Drawing showing the interior of the Great Parlour or Refectory at Strawberry Hill. The chimney-piece is visible at left, above which hang the portraits of Sir Horace and Galfridus Mann flanking a painting by Reynolds. On the right, the large painting of the Ladies Waldegrave hangs above a bureau on which a clock with a bronze figure of a reading woman sits. On the far wall is a window with some painted glass at top, on either side of which hangs a pier glass. Against the left wall are two sofas upholstered in red and white; black chairs of Gothic design are against the opposite wall on the right. Two other chairs, small tables, vases, and additional paintings complete the visible furnishings of the room. An ornate border lines the tops of the walls
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 35 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):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Parlors, Interiors, Chimneypieces, Chairs, Sofas, Clocks, and Windows
Watercolor drawing depicting the gallery at Horace Walpole's house, Strawberry Hill, with view of the Holbein Room through an open door on the right. Light shines through a stained glass at the end of the gallery
Description:
Title from inscription in Thomas Kirgate's hand, in pencil at bottom of sheet., Date based on the fact that the stained glass window was replaced in 1772 by a door into the newly built Great Room bed chamber. Attributed to Carter by previous owner., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and John Carter (1748-1817), British draughtsman and antiquary.
Watercolor drawing of Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill villa in Twickenham, as viewed from the fields to the southwest. The Round Tower of the house is seen in the middle distance, partially obscured by trees. A brick wall separates the house from the road in the foreground; two men, one riding a horse, travel the road on the left, heading away from the viewer and into the shadows behind a wooden fence. Blue sky and white clouds are seen above
Alternative Title:
Southwest view of the house from the fields
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 18 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):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, and Estates
Detailed plan of the grounds, buildings, and gardens at Strawberry Hill, as viewed from above. The boundaries of Horace Walpole's property are delineated with a red dotted line, and the roads and properties immediately adjacent are shown. Some features, including the River Thames at the bottom of the drawing, are labeled in ink within the drawing itself; other features are labeled with capital letters that are explained in a key (with the heading "References") located below the image on the mounting sheet
Description:
Titled by the artist in ink below image, on mounting sheet., Attribution to John Carter from curator., 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 23 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):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Watercolor drawing of the real-life Castle of Otranto in Italy. The gray structure is seen in the middle distance beyond a low stone wall, one branch of which extends towards the viewer in the right foreground. Blue-tinted mountains are visible in the far distance on either side of the castle. A green lawn occupies the rest of the foreground; a blue sky strewn with white clouds completes the top half of the image
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., The original drawing by Willey Reveley, of which this is a copy, was kept by Horace Walpole in the Small Closet at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 255 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.
Watercolor drawing of the interior of the Great Cloyster at Strawberry Hill. The eight ancient Welsh chairs line the wall at right; four stands line the opposite wall at left, which is punctuated with arched openings to the outside. Plant boxes, trees, and the lawn are visible through the arched openings. One of the two blue and white china flower pots is visible in an alcove at the far end of the room, and the side of the antique marble vase with Greek inscription can be seen in an alcove in the wall on the right. A ceiling of intersecting arches is visible above
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 221 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):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Cloisters, Interiors, Chairs, and Vases
Watercolor drawing of the interior of the Great Cloyster at Strawberry Hill. The eight ancient Welsh chairs line the wall at right; four stands line the opposite wall at left, which is punctuated with arched openings to the outside. Plant boxes, trees, and the lawn are visible through the arched openings. One of the two blue and white china flower pots is visible in an alcove at the far end of the room, and the side of the antique marble vase with Greek inscription can be seen in an alcove in the wall on the right. A ceiling of intersecting arches is visible above
Description:
Title, statement of responsibility, and date written by Horace Walpole in brown ink on verso. and Tipped in at page 171 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.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Cloisters, Interiors, Chairs, and Vases
A drawing of the library at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham. Shelves with Gothic arches line three walls and are filled with books; on the back wall is a large arched window and two small rose windows filled with painted glass. On the far left is the chimney-piece imitated from the tomb of John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall in Westminster Abbey, over which the painting of The Marriage of Henry VI hangs. In front of the fireplace is a desk on which Mrs. Damer's terra-cotta eagle sits in its glass case. Half of the ceiling painted by Clermont from Walpole's designs is visible at top; oval and rectangular paintings line the walls above the bookshelves
Description:
Title from note in artist's hand below image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner., and Mounted on page 74 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.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Dwellings, Libraries (Rooms & spaces), and Interiors
Drawing of the interior of the Round Drawing Room at Strawberry Hill. An arched doorway is at center, the door open and the Gallery and some of its furnishings visible beyond. The back of the door is decorated with Gothic tracery; the corners of the doorway, as well as the ceiling above, have quatrefoils in their ornamentation. Two armchairs upholstered in floral fabric sit on either side of the door. The chair on the left sits next to Japan cabinet with two branched candlesticks and the basalt head of Jupiter Serapis (?) on top of it; a vase decorated with arms and the ring device of the Medici rests beneath it. The chair on the right sits next to a Japan coffer on a gilt frame, a vase of Florentine fayence beneath it. On the wall above the door hangs the portrait of Margaret Lemon. Further left on the wall a landscape painting is partially visible; the left half of Nicolo Poussin's painting The education of Jupiter can be seen hanging on the wall to the right. The edge of a colorful rug is visible in the foreground
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 153 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):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)