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1. [Dr. Dee's conjuring stone] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Watercolor drawing depicting a speculum of kennel-coal, in a leather case, that was supposedly used by Dr. Dee the conjurer to deceive the mob in the reign of Queen Elizabeth
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist not identified., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., Depicted object was formerly owned by Horace Walpole and kept in the Great North Bedchamber at Strawberry Hill. For a description of the object, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1966,1001.1., and Mounted on page 189 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):
- Dee, John, 1527-1608. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections, Magical devices, and Mirrors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Dr. Dee's conjuring stone] [art original].