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1. "On the uppermost bannister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armor" [art original]
- Creator:
- Cronin, David Edward, 1839-1925, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1885]
- Call Number:
- Folio 225 884S Copy 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Depiction of the dream of Horace Walpole that inspired him to write The castle of Otranto. The fantastic scene involves a large armored hand perched atop an enormous staircase ascending four levels within a Gothic castle. Two suits of armor stand guard at the junctions of the staircase with each level, and two more are present in the foreground, suggesting that the staircase continues downward. Arched windows and a painting of a mounted knight are seen on the wall to the left of the staircase; a bat is seen flying above
- Description:
- Title written below image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner of image., Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period., Page reference for quotation written below title: Page 93., and Bound as page 195 in volume 4 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Stairways, Hands, and Armor
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > "On the uppermost bannister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armor" [art original]
2. A catalogue of the library of the right honble earl of Chesterfield, at Ethrope, Bucks., 1778 Jun
- Creator:
- Edwards, A.
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 80
- Image Count:
- 65
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Holograph catalogue of Philip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield's library at Ethrope. The manuscript begins with an explanation of the shelving system at the library, followed by an index to the volume which divides the work by book size and language. The entries for each book include information about their shelving position and date published, and include historical, scientific, artistic, and literary works, as well as works on law and architecture. Holdings include biblical commentaries; John Dryden's plays; poems by Stephen Duck; numerous collections of prints and drawings, including William Hogarth's Collection of Prints and Darly's Collection of Caricatures; dictionaries in English, Italian, and French; Thomas Betterton's History of the English stage; and Horace Walpole's History of the royal and noble authors. The manuscript also includes several collections of musical works, including Cervetto's 6 Solos for the violincello and bass
- Description:
- In English., A note in the preface declares that "this Catalogue was taken in June 1778 by A. Edwards, no. 79 New Bond St. London.", Title from title page., Marbled endpapers., Binding: full red morocco. In gilt on spine: Catalogue Of The Library At Ethrope., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England
- Subject (Name):
- Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710., Cervetto, Giacobbe, 1682-1783., Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, Earl of, 1755-1815., Darly, Matthias., Dryden, John, 1631-1700., Duck, Stephen, 1705-1756., Edwards, A., Hogarth, William, 1697-1764., and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Collectors and collecting, Nobility, Books and reading, Private libraries, and Intellectual life
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A catalogue of the library of the right honble earl of Chesterfield, at Ethrope, Bucks., 1778 Jun
3. A copy of a letter to William Langley, Esq. Mayor of Lynn, Norfolk
- Creator:
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
- Published / Created:
- [13 March 1767]
- Call Number:
- File 644 767 W21
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Caption title., Dated: Arlington-Street, March 13th, 1767., Signed: Horace Walpole., An electioneering handbill issued before the King's Lynn election of 1767., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- King's Lynn (England), England, and Norfolk.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Political campaigns
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A copy of a letter to William Langley, Esq. Mayor of Lynn, Norfolk
4. A tour to Celbridge, by Dr. S. Johnson, [ca. 1776]
- Creator:
- Jephson, Robert, 1736-1803
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 169
- Image Count:
- 16
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in Jephson's hand, of a parody of Johnson's A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. Using florid language throughout, the author explains his satiety with Dublin and determines to explore the countryside. Traveling with Dean Marlay, Mrs Greville and Mrs Jephson, he complains about the unsightly mendicants who mar the scenery; sings, along with his companions, the Beggar's Opera to pass the time; and runs over "pigs and children who were lying together in the middle of the highway." At Celbridge, he praises the landscape, estate, and the appearance of its owner, Colonel Marlay. The essay concludes with a description of the narrator's fall into the Liffey, and his rescue by catching hold of a passing cow and Horace Walpole has filled in Johnson's name and added "By Richard Jephson, Esqre" underneath the title
- Description:
- Robert Jephson (1736-1803), playwright and parodist, was born in Dublin. His first play, Braganza, was performed in 1775, with an epilogue by Horace Walpole. His most commercially successful play, performed 37 times between 1781 and 1798, was The Count of Narbonne, based on Walpole's Castle of Otranto as well as Walpole's play, Mysterious Mother. In addition to other plays, Jephson also wrote numerous parodic pieces, including a series in the government newspaper The Mercury under the title "The Bachelor." He parodied the style of the printer George Faulkner and criticized Charles Townshend's enemies in An Epistle to Gorges Edmund Howard (1771); wrote Extempore Ludicrous Miltonic Verses(1788); and wrote a prose piece titled Confessions of James Baptiste Couteau (1794), a satirical parody of revolutionary politics., In English., Title from first page., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Ireland., Celbridge (Ireland), and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732., Jephson, Robert, 1736-1803., Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784., Marlay, Richard, d. 1802., and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- English wit and humor, Parodies, English, Poverty, Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A tour to Celbridge, by Dr. S. Johnson, [ca. 1776]
