Fourteen cameos, seals, and medallions, each with Roman numeral numbering above, including: a large intaglio on onyx of Byzas, imaginary founder of Byzantium (I); a cameo on agate of a sleeping hermaphrodite with two satyrs (II); a cornelian seal with half figure of Omphale (VI); a caprice on white cornelian combining the head of Socrates with a peacock and an elephant holding a scepter (X); and a cameo on agate of an Egyptian duck (XIII). The objects were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Alternative Title:
Qvadorvm trivmphvs and Quadorum triumphus
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Text on large, circular medallion numbered "XIV" at bottom of plate: Qvadorvm trivmphvs., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Tab. XXI"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 166 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; sheet 22.1 x 16 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Spearhead at center (numbered "I") with two chisel-like weapons or tools on either side (numbered "II" and "III"). The objects were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Ex aere" etched at the bottom of each of the three images., "Tab. XVII"--Upper right corner., and Mounted on page 138 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.
Spearhead at center (numbered "I") with two chisel-like weapons or tools on either side (numbered "II" and "III"). The objects were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Ex aere" etched at the bottom of each of the three images., "Tab. XVII"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 193 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 26 x 18.6 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
"A bust of Henry VII, with long curling hair and a fillet about his brow, his head leaning to the left, the sculpture upon a plinth lettered "Henricus VII Torreggiani Opus Ao MDIX", masonry behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text on plinth in image., Printmaker from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Engraved after a sculpture formerly attributed to Torrigiano., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate from: Carter, J. Specimens of the ancient sculpture and painting, now remaining in this kingdom ... London : Published as the act directs by John Carter, Wood St. Westminster, 1780-87 [1780-94]., Text below image, centered: In the possession of the Honorable Horace Walpole, now Earl of Orford, at Strawberry-Hill, Middx. (Drawn to half the size of the original)., "The drawing in [the] possn. of R. Bull Esqr."--Below lower left corner of image., and Tipped in at page 95 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.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs by J. Carter, Hamilton Street Hyde Park Corner
Subject (Name):
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans, nearly half-length, directed very slightly to right, looking ahead, wearing long curly wig and lace collar over doublet; rectangular design, bordered by two lines."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Henry Jermyn, Earl of St. Albans
Description:
Title etched below image., Early (proof?) state. For a later state with the text "From an original picture in the collection of the Rt. Hon. Lord Orford at Strawberry Hill" added at bottom of plate and shading added to the block lettering of title, see: British Museum online catalogue, registration no. 1853,0112.1575., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., A later state of this plate was published in: Hamilton, A. Memoirs of Count Grammont. London : Printed for S. and E. Harding, [1794]., Engraved after a painting by Henry Stone that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 112 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.
Publisher:
Pub. July 9th, 1792, by E. & S. Harding, 102 Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
St. Albans, Henry Jermyn, Earl of, approximately 1604-1684, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans, nearly half-length, directed very slightly to right, looking ahead, wearing long curly wig and lace collar over doublet; rectangular design, bordered by two lines."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Henry Jermyn, Earl of St. Albans
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Hamilton, A. Memoirs of Count Grammont. London : Printed for S. and E. Harding, [1794]., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of all text below image. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1853,0112.1575., Engraved after a painting by Henry Stone that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 143 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pub. July 9th, 1792, by E. & S. Harding, 102 Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
St. Albans, Henry Jermyn, Earl of, approximately 1604-1684, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Gardiner, W. N. (William Nelson), 1766-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:
[3 April 1797]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans, bust-length, directed very slightly to right, looking ahead, wearing long curly wig and lace collar over doublet; rectangular design, bordered by stippled line."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Engraved after a painting by Henry Stone., Plate from an unidentified edition of Hamilton's Memoirs of Count Grammont., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of title and complete loss of imprint statement. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., and Mounted on page 128 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.
Publisher:
Published Apl. 3, 1797, by E. Harding, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
St. Albans, Henry Jermyn, Earl of, approximately 1604-1684, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title from text near bottom of plate., Facsimile of Lord Walpole's handwriting etched below image and above title., Frontispiece to: Coxe, W. Memoirs of Horatio, Lord Walpole. London : Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1802., Mounted on page 134 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., 1 print : etching and engraving on wove paper ; sheet 17.1 x 12.6 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of title and complete loss of imprint statement.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feb. 1, 1802, by the Revd. W. Cox, London
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Baron, 1678-1757, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Gardiner, W. N. (William Nelson), 1766-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 December 1790]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Humphrey Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester; half length, to the right, looking to the right almost in profile; bald, wearing fur trimmed robe; in rectangular frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Humphrey Duke of Gloucester, uncle to the King and Protector
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., Mounted on page 175 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., 1 print : stipple engraving and etching on laid paper ; sheet 18.8 x 14.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. Dec. 1, 1790, by E. Harding, 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, 1391-1447,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Gardiner, W. N. (William Nelson), 1766-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 December 1790]
Call Number:
SH Contents G221 no. 2 Box 105
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Humphrey Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester; half length, to the right, looking to the right almost in profile; bald, wearing fur trimmed robe; in rectangular frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Humphrey Duke of Gloucester, uncle to the King and Protector
Description:
Title etched below image. and Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793.
Publisher:
Pub. Dec. 1, 1790, by E. Harding, 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, 1391-1447,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)