Volume 1, page 7. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Harold
Description:
Title written in ink at top of image., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 7 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 705. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
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)
Title written in pencil beneath drawing, at bottom of mounting sheet., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted opposite page 82 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Lysons, D. Magna Britannia. London : T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813.
Volume 1, page 33. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Lord Fortescue
Description:
Title from note in ink below image., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 33 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.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[1812]
Call Number:
Folio 64 B39 813
Collection Title:
Page 152f. Magna Britannia.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written in pencil beneath drawing, on mounting sheet., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right., and Mounted on page 152f in an extra-illustrated copy of: Lysons, D. Magna Britannia. London : T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings H263 no. 7 Box D125
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Half-length portrait of Lucy Walter, turned slightly left and looking at the viewer; wearing a pearl necklace, pearl earings, and a blue gown adorned with strings of pearls
Description:
Titled by the artist within lower border., Signed in lower left corner with the artist's initials., Date of production supplied by cataloger, based on the dates of similar drawings by G.P. Harding at The Lewis Walpole Library., Note in pencil beneath lower border: From the miniature at Strawberry Hill., Drawn after the miniature owned by Horace Walpole and kept in his Cabinet of Miniatures and Enamels at Strawberry Hill. Walpole believed the miniature to have been painted by Samuel Cooper, but it has since been reattributed to Nicholas Dixon; see Christie's sale catalogue "Fine miniatures, enamels and object of art and vertu", 6 July 1965, lot 36., and A print entitled "Lucy Barlow alias Waters", published by Harding's father Sylvester in 1802 for The biographical mirrour, was probably engraved from this drawing; see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: SH Contents H263 no. 16.
Subject (Name):
Walter, Lucy, 1630?-1658, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title written in pencil beneath drawing, at bottom of mounting sheet., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted opposite page 52 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Lysons, D. Magna Britannia. London : T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1845?]
Call Number:
Folio 64 B39 813
Collection Title:
Page 152c. Magna Britannia.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title inscribed in gold paint within lower border; remainder of title written beneath border., Attribution to G.P. Harding based on similar drawings with his signature that are mounted in the same volume., Possibly the original drawing for the engraving by William Greatbach that was published in 1845; cf. National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG D39940., and Mounted on page 152c in an extra-illustrated copy of: Lysons, D. Magna Britannia. London : T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813.
Subject (Name):
Russell of Thornhaugh, William Russell, Baron, -1613, and Woburn Abbey.
Portrait drawing of William Walker, who supposedly lived to be 122 and was interred in 1736 at the church in Ribchester; half length, turned to the left; bald, with white beard; wearing a hooded robe and a belt
Description:
Title inscribed in pencil below image., Artist's monogram written in pencil in lower left corner., Probably a nineteenth-century copy of an eighteenth-century work; the likely place and date of production for the original work follows title: Wimpole, Aug. 23, 1727., Date of production based on parenthetical note on verso beneath copied biographical information about the sitter: (Mr. Bull's[?] handwriting - taken from a book of portraits by Robt. White, Sir James Thornhill, & George Vertue etc. belonging to my father. 1873. E.S.)., Sheet mutilated in lower right corner resulting in loss of further manuscript annotations., Formerly laid in at page 155 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Portrait drawing of William Walker, who supposedly lived to be 122 and was interred in 1736 at the church in Ribchester; half length, turned to the left; bald, with white beard; wearing a hooded robe and a belt
Description:
Title inscribed in pencil below image., Artist's monogram written in pencil in lower left corner., Probably a nineteenth-century copy of an eighteenth-century work; the likely place and date of production for the original work follows title: Wimpole, Aug. 23, 1727., Date of production based on parenthetical note on verso beneath copied biographical information about the sitter: (Mr. Bull's[?] handwriting - taken from a book of portraits by Robt. White, Sir James Thornhill, & George Vertue etc. belonging to my father. 1873. E.S.)., Sheet mutilated in lower right corner resulting in loss of further manuscript annotations., Formerly laid in at page 155 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.