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- Creator:
- James, F., fl. 1801-1803, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1803]
- Call Number:
- Drawings J27 no. 10 Box D130
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Date based other drawings signed, dated, and executed by F. James for Harrison and Co., and Profile of a man in pencil on left margin.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Drawing for plate II in Harrison's edition of Castle of Otranto] [art original]
- Creator:
- James, F., fl. 1801-1803, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1803]
- Call Number:
- Drawings J27 no. 11 Box D130
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger. and Date based other drawings signed, dated, and executed by F. James for Harrison and Co.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Drawing for plate III in Harrison's edition of Castle of Otranto] [art original]
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1792?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings B87 no. 27 Box D300
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A drawing for Act 3, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's Macbeth
- Description:
- Title and date based on published print engraved by J. Coles and published in London by Thomas Macklin, November 30th, 1792. and Formerly in the collection of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York. See Macklin print.
- Subject (Name):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Macbeth and the murderers] [art original].
- Creator:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1753?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3585 leaf 11++ (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A sketch by Bentley for Thomas Gray's Ode on the destruction of the Welsh bards: in a landscape with a tree on the left and mountains in the distance (right), four men on horseback confront a bearded man who holds hold out his arm in defense while hiding his harp behind his back. In the right foreground, a figure of a child amongst the riders
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Date and attribution based on other drawings for the publication., Horace Walpole's ms. note on mount below image: This and the two following are sketches for Mr. Gray's Ode on the destruction of the Welsh bards., With watermark and countermark in center of sheet: L.V. Gerrevink and IV., and Formerly mounted (folded) on leaf 11 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
- Subject (Name):
- Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Sketch for Gray's Bard with landscape] [art original].
- Creator:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1753?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3585 leaf 12b Box 1
- Collection Title:
- Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A sketch by Bentley for Thomas Gray's Ode on the destruction of the Welsh bards: a landscape with figures on horseback and the bard with attendants on a cliff on the upper left. On the verso, lower edge, a sketch of a head with a helmet in grey wash with swatch of wash background
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Date and attribution based on other drawings for the publication., With watermark on top portion of sheet: L.V. Gerrevink., Horace Walpole's ms. note on mount below image on leaf 11 referring to this and the image above on leaf 12: This and the two following are sketches for Mr. Gray's Ode on the destruction of the Welsh bards., and Formerly mounted on bottom half of leaf 12 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
- Subject (Name):
- Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Sketch for Gray's Bard with landscape] [art original].
- Creator:
- Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1753?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3585 leaf 12a Box 1
- Collection Title:
- Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A sketch by Bentley for Thomas Gray's Ode on the destruction of the Welsh bards: three bearded figures one of whom holds a harp (the bard).
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Date and attribution based on other drawings for the publication., Horace Walpole's ms. note on mount below image on leaf 11 referring to this and the image below on leaf 12: This and the two following are sketches for Mr. Gray's Ode on the destruction of the Welsh bards., and Formerly mounted on top half of leaf 12 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
- Subject (Name):
- Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Sketch for Gray's Bard with three floating figures] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1728]
- Call Number:
- LWL Ptg. 107 Framed, on view in Long Hall
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene from the Beggar’s Opera as performed and perhaps witnessed by Hogarth. The scene (Act III, Scene II) is the last. Set in Newgate prison. At center stage, is the highwayman Macheath, chained (played by Thomas Walker) wearing red. Two women who believe they are married to him plead for his life as he is sentenced to the gallows. To his left, Lucy Lockit with her back to the audience (played by Mrs. Egleton) is dressed in blue. She pleads with her father the prison warden (John Hall). On his right Polly Peachum (played by Lavinia Fenton) dressed in white with a pink sash, pleads with her father, a dishonest lawyer and informant (played by John Hippisley). The actors are flanked by an audience members privileged to sit in boxes on the stage. Among these is John Rich the impresario of the play. Cf. Einberg
- Alternative Title:
- Horace Walpole’s Copy of A Beggar’s Opera
- Description:
- Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal., Artist unidentified., Formerly attributed to William Hogarth. See R. Paulson, Hogarth: his life, art and times, pp. 26-7, pl. 45., In a contemporary gilt Rococo frame., Label on verso in Horace Walpole's with a note in his hand: "Sketch of the Beggar’s opera as first performed: Macheath, in red, by Walker. Polly kneeling, in white, by Miss Fenton, afterwards Duches of Bolton: Lucy in green, her face turned away, by Mrs. Eggleton; Peacham, in black by Hippisley; Lockit, by Hall. Amongst the audience, on the left hand, Sir Thomas Robinson of Rokeby, a tall gentleman with a long lean face; on the right, Sir Robert Faggs, profile, a fat man with short grey hair, much known at Newmarket. Painted by Hogarth. H.W.", Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: The original sketch of The Beggar's Opera, representing Walker as Macheath; Miss Fenton, afterwards Duchess of Bolton, as Polly, Hippisley, as Peach'em; Hall as Lockit; on one side in a box are Sir Thomas Robinson, very tall and lean, and Sir Robert Flagg, a famous Horse racer, fat, with short grey hair, by Hogarth. This highly interesting and curious picture was purchased at the sale of John Rich, the celebrated Harlequin and Master of the Theatres in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields and Covent Garden, for whom the picture was painted - it is in its pure and genuine state, and presents one of the most remarkable efforts of this original master., Text from the 1774 edition of Horace Walpole's Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole, at Strawberry Hill: The original sketch of the Beggar's Opera: Walker as Macheath; miss Fenton, afterwards duchess of Bolton, as Polly; Hippisley, as Peach'em; Hall as Lockit: on one side in a box, sir Thomas Robinson, very tall and lean; sir Robert Fagg, a famous horse-racer, fat, with short grey hair: by Hogarth. Bought at the sale of John Rich, the well known harlequin, and master of the theatres in Lincoln's-inn-fields and Covent-garden, for whom the picture was painted. Formerly hung in the Great North Bedchamber, Strawberry Hill., and Title devised by curator.
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The Beggar's Opera] [art original].
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1792]
- Call Number:
- Drawings B87 no. 24 Box D200
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two men gently lay an unconscious woman down on a soft mound of turf in the forest while a third man and two dogs observe the effort. The three men are armed with quivers of arrows and swords
- Alternative Title:
- Three men rescuing an injured woman and Supposed death of Imogen
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Attributed to Bunbury., Date from local catalog card., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Subject (Topic):
- Wounds & injuries, Loss of consciousness, Dogs, and Rescues
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Three men, two dogs, injured woman] [art original].
- Creator:
- Wright, John Massey, 1777-1866, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1825?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings W947 no. 3 Box D180
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Rasselas
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Artist and date from local card catalog record., and One drawing from a series of five watercolors illustrating scenes from Samuel Johnson's The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia.
- Subject (Name):
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Wright's illustrations for Rasselas] [art original].