- Creator:
- Barrow, Joseph Charles, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1789]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3678.40+ (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of Little Strawberry Hill, home of Lady Diana Beauclerk, looking from the north(?) across the lawns, the house is shown in the shadows on the right while in the distance on the left is the Thames River. On the left in the foreground a gentleman walks on the stile to cross the fence near a large tree on the other side of which begins a stone wall along the bottom of the property
- Alternative Title:
- Little Marble Hill
- Description:
- Title inscribed in right corner within the French mount., Inscribed in lower right corner of image with the artist's name and date., Alternative title devised by curator., Printed label pasted on verso: "Strawberry Hill by J.C. Barrow, comissioned by Horace Walpole, signed J.C. Barrow, 1789." A line has been drawn through the words "Strawberry Hill"., Probably a preliminary sketch for a drawing that was used in Horace Walpole extra-illustrated copy of Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Folio 49 2522)., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Possibly part of the collection of drawings described as no. 3678 by A.T. Hazen in Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library and dispersed at the Strawberry Hill sale, viii, lot 154., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734-1808
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts and Dwellings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Little Strawberry Hill [art original]
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- Creator:
- Barrow, Joseph Charles, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1789]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize) Box 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Watercolor drawing of Lady Diana Beauclerk's house, known as Little Marble Hill, in Twickenham. The white house is visible at right, atop a small hill and partially obscured by a tree. The lawn with scattered trees extends outward from the house to the left, with a low brick or stone wall and part of a wooden fence visible in the foreground. The Thames, with a single sailboat on it, can barely be seen in the distance through the trees. A few pinkish clouds fill the sky near the horizon
- Description:
- Title, statement of responsibility, and date from note in brown ink on verso, in Horace Walpole's hand. 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 (Geographic):
- Twickenham (London, England)
- Subject (Name):
- Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734-1808
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Dwellings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > View of the villa of Lady Diana Beauclerc at Twickenham [art original]
- Creator:
- Barrow, Joseph Charles, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1789]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize) Box 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Watercolor drawing of Lady Diana Beauclerk's house, known as Little Marble Hill, in Twickenham. The white house is visible at left in the middle distance, viewed through an opening between two stands of trees. A woman sits on a stool and milks a cow in the field in the foreground; another cow lies on the grass nearby. To the right is the Thames, on which a sailboat and a rowboat travel; a man with a cane stands on the bank and looks out at the three men in the rowboat. The far bank of the river is visible in the distance; a few pinkish clouds fill the sky
- Description:
- Title, statement of responsibility, and date from note in brown ink on verso, in Horace Walpole's hand. 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 (Geographic):
- Twickenham (London, England)
- Subject (Name):
- Beauclerk, Diana, Lady, 1734-1808
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Dwellings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > View of the villa of Lady Diana Beauclerc at Twickenham [art original]