Title written in unknown contemporary hand at bottom of sheet, below image., From a group of Strawberry Hill views by the same hand, two of which carry watermarks dated 1821 and 1822., Notation on verso: "No. D"., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Unknown artist., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Title written in unknown hand at bottom right of image., Label pasted below image on mount: "Drawn by S. Owen. Engraved by W.B. Cooke. Strawberry Hill. Seat of the Honble. Mrs. Damer." Label probably from a much later engraving published by Cooke., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Samuel Owen (1768/9-1857), marine painter. He supplied a series of eighty-four drawings which were engraved by William Bernard Cooke for his work The Thames (1811), and seven others for the Picturesque Tour on the River Thames, published by Owen himself and William Westall in 1828., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Title from note "Strawberry Hill house" on verso, possibly in William Waldegrave's hand., Title assigned by curator: Strawberry Hill, east front., On verso, attributed to Paul Sandby(?) and "No. 1.A.", Unfinished watercolor drawing., Watermark: IHS Ivilledary., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and For further information, consult library staff.
Title inscribed in pencil in unknown hand at bottom of sheet., From a group of Strawberry Hill views by the same hand, two of which carry watermarks dated 1821 and 1822., Pencil notation on verso: "No. E"., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Unknown artist., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
"View of the Gothic mansion with pinnacles on the battlemented roof and pointed arched windows, seen between trees across parkland, with a cow sitting under trees to right and two figures sitting in the left foreground, one lying on his front and looking up at the other."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Birch, W.R. Delices de la Grande Bretagne. [London] : Engraved and published by William Birch, 1791., Mounted on page 13 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 ; sheet 15.3 x 18 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Apr. 1, 1790, by Wm. Birch, Hampstead Heath
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"View of the Gothic mansion with pinnacles on the battlemented roof and pointed arched windows, seen between trees across parkland, with a cow sitting under trees to right and two figures sitting in the left foreground, one lying on his front and looking up at the other."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Birch, W.R. Delices de la Grande Bretagne. [London] : Engraved and published by William Birch, 1791., and With accompanying text in letterpress from Birch, W.R. Delices de la Grande Bretagne, on a separate leaf.
Publisher:
Publish'd Apr. 1, 1790, by Wm. Birch, Hampstead Heath
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"View of the Gothic mansion with pinnacles on the battlemented roof and pointed arched windows, seen between trees across parkland, with a cow sitting under trees to right and two figures sitting in the left foreground, one lying on his front and looking up at the other."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Birch, W.R. Delices de la Grande Bretagne. [London] : Engraved and published by William Birch, 1791., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 153 x 178 mm, on sheet 213 x 292 mm., and Partial watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Apr. 1, 1790, by Wm. Birch, Hampstead Heath
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title engraved below image., Plate from: Beauties of England and Wales. London : Printed by Thomas Maiden, 1801-1815., and 1 print : engraving ; image 101 x 151 mm, on sheet 134 x 181 mm.
Publisher:
Published by John Harris, St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England), England, and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, and Estates