheet is written "Now at Mr. Walpole's at Strawberry Hill.", and Mounted on page 73 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 (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Kings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Henry the Third [art original]
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- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Watercolor drawing of Henry III and Queen Eleanor, taken from a stained glass window originally in Bexhill and later acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the Chapel at Strawberry Hill. The king and queen are shown three quarter length, under gothic tracery, wearing crowns, with architectural details behind them. A scale bar bar is drawn beneath them
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image on mounting sheet., Note in ink below title: The only portraits of them extant., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 229 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., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272,, Eleanor, of Provence, Queen, consort of Henry III, King of England, 1223 or 1224-1291,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Stained glass
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Henry the Third and Eleanor of Provence his queen brought from Bexhill Church in Sussex. [art original]
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1797]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 485 842 C76 IV Copy 3
- Collection Title:
- Volume 3, page 246b. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Queen Eleanor, Henry III
- Description:
- Title from note in ink below image, in Horace Walpole's hand., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on death date of Horace Walpole, whose annotation is present below image., and Mounted on page 246b in volume 3 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
- Subject (Name):
- Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272,, Eleanor, of Provence, Queen, consort of Henry III, King of England, 1223 or 1224-1291,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Stained glass
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Queen Eleanor, Henry 3d from an ancient window at Bexhill in Sussex, and now at Strawberry-Hill. [art original]
- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- March 1st, 1782.
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Depiction of a head of King Henry III carved in wood. The king wears a crown, and curled hair protrudes out from under it on both sides. The date(?) "12 III 16" and decorative symbols fill the space above the head
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from title page of the work for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: Carter, J. Specimens of the ancient sculpture and painting, now remaining in this kingdom ... London : Published as the act directs by John Carter, Wood St. Westminster, 1780-87 [1780-94]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 96 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., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs by Jon. Carter, Wood St., Westminster
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Kings, Sculpture, and Wood carvings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The head of King Henry the Third (carv'd in oak) it was brought from Barnwell Church near Oundle Northamtonshire [sic], when it was repair'd about about [sic] 40 years ago, now in the possession of the Honble. Horace Walpole. [graphic]