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)
"Portrait of Humphrey Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester; half-length directed to the left, hands clasped in prayer; in oval."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Humphrey Duke of Gloucester
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed with plate mark., Engraved after a drawing that was done after a picture kept by Horace Walpole in the chapel at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 175 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.
Publisher:
Pub. May 1, 1783, by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market
Subject (Name):
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, 1391-1447, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Gardiner, W. N. (William Nelson), 1766-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 December 1790]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Humphrey Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester; half length, to the right, looking to the right almost in profile; bald, wearing fur trimmed robe; in rectangular frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Humphrey Duke of Gloucester, uncle to the King and Protector
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., Mounted on page 175 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., 1 print : stipple engraving and etching on laid paper ; sheet 18.8 x 14.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. Dec. 1, 1790, by E. Harding, 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, 1391-1447,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Gardiner, W. N. (William Nelson), 1766-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 December 1790]
Call Number:
SH Contents G221 no. 2 Box 105
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Humphrey Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester; half length, to the right, looking to the right almost in profile; bald, wearing fur trimmed robe; in rectangular frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Humphrey Duke of Gloucester, uncle to the King and Protector
Description:
Title etched below image. and Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793.
Publisher:
Pub. Dec. 1, 1790, by E. Harding, 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, 1391-1447,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Three antiquarian objects, each with Roman numeral numbering above: a bronze statue of a young Hercules with the lion's skin on his arm (I); the head of an Egyptian god (Serapis?) or goddess on a green stone (II); and a bronze tripod for burning incense (III). The objects were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Ex aere" etched three times at bottom of plate, once below each object depicted., "Tab. XIII"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 146 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., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 26 x 20.1 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Three antiquarian objects, each with Roman numeral numbering above: a bronze statue of a young Hercules with the lion's skin on his arm (I); the head of an Egyptian god (Serapis?) or goddess on a green stone (II); and a bronze tripod for burning incense (III). The objects were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Ex aere" etched three times at bottom of plate, once below each object depicted., "Tab. XIII"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 194 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 : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 25.3 x 19.8 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Three ancient Roman objects, each with Roman numeral numbering above. These include a Roman bulla (I); a miniature of a Roman lady and her son, the boy with a bulla at his neck (II); and a Calcedonian stone that was used as an ornament to a horse of a triumphal chariot (III). The objects on which this image is based were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Ex auro" etched below object numbered "I"; "e vitro" etched below object numbered "II"; "e chalcedonio" etched below object numbered "III"., "Tab. III"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 169 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 : etching with engraving and stipple on laid paper ; sheet 15.5 x 14.1 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of Roman numeral "II" and plate numbering from upper right and loss of printmaker's signature from lower right., and For further information, consult library staff.
Three ancient Roman objects, each with Roman numeral numbering above. These include a Roman bulla (I); a miniature of a Roman lady and her son, the boy with a bulla at his neck (II); and a Calcedonian stone that was used as an ornament to a horse of a triumphal chariot (III). The objects on which this image is based were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Ex auro" etched below object numbered "I"; "e vitro" etched below object numbered "II"; "e chalcedonio" etched below object numbered "III"., "Tab. III"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 132 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., 1 print : etching with engraving and stipple on laid paper ; plate mark 17.5 x 15.5 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.