Wash drawing depicting a rectangular section of ceiling at Strawberry Hill, with Gothic tracery running longitudinally in parallel rows
Alternative Title:
Ceiling under the stairs
Description:
Titled in Thomas Kirgate's hand below image on mounting page; part of the word "cieling" has been rubbed from sheet., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., and Mounted on page 3 (formerly B) 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):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Architectural decorations & ornaments, and Ceilings
Drawing of part of the wall decoration, possibly a frieze or wallpaper, of the Round Tower at Strawberry Hill. An image of a cherub placing a vase upon a pedestal is present within an oval at the bottom of the design
Description:
Title from note on verso in an unidentified hand., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., and Formerly laid in at page 103 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):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Friezes (Ornamental bands), Wallpapers, and Putti
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
Description:
Titles from notes in artist's hand below images., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., Design consists of two images side by side, each with an individual caption written in ink below., and Mounted on page 12 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)
Page 121.11. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Titles from notes in ink below images, in Horace Walpole's hand., Unsigned; attributed to Horace Walpole by curator., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., Two small drawings on one sheet, side by side. The leftmost drawing, which shows the earlier iteration of the house, includes labels in Walpole's hand: Mrs. Chenevix's library ; East bed ch. ; East parlour ; staircase ; closet ; kitchen., and Mounted on page 121.11 in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 22, copy 3.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Page 121.13. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility from notes in ink above image, in Horace Walpole's hand., Date of production based on artist's death date., and Mounted on page 121.13 in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 22, copy 3.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Volume 1, page 69. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Milton's cottage at Chalfont
Description:
Title from ink annotation on verso, in Horace Walpole's hand., Statement of responsibility and date written beneath title on verso, in an unidentified hand., and Mounted on page 69 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Subject (Geographic):
Chalfont St. Giles (England)
Subject (Name):
Milton, John, 1608-1674
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Dwellings
Page 5. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View of Little Strawberry Hill, which was home to actress Kitty Clive in the 1780's. Trees flank the house on either side; a group of women and children stand on the path in the right foreground
Description:
Title written in ink below image, in a contemporary hand., Artist and date of production from note in ink on mounting sheet: This is the original drawing by Charles John Smith from which he engraved the plate for Murray's Johnsoniana published in 1836, p. 177., and Mounted on page 5 in T. Crofton Croker's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Dwellings
Title from note in pencil in lower right corner. and Signed in pencil with artist's initials and date in lower left corner; artist's name also written in pencil on mount.
Subject (Geographic):
Sintra (Portugal)
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1760-1844
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Dwellings
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 of Little Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, home to Mrs. Clive in the 1780s and then to Agnes and Mary Berry sometime after 1791. The white house has ivy growing up its side and is flanked by trees; abundant shrubbery completes the foreground
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 205 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 (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Houses