Between pages 10 and 11. Copies of seven original letters from King Edward VI to Barnaby Fitz
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the ruins of Waltham Palace with three figures resting on the grass
Description:
Title written in brown ink below image., Statement of responsibility (trimmed) written in brown ink beneath lower right corner of image., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted between pages 10 and 11 in Richard Bull's extra-illustrated copy of: Copies of seven original letters from King Edward VI to Barnaby Fitz-Patrick. Strawberry-Hill, printed in the year MDCCLXXII [1772].
SH Contents C323 no. 2 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 68
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Watercolor drawing representing the procession in the romance of the Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
Description:
John Carter (1748-1817), British draughtsman and antiquary., Signed and titled by the artist, lower center. Same text transcribed in another hand on verso., and Later label on verso: This picture was painted by John Carter (1748-1817) and was exhibited at the Royal Academy of 1790. It belonged to Horace Walpole and was at Strawberry Hill until the sale in 1842 when it was bought by the Reverend Horace Cholmondeley from whom it came through his daughter and grand-daughter to H.C.J.
Watercolor drawing depicting a head of King Henry III carved in oak. The king wears a crown, and curled hair protrudes out from under it on both sides. The date(?) "12 III 16" and decorative symbols fill the space above the head
Alternative Title:
Henry III
Description:
Title from note in black ink below image, perhaps in the artist's hand., Artist's name added by Horace Walpole in brown ink in lower right corner., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., Three lines of descriptive text written below title in black ink: This head (carv'd in oak) is in the possession of Dr. Palmer of Peterborough Northamton shire and was brought from Barnwell Church near Oundle Norn. shire about 40 years ago. Henry the Third endow'd this church. This drawing is half the size of the original head., Two additional annotations by Horace Walpole in brown ink are present; below the descriptive text is written "The upper part above the crown is modern, and the date wrong" and at the bottom of the sheet is written "Now at Mr. Walpole's at Strawberry Hill.", and Mounted on page 73 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 (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A view of inside the stone circle of Stonehenge. One figure, holding a long pole, stands next to a fallen sarsen stone while another figure, holding a similar pole, stands on top of the fallen sarsen stone
Description:
Title written below image, in artist's hand?, Signed lower right: J. Carter, Inscription in pencil lower right: This leaning has now been set upright in 1901., John Carter, English draughtsman and antiquary, 1748-1817., For further information, consult library staff., and One of four drawings in a folder.
Drawing of Stonehenge before the fall of the Trilithon in 1797. A figure sits on a low stone in the center
Description:
Title from item., Signed lower right: J. Carter., Inscription in pencil lower right: Taken before the fall of the Right hand Trilithon on 3rd Jany 1797., John Carter, English draughtsman and antiquary, 1748-1817., For further information, consult library staff., and One of four drawings in a folder.
Watercolor drawing depicting the gallery at Horace Walpole's house, Strawberry Hill, with view of the Holbein Room through an open door on the right. Light shines through a stained glass at the end of the gallery
Description:
Title from inscription in Thomas Kirgate's hand, in pencil at bottom of sheet., Date based on the fact that the stained glass window was replaced in 1772 by a door into the newly built Great Room bed chamber. Attributed to Carter by previous owner., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and John Carter (1748-1817), British draughtsman and antiquary.
View of Stonehenge and the surrounding Salisbury Plain
Alternative Title:
View of Stonehenge taken at the distance of a mile 1781
Description:
Signed lower right: J. Carter del. 1785., Inscription in pencil on verso: Interesting set of 4 original view of Stonehenge sketches in 1781 by J. Carter, doubtless the J. Carter (1748-1817) Draughtsman and architect and author of "Ancient Architecture of England", fol. London 1795. Edit. by J. Britton fol. 1845. with 106 plates, nos. II and III being of Stonehenge., John Carter, English draughtsman and antiquary, 1748-1817., For further information, consult library staff., and One of four drawings in a folder.