Wash drawing of a vase that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. Visible near the top of the vase are images of dogs, birds, and a potted plant growing around a stake
Alternative Title:
Size of the original
Description:
Title devised by curator; alternative title from annotation in pencil., 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 195 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.
Drawing of the ornate chalice kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. The side of the cup has several rectangular jewels inlaid around the image of an angel; the cover is decorated with images of animals and is topped with a female figure holding a flag
Description:
Title devised by curator., 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 181 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 drawing of the Roman sepulchral altar that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill. The side of the altar bears an image in bas-relief of a man sacrificing; below the image is the inscription "TI. CLAVDIVS AVG. L. DOCILIS AEDITVS AEDIS FORTVNAE TVLLIANAE." An area at the top of the drawing is labeled "To be restored," and on the left and bottom edges are written the altar's height and width in feet. A bust of Vespasian, from the collection of Cardinal Ottoboni, stood on this altar
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; attribution to Horace Walpole from curator., Date of production based on artist's death date., and Mounted on page 112 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):
Vespasian, Emperor of Rome, 9-79, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
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.
Horace Walpole's sketches for the design of the ceiling in his library at Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., A drawing in Horace Walpole's hand, with the date 1754 integrated in the design and sent with a letter dated 17 March 1754 to Bentley from his home in London on Arlington Street. See Yale edition of Horace Walpole's correspondence, v. 35, p. 171., and Horace Walpole (1717-1797), author, politician, and patron of the arts.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Houses, Estates, and Libraries (Rooms)
Title devised by curator., Previously titled by repository, on verso: Four designs with scale., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Contents collection., Unknown artist., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Drawing of a Chinese tea-house with a scale of a room, possibly the building referenced in Horace Walpole's Description of the villa ..., designed and drawn by Mr. Bentley for the corner of the wood at Strawberry Hill, where the chapel was constructed ...
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date based on creation date of album., Watermark top center of sheet: Fleur-de-lis., and Formerly mounted on leaf 17 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
On the recto, a drawing showing the floor plan of the library Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole's villa in Twickenham; with Bentley's notes including dimensions. On the verso, a rough pen and ink sketch of the library bays
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date from Horace Walpole correspondence., and Formerly mounted on leaf 39 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Private libraries, and Libraries (Rooms)
On the recto, a drawing showing the floor plan of the library Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole's villa in Twickenham; with Bentley's notes including dimensions. On the verso, a rough pen and ink sketch of the library bays
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date from Horace Walpole correspondence., and Formerly mounted on leaf 39 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Private libraries, and Libraries (Rooms)
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.