5. As my cousin Mr. Horace Walpole, has declined offering himself again as a candidate ...
- Creator:
- Walpole, Thomas, 1727-1803
- Published / Created:
- March 18th, 1767.
- Call Number:
- File 644 767 W219
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- To the Right Worshipful the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, Common-Council, and worthy freemen of the Borough of Lynn
- Description:
- Title from first line of text., At head of title: To the Right Worshipful the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, Common-Council, and worthy freemen of the Borough of Lynn. Gentlemen, ..., Dated bottom, left: London, March, 18th 1767., An electioneering handbill issued before the King's Lynn election of 1767., Not in ESTC., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Thomas Walpole
- Subject (Geographic):
- King's Lynn (England), England, and Norfolk.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government and Political campaigns
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > As my cousin Mr. Horace Walpole, has declined offering himself again as a candidate ...
6. Book of materials, 1759, 1771, 1786
- Creator:
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
- Call Number:
- 49 2615
- Image Count:
- 92
- Abstract:
- A collection of notes by Horace Walpole over the course of three years -- 1759, 1771, 1786 -- on a very wide range of topics. The volumes for 1759 and 1771 include: notes on books he is reading; observations about historical events and historical figures are interspersed with observations about current political topics and prominent social figures. His strong interest in art is reflected in the predominance of his observations on architecture, painters, paintings, prints, and printmakers; descriptions of fine houses, their contents and owners; clippings from newspapers: notices of forthcoming auctions and newly published books of or about art and artists; poems celebrating artists; death notices of artists and printmakers as well as poetry celebrating the lives of artists. The volume for 1786 also includes observations about books that Walpole is reading, generally on antiquarian topics, English history, etc.; anecdotes about his friends and prominent society figures; comments on historical events, including debates on the slave and trade and the events in France; thoughts on Samuel Johnson, Shakespeare, Joshua Reynolds, Fanny Burney, Lady Lyttleton, Lord North, Lord and Lady Salisbury, Mrs. Clive, and other prominent public figures of the period; fragments of epigrams and poems
- Description:
- Horace Walpole (1717-1797), fourth earl of Orford, author, politician, and patron of the arts, youngest son of Robert Walpole, first earl of Orford (1676-1745), Britain's longest-serving prime minister., In English., Available in pdf format, Two volumes (1759 and 1771) bound in green vellum, one volume (1786) in red morocco with clasps. With Walpole's bookplate 2, in early state, in the 2nd volume and his seal as Lord Orford, type, in the 3rd volume. Each volume signed and dated., Photostat of vol.1 available, Unverified and incomplete transcripts of v. 1 (1759) and v.2 (1771)., and Two volumes in green vellum; one in red morocco with clasps. Bookplate 2 early state, in the second volume (1771); and seal as Lord Orford, type 1, in the third volume. Each volume signed and dated.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists, Art, British, Art, Private collections, Historic buildings, Manors, Castles, Aristocracy (Social class), Homes and haunts, Politicians, Authors, English, Kings and rulers, History, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Book of materials, 1759, 1771, 1786
7. Book of materials, 1759, 1771, 1786
- Creator:
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
- Call Number:
- 49 2615
- Image Count:
- 275
- Abstract:
- A collection of notes by Horace Walpole over the course of three years -- 1759, 1771, 1786 -- on a very wide range of topics. The volumes for 1759 and 1771 include: notes on books he is reading; observations about historical events and historical figures are interspersed with observations about current political topics and prominent social figures. His strong interest in art is reflected in the predominance of his observations on architecture, painters, paintings, prints, and printmakers; descriptions of fine houses, their contents and owners; clippings from newspapers: notices of forthcoming auctions and newly published books of or about art and artists; poems celebrating artists; death notices of artists and printmakers as well as poetry celebrating the lives of artists. The volume for 1786 also includes observations about books that Walpole is reading, generally on antiquarian topics, English history, etc.; anecdotes about his friends and prominent society figures; comments on historical events, including debates on the slave and trade and the events in France; thoughts on Samuel Johnson, Shakespeare, Joshua Reynolds, Fanny Burney, Lady Lyttleton, Lord North, Lord and Lady Salisbury, Mrs. Clive, and other prominent public figures of the period; fragments of epigrams and poems
