Drawing of the interior of the small oratory present just inside the great north gate at Strawberry Hill. Two of the three arched windows are seen; the window on the far right is enclosed with iron rails. At left is the altar on which a saint in bronze stands
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 29 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 (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Oratories, Interiors, Windows, Altars, and Sculpture
Wash drawing of a bronze and marble bust of an unidentified young man, perhaps the Roman emperor Vespasian. This statue may have been kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill
Alternative Title:
Head and neck bronze the body of ivory
Description:
Title devised by curator; alternative title written in ink below image: The head and neck bronze the body of ivory., 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 180 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.
Plate depicting a statue of Ceres at center (labeled "Fig. 1"), with several medals depicted below (labeled "Fig. 2" and "Fig. 3"). Ceres is represented seated, holding a cup in her left hand and various fruits in her right hand; a bull, the emblem of the power of the Creator, is in her lap. This ancient bronze statue was kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print was issued., Plate from: Knight, R.P. An account of the remains of the worship of Priapus ... at Isernia ... in two letters ... London : Printed by T. Spilsbury, 1786., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Plate VIII"--Upper right corner., and Mounted on page 119 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:
T. Spilsbury
Subject (Name):
Ceres (Roman deity) and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Plate depicting a statue of Ceres at center (labeled "Fig. 1"), with several medals depicted below (labeled "Fig. 2" and "Fig. 3"). Ceres is represented seated, holding a cup in her left hand and various fruits in her right hand; a bull, the emblem of the power of the Creator, is in her lap. This ancient bronze statue was kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print was issued., Plate from: Knight, R.P. An account of the remains of the worship of Priapus ... at Isernia ... in two letters ... London : Printed by T. Spilsbury, 1786., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Plate VIII"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 151 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 crayon manner on wove paper ; sheet 22.5 x 18.5 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
T. Spilsbury
Subject (Name):
Ceres (Roman deity) and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Pair of wash drawings, one above the other, showing overall and detail views of the bronze hand kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. Described by Walpole as "an Egyptian hieroglyphic hand," this sculpture is shown in the top drawing to stand upright with the wrist as its base. The thumb, index finger, and middle finger point upwards with items balancing upon their tips; the last two fingers are curled inward towards the palm. The bottom drawing shows in detail the pictures and symbols that decorate the palm and back side of the hand; these include a snake that wraps around the entirety of the hand
Alternative Title:
In the Tribune (size of the original) ; All the work round the hand
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Inscription in pencil below top image: In the tribune (size of the original)., Inscription in pencil below bottom image: All the work round the hand., 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 163 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.
A young woman leans on a large terrestrial globe as she reads a manuscript. Behind her is a bust displayed on a table near a wall lined with well-stocked bookshelves
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Inscribed by Horace Walpole on label on former mount: "Elias Martin fec. 1771 a Swede came over in 1768, son of a cabinet maker.", Inscribed on label on former mount by a later hand: "Elias Martin 1771 from the Strawberry Hill Collection bought at the sale 1842.", Formerly hung in the "red bed chamber" at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, home of Horace Walpole. Sold at the 1842 London sale as one of the "Four humourous drawings, washed, perfectly unique of their kind, by Elias Martin.", and One of the companion paintings is also in the Lewis Walpole Library. See Martin's "The music room."
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Reading, Young women, Private libraries, Sculpture, and Globes