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1. Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester [art original].
- 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 one of four panels, formerly the doors to a shrine in the abbey of St. Edmundsbury, that were kept by Horace Walpole in the Chapel at Strawberry Hill. This panel shows Humphrey Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester, whole-length directed to the right, bald, wearing a fur trimmed robe, kneeling with his hands clasped in prayer. A man stands over him on the left; trees and buildings are visible in the background
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., 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 227 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):
- Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, 1391-1447, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester [art original].