Illustration of a bronze vase that was excavated in Rome in 1702. At center is a side view of the vase, with a depiction of a sacrifice to Priapus, which wraps around the back of the vase, expanded horizontally so that the entire scene is visible. In the lower left is a top view of the vase labeled "bocca del' vaso" and in the lower right a bottom view labeled "fondo dell' vaso."
Description:
Title etched at top of plate., 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 to plate mark., Possibly an image of the bronze vase that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 196 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 on laid paper ; sheet 13.1 x 18.4 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Title from caption below image., Date based on other prints in series., and Text below title: Preso da un quadro in tela. app[...]o il sudo Sigre. Abe. Mario Vincenzio Carlini.
Title from curator., After a drawing by Albrecht Durer?, Pencil notation by Cushing in the lower margin: Copied from Durer or by Durer? Cf. Fol. FIII ed. Princeps 1528., Pencil notation by Cushing in the right: Cesio XV., and This record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records in ongoing.
Title devised by cataloger., Title from spine: Architectural drawings., Ms. note on front pastedown: 4th night lt 70. Bought at Doctor Mead's sale --- £2=2=0., and Press-mark on front flyleaf "A.L.30."
Title devised by curator., Companion drawing signed and dated in image: J.H.M. 1773., Formerly housed as part of the SH Contents collection., One of two drawings in a folder., and For further information, consult library staff.
Title devised by curator., Signed and dated on pedestal in image: J.H.M. 1773., Companion drawing: Landscape with arch., Formerly housed as part of the SH Contents collection., One of two drawings in a folder., and For further information, consult library staff.
A view with an active volcano in the center in the distance, steam rising from the top. On the right on a hilltop is a walled monastery. In the foreground, one woman rides on a horse side saddle while another woman walks ahead; the two are followed by a dog. The areas of the drawing are numbered as follows: 1. The hillside, 2. The wall surrounding the monestary, 3. The river surrounding the hillside, 4. The active volcano in the center of the image, 5. A range of hills on the left in the far distance, and 6. the hills mid-iew, beneath the active volcano. In the upper left corner, the image is numbered "XI".
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Horses, Monasteries, Volcanoes, Volcanic eruptions, and Women