A man stands full-length in profile facing left and wears a cowboy hat and a poncho
Description:
Title from caption inscribed above image in brown ink., Date and place of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., and For further information, consult library staff.
Interior of a surgery: a surgeon sits on a barrel and operates on the lower left leg of a peasant man who is writhing in pain. An old woman stands behind them with her arm in a sling. Shelves are on the walls in the background; a stuffed animal hangs from the ceiling
Description:
Title devised by curator., Possibly after a painting by Brouwer, first owned by Sir Robert Walpole and subsequently by Horace Walpole, that was kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. See: A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole. [London] : Smith and Robins, [1842], page 132., Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, who included an impression of this print in an extra-illustrated copy of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 201 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 : mezzotint on laid paper ; sheet 30.7 x 26.1 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges., and For further information, consult library staff.
Interior of a surgery: a surgeon sits on a barrel and operates on the lower left leg of a peasant man who is writhing in pain. An old woman stands behind them with her arm in a sling. Shelves are on the walls in the background; a stuffed animal hangs from the ceiling
Description:
Title devised by curator., Possibly after a painting by Brouwer, first owned by Sir Robert Walpole and subsequently by Horace Walpole, that was kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. See: A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole. [London] : Smith and Robins, [1842], page 132., Date of publication based on death date of Horace Walpole, who included an impression of this print in an extra-illustrated copy of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 156 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.
Title devised by curator. and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Drawing of a sleeping cherub, full length, head to the right; naked; lying on a cloth that is piled up on one end to form a pillow supporting his head and upper body
Description:
Title from local catalog card., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Place and date of production based on the country of residence and death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found., Partial watermark on the bottom edge, trimmed., Formerly laid in with one other drawing at page 117 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 together with one other drawing to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
One of two drawings of an Gothic chimneypiece mounted on page 26. On the verso of this drawing is a pencil sketch of a man in profile showing the left portion of the coat and sleeve
Alternative Title:
Design for a Gothic chimneypiece
Description:
Title from curator., Artist and date based on creation date of album., and Formerly mounted on the upper half of leaf 26 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
One of two drawings of an Gothic chimneypiece mounted on page 26. On the verso of this drawing is a pencil sketch of a man in profile showing the left portion of the coat and sleeve
Alternative Title:
Design for a Gothic chimneypiece
Description:
Title from curator., Artist and date based on creation date of album., and Formerly mounted on the upper half of leaf 26 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
On the recto, a pen and ink drawing of a doorway and wall with architectural details including pillars and a cherub. On the verso is the mirror image of the cherub
Description:
Title devised by curator., Formerly housed in the SH Drawings collection., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Putti, Architectural decorations & ornaments, and Doors & doorways