Page 705. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
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Title and statement of responsibility written in ink on a separate sheet mounted below drawing., Artist "E.B." identified as E. Bell in local card catalog record; artist "A.V. is unidentified., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., and Mounted on page 705 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Volume 1, page 39. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
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Alternative Title:
Lake Bishop Bath Wells
Description:
Title inscribed in upper right corner., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 39 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Three half-length sketches of men in two rows, two on the top row are shown bust-length facing left, while the one below is shown half-length playing a bassoon. Only the portrait on the top right is identified by the artist
Description:
Title written below drawing in upper right., Attributed to John Nixon in dealer's description., Date based on artist's death date., and Sheet numbered "114" in ink at top.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Musicians, Musical instruments, and Bassoons
Volume 1, page 25. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
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1
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Alternative Title:
Sir F. Bacon and Sir Francis Bacon
Description:
Title inscribed in ink in lower right corner., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 25 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Volume 1, page 27. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
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Sir Waltar Ralagh Knight and Sir Walter Raleigh Knight
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Title from inscription in lower left corner., Date supplied by cataloger., A grid has been added in pencil over the drawing., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 27 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Page 395. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
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Alternative Title:
Ladies Waldegrave
Description:
Title and statements of responsibility written in ink below image, on mounting sheet., Drawn after the painting by Reynolds, now in the National Gallery of Scotland (NG 2171), that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Great Parlour (Refectory) at Strawberry Hill., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., and Mounted on page 395 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Subject (Name):
Waldegrave, Elizabeth Laura Waldegrave, Countess, 1760-1816,, Euston, Charlotte Maria Waldegrave, Lady, 1761-1808,, and Seymour, Anne Horatia Waldegrave, Lady, 1762-1801,
Volume 1, page 25. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
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1
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still image
Alternative Title:
Walter Raleigh Knight
Description:
Title inscribed in ink below image., Date supplied by cataloger., After a painting by an unidentified artist, with the date "1602" inscribed both below image and in upper left corner. The original painting is now in the National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG 3914)., and Mounted on page 25 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Subject (Name):
Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618, and Raleigh, Walter, 1593-1618,
Volume 1, page 13. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
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Title from contemporary note in ink below image., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 13 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Page 198. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
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Alternative Title:
William Cole of Milton near Cambridge, A.M.
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility from note in ink on verso, in William Cole's hand., Mounted below on the same page is a pencil drawing by Lady Diana Beauclerk: [Portrait of a young lady]., and Mounted on page 198 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).