- Description:
- Horace Walpole (1717-1797), fourth earl of Orford, author, politician, and patron of the arts, youngest son of Robert Walpole, first earl of Orford (1676-1745), Britain's longest-serving prime minister., In English., Available in pdf format, Two volumes (1759 and 1771) bound in green vellum, one volume (1786) in red morocco with clasps. With Walpole's bookplate 2, in early state, in the 2nd volume and his seal as Lord Orford, type, in the 3rd volume. Each volume signed and dated., Photostat of vol.1 available, Unverified and incomplete transcripts of v. 1 (1759) and v.2 (1771)., and Two volumes in green vellum; one in red morocco with clasps. Bookplate 2 early state, in the second volume (1771); and seal as Lord Orford, type 1, in the third volume. Each volume signed and dated.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists, Art, British, Art, Private collections, Historic buildings, Manors, Castles, Aristocracy (Social class), Homes and haunts, Politicians, Authors, English, Kings and rulers, History, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Book of materials, 1759, 1771, 1786
8. Book of materials, 1759, 1771, 1786
- Creator:
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
- Call Number:
- 49 2615
- Image Count:
- 73
- Abstract:
- A collection of notes by Horace Walpole over the course of three years -- 1759, 1771, 1786 -- on a very wide range of topics. The volumes for 1759 and 1771 include: notes on books he is reading; observations about historical events and historical figures are interspersed with observations about current political topics and prominent social figures. His strong interest in art is reflected in the predominance of his observations on architecture, painters, paintings, prints, and printmakers; descriptions of fine houses, their contents and owners; clippings from newspapers: notices of forthcoming auctions and newly published books of or about art and artists; poems celebrating artists; death notices of artists and printmakers as well as poetry celebrating the lives of artists. The volume for 1786 also includes observations about books that Walpole is reading, generally on antiquarian topics, English history, etc.; anecdotes about his friends and prominent society figures; comments on historical events, including debates on the slave and trade and the events in France; thoughts on Samuel Johnson, Shakespeare, Joshua Reynolds, Fanny Burney, Lady Lyttleton, Lord North, Lord and Lady Salisbury, Mrs. Clive, and other prominent public figures of the period; fragments of epigrams and poems
- Description:
- Horace Walpole (1717-1797), fourth earl of Orford, author, politician, and patron of the arts, youngest son of Robert Walpole, first earl of Orford (1676-1745), Britain's longest-serving prime minister., In English., Available in pdf format, Two volumes (1759 and 1771) bound in green vellum, one volume (1786) in red morocco with clasps. With Walpole's bookplate 2, in early state, in the 2nd volume and his seal as Lord Orford, type, in the 3rd volume. Each volume signed and dated., Photostat of vol.1 available, Unverified and incomplete transcripts of v. 1 (1759) and v.2 (1771)., and Two volumes in green vellum; one in red morocco with clasps. Bookplate 2 early state, in the second volume (1771); and seal as Lord Orford, type 1, in the third volume. Each volume signed and dated.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists, Art, British, Art, Private collections, Historic buildings, Manors, Castles, Aristocracy (Social class), Homes and haunts, Politicians, Authors, English, Kings and rulers, History, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Book of materials, 1759, 1771, 1786
9. Books printed at Strawberry Hill
- Published / Created:
- [between 1820 and 1850?]
- Call Number:
- 486 20
- Image Count:
- 44
- Description:
- No. 1 of 5 works bound together with binders' title: Strawberry Hill records. Ms. annotations. Possibly owned by Lowndes and Vade-Walpole., Caption title., Authorship and private printing attributed by Harvard to William T. Lowndes. Cf. RLIN., and PDF version available.
- Publisher:
- William Lowndes?
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797. and Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Private presses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Books printed at Strawberry Hill