Page 459. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
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1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title supplied by curator., Statement of responsibility written in pencil below image, on mounting sheet. Artist "E.B." identified as E. Bell in local card catalog record., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., Mounted below is a clipping bearing the quoted text: "There is but little in the grounds of Strawberry to detain the steps of the visitor, except its beautiful little Chapel in the garden: an edifice of as true Gothic taste and design., and Mounted on page 459 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1810]
Call Number:
Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
Collection Title:
Page 2d. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
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1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Unfinished drawing of the Gothic lantern, designed by Richard Bentley, that hung in the Entrance of Strawberry Hill
Alternative Title:
Lanthron in the Red Hall
Description:
Title from local catalog card; the title written in ink on mounting page has "lanthorn" misspelled as "lanthron"., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card., Date based on death date of Thomas Kirgate, who likely assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., and Inlaid on page 2d in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
A young woman leans on a large terrestrial globe as she reads a manuscript. Behind her is a bust displayed on a table near a wall lined with well-stocked bookshelves
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Inscribed by Horace Walpole on label on former mount: "Elias Martin fec. 1771 a Swede came over in 1768, son of a cabinet maker.", Inscribed on label on former mount by a later hand: "Elias Martin 1771 from the Strawberry Hill Collection bought at the sale 1842.", Formerly hung in the "red bed chamber" at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, home of Horace Walpole. Sold at the 1842 London sale as one of the "Four humourous drawings, washed, perfectly unique of their kind, by Elias Martin.", and One of the companion paintings is also in the Lewis Walpole Library. See Martin's "The music room."
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Reading, Young women, Private libraries, Sculpture, and Globes
A woman in bonnet and dress plays a harpsicord, the sheet music propped up on the instrument. Her music teacher, a large man with a beauty patch on his check, smiles approvingly as he points with his baton
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Artist from Horace Walpole inscription on a companion painting: The library., One of the companion paintings is also in the Lewis Walpole Library. See Martin's "The library.", Formerly hung in the "red bed chamber" at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, home of Horace Walpole. Sold at the 1842 London sale as one of the "Four humourous drawings, washed, perfectly unique of their kind, by Elias Martin.", and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Harpsichords, Women, Music education, Music rooms, and Teachers
Volume 3, page 248a. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
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1
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still image
Abstract:
Depiction of the shrine designed by Pietro Cavallini, brought to the chapel at Strawberry Hill from Rome in 1768. A cross sits on the floor beneath the shrine, between the twisted columns; an armored glove and dagger are seen in the foreground, while other arms and armor hang on the walls in the background
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed with initials and dated by the artist in lower left corner of image., and Bound in as page 248a in volume 3 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Two drawings, matted side-by-side, of female figures wearing classical dress (Doric chitons). The figure on the left faces right and holds up one side of a scale (?) with her left hand; the figure on the right, breasts exposed and right arm extended into the air, faces left
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed with initials by the artist in pencil, in lower right corner of the drawing on the right., Date of production supplied by curator., and Formerly laid in 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)
Two drawings, matted side-by-side, of female figures wearing classical dress (Doric chitons). The figure on the left faces right and holds up one side of a scale (?) with her left hand; the figure on the right, breasts exposed and right arm extended into the air, faces left
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed with initials by the artist in pencil, in lower right corner of the drawing on the right., Date of production supplied by curator., and Formerly laid in 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)
Pages 45-48. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
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1
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still image
Abstract:
Watercolor drawings of four tiles decorated with arms or other heraldic designs. These are presumably depictions of the Medieval tiles in the floor of the China Room at Strawberry Hill, stated by Horace Walpole to be from Gloucester Cathedral; however, the third drawing in the group is labeled "Tyle from Bysham Abbey" in pencil
Alternative Title:
Tiles with arms, from the cathedral at Gloucester
Description:
Title supplied by curator, taken from text on page 6 of the 1784 edition of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ..., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on death date of T. Crofton Croker, who assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., and Bound in as pages 45 to 48 in T. Crofton Croker's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Pages 45-48. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Watercolor drawings of four tiles decorated with arms or other heraldic designs. These are presumably depictions of the Medieval tiles in the floor of the China Room at Strawberry Hill, stated by Horace Walpole to be from Gloucester Cathedral; however, the third drawing in the group is labeled "Tyle from Bysham Abbey" in pencil
Alternative Title:
Tiles with arms, from the cathedral at Gloucester
Description:
Title supplied by curator, taken from text on page 6 of the 1784 edition of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ..., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on death date of T. Crofton Croker, who assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., and Bound in as pages 45 to 48 in T. Crofton Croker's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.