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10. Triangular chair [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1810]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
- Collection Title:
- Page 42b. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of a triangular chair that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Star Chamber at Strawberry Hill. The chair has one leg at each corner of its triangular seat, with the leg at the rear extending upward and being topped with a curved piece that forms a simple backrest
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image, on mounting page., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card., Date based on death date of Thomas Kirgate, who likely assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., and Inlaid on page 42b in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections and Chairs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Triangular chair [art original].
11. [A very ancient chair of oak] see p. 176, lot 75 / [art original]
- Creator:
- Bell, E., artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1842]
- Call Number:
- 485 842 C76 V Copy 7
- Collection Title:
- Page 393. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Depiction of the 16th-century oak chair from Glastonbury Abbey, an item from Horace Walpole's collection at Strawberry Hill that was sold at auction in 1842
- Description:
- Title supplied by curator., Page reference, lot number, and statement of responsibility written in ink below image. Artist "E.B." identified as E. Bell in local card catalog record., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, in which this drawing is found as an illustration., and Drawn in the right margin of page 393 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Chairs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A very ancient chair of oak] see p. 176, lot 75 / [art original]
12. [Chair of oak from Glastonbury Abbey] [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [late 18th century?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Depiction of the front and back of the 16th-century oak chair kept by Horace Walpole in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill. In the border of the print is etched a reproduction of the Latin text that was carved into the chair
- Alternative Title:
- Outside left arm, Da pacem Domine ...
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Text within print border: Outside left arm, Da pacem Domine; outside of the right arm, Sit Laus Deo; on the inside of [the] rt. arm, Joannes Arthurus; on the inside of [the] back, Monacus Glastonie; inside left arm, salvet eum Deus., Questionable date of publication supplied by cataloger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 96 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., and 1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 22.8 x 16.5 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Chairs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Chair of oak from Glastonbury Abbey] [graphic].
13. [Portrait of George Robins sitting at a table] [art original]
- Creator:
- Shepherd, Thomas H. (Thomas Hosmer), artist
- Published / Created:
- [1843]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 485 842 C76 IV Copy 3
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 161. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The auctioneer George Robins is shown full-length in profile to the left, sitting at a small table draped with a tablecloth, an inkwell and a goblet on the table in front of him. He sits on the 16th-century oak chair from Glastonbury Abbey, an item from Horace Walpole's collection at Strawberry Hill that Robins auctioned off in 1842
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Signed with initials and dated by the artist in lower left corner of image., and Bound in as page 161 in volume 1 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
- Subject (Name):
- Robins, George Henry, 1777-1847, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Auctioneers, Tables, Chairs, Writing materials, and Drinking vessels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of George Robins sitting at a table] [art original]
14. [Portrait of George Robins sitting at a table] [art original]
- Creator:
- Bell, E., artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1842]
- Call Number:
- 485 842 C76 V Copy 7
- Collection Title:
- Page 65. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The auctioneer George Robins is shown full-length in profile to the left, sitting at a small table draped with a tablecloth, an inkwell and a goblet on the table in front of him. He sits on the 16th-century oak chair from Glastonbury Abbey, an item from Horace Walpole's collection at Strawberry Hill that Robins auctioned off in 1842
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Signed in lower left corner with the initials of artist E. Bell., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., Mounted with a clipped facsimile signature of George Robins, a clipping about Robins having "assumed for his throne the very ancient chair of oak once pertaining to Glastonbury Abbey", and another clipping about the chair itself., and Mounted on page 65 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
- Subject (Name):
- Robins, George Henry, 1777-1847, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Auctioneers, Tables, Chairs, Writing materials, and Drinking vessels
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of George Robins sitting at a table] [art original]