Watercolor drawing of one of four panels, formerly the doors to a shrine in the abbey of St. Edmundsbury, that were kept by Horace Walpole in the Chapel at Strawberry Hill. This panel shows Humphrey Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester, whole-length directed to the right, bald, wearing a fur trimmed robe, kneeling with his hands clasped in prayer. A man stands over him on the left; trees and buildings are visible in the background
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 227 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 (Name):
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, 1391-1447, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)