An ink drawing contrasting the bust of a balding man with a long curly beard and a stag head with three-point antlers
Description:
Title from caption inscribed below image in the same ink and hand as the artist., Attributed to Rowlandson by curator., Date based upon watermark., Trimmed watermark: 18[..]., and For further information, consult library staff.
On the far left, a full-length portrait of Mrs. Anne Damer walking outdoors with a basket over her right arm. A dog stands on his hind legs at her feet; she looks to her left at another dog on the landing as he runs towards her. In the center are the doorway to the house and a landing; on the far right a lightly sketched view of the interior of the library
Description:
Title from contemporary ms. inscription on verso, in ink., Formerly attributed to Richard Cosway., On laid paper with horizontal chainlines and watermark in the center of the sheet., and Date based on the year that Damer bought York House.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828, and York House (Twickenham, England)
Watercolor of the southeast view of Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, with two workmen in the foreground rolling the lawn and clearing leaves
Alternative Title:
East front of Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title taken from a note in Horace Walpole's hand on verso of the drawing, now obscured by added mount. Companion drawing to his: South front of Strawberry Hill. Cf. Lewis Walpole call no.: 49 3485 (12) no. 2., Drawing that was later used as the basis of an engraving entitled "East front of Strawberry Hill"., Paul Sandby (bap. 1731-1809), English artist and architect., and For further information, consult library staff.
Title from note "Strawberry Hill house" on verso, possibly in William Waldegrave's hand., Title assigned by curator: Strawberry Hill, east front., On verso, attributed to Paul Sandby(?) and "No. 1.A.", Unfinished watercolor drawing., Watermark: IHS Ivilledary., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and For further information, consult library staff.
published according to act of Parliament, Sept. 1762.
Call Number:
762.09.00.01 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on peace negotiations with France to end the Seven Years War with Lord Bute (Gisbal) seated on a hill holding the muzzled British lion. He takes the royal prerogative in ordering the Duke of Bedford (shown as headless with eagle's wings) to haste to negotiate with the kings of France and Spain. The French king demands "Canada, & Martinique, & Guadalupe, Senegal, & Goree, & Newfoundland, & Pondicherry; & you shall have all Hanover ...", while the Spanish king is prepared to refrain from attacking Portugal in return for Havana and his "Dollars"; two mocking Frenchmen look on. On the left, Britannia weeps and Pitt tries to comfort her while two other Englishmen complain of Bute's rise to power. Verses above warn against a too hasty peace treaty."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
All's well that ends well
Description:
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right and left sides., Following imprint: Price 6d., Twelve lines of verse in three columns etched above image and below title: Monarchs, 'tis true, should calm the storms of war, nor urge the rage of victory too far ..., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and Mounted to 34 x 48 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
Pen and black ink architectural drawing of an elevation of a bed chamber featuring cornice molding, a decorative chimneypiece, and two window bays. Corresponding dimensions, notes, calculations, and profiles occupy empty space throughout the design
Alternative Title:
Elevations of the interior walls of a room with the chimney-piece and the profile of a cornice and Elevation of a room, the bed chamber for Lord Dacre
Description:
Title from description inscribed within image. and One of four drawings in a folder.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1790]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 12 Box D175
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An Englishman and a Frenchman, clothed in stereotypical attire, turn away from each other. The former exclaims "You be d--n'd" and the latter responds "Adieu"
Description:
Title from caption inscribed below image in the artist's hand., Date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Woodward., and For further information, consult library staff.
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[September 1762]
Call Number:
762.09.00.07
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Scotch preferment in motion, Monsuiers will you ride, and Monsieurs will you ride
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles -- Emblems: jack boot for Lord Bute -- Animals: zebra -- White Horse of Hanover -- Scots., and Watermark: unidentified countermark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Page 25. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing of the monument in St. Mary's Church, with the bust of the Countess of Ailesbury sitting on a pedestal at center, head shrouded. Columns supporting an ornate roof flank the bust on either side, the area between their bases decorated with a pattern of quatrefoils. A winged cherub head hangs from the bottom of each column. A scale bar runs along the bottom of the sheet
Alternative Title:
Monument of the Countess of Ailesbury in the church at Sundridge, Kent
Description:
Title written in ink at bottom of image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on watermark: A. Blackwell & G. Jones 1802., and Mounted on page 25 in Anne Damer's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 33.