Watercolor of the view from the Library at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, with horse and carriage in the distance
Description:
Inscription in ink, in lower right corner of image: "from the library window at Strawberry hill 1783." The hand that wrote the title is the same hand that wrote the title for "Armour of Francis I". G. Harding?, On the verso of the drawing in pencil: "Drawn by Mr. Edwards, mentioned in one of his letters.", Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and Edwards, Edward (1738-1806), British painter.
Title written in unknown contemporary hand at bottom of sheet, below image., From a group of Strawberry Hill views by the same hand, two of which carry watermarks dated 1821 and 1822., Notation on verso: "No. D"., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Unknown artist., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Title written in unknown hand at bottom right of image., Label pasted below image on mount: "Drawn by S. Owen. Engraved by W.B. Cooke. Strawberry Hill. Seat of the Honble. Mrs. Damer." Label probably from a much later engraving published by Cooke., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Samuel Owen (1768/9-1857), marine painter. He supplied a series of eighty-four drawings which were engraved by William Bernard Cooke for his work The Thames (1811), and seven others for the Picturesque Tour on the River Thames, published by Owen himself and William Westall in 1828., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Title written in ink in unknown hand below image., After 1790 when the offices were built., Pencil notation on verso: "No. B"., Note on verso, in unknown, contemporary hand, "doubtless by Barrow. Orig. drawing for aquatint. Cf. Bedford copy of Description Str. Hill, Woolaston print 1754 (no.19).", Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Unknown artist., 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.
Title inscribed in pencil in unknown hand at bottom of sheet., From a group of Strawberry Hill views by the same hand, two of which carry watermarks dated 1821 and 1822., Pencil notation on verso: "No. E"., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Unknown artist., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Title written in unknown hand at bottom of sheet, below image., From a group of Strawberry Hill views by the same hand, two of which carry watermarks dated 1821 and 1822., Unknown artist., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Title written in unknown hand at bottom of sheet, below image., Numbered on verso, in pencil: "No. 7"., From a group of Strawberry Hill views by the same hand, two of which carry watermarks dated 1821 and 1822., Unknown artist., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1824]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View from the cottage on Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill estate, with the Thames and the obelisk in the distance. Three cattle are on the lawn in the foreground; additional greenery includes trees and shrubs. Two small bridges crossing a stream are visible
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 204 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole's A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784). See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)