View of Strawberry Hill (north front) as seen from the lane with fences on either side. A man with a scythe and a woman carrying a baby walk in the road in front of the estate, towards the viewer
Alternative Title:
Strawberry Hill, north front
Description:
Title written by the artist in block letters on mount below image., Artist's initials and date etched in lower left corner of image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 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., and With wash-line mount (40.6 x 36 cm); signed with initials and dated by the artist ("E.E. 1783") on mount, to the right of manuscript title.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
First leaf following title page. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Landscape; view of Strawberry Hill, a neo-gothic house in parkland, seen from a pool in the foreground, with a water-wheel on the left, a horseman on the far bank, sailing-boat on the right and cattle grazing in the field before the house."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
East front of Strawberry Hill, from the river
Description:
Title from note in brown ink below image, in Horace Walpole's hand., Alternative title from Gascoigne., Printmaker's monogrammatic initials etched below image in lower left; date etched below image in lower right., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 8 (formerly G) 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., and The letters "ollaston" added in brown ink by Horace Walpole after the monogrammatic initials etched in lower left corner, completing the printmaker's last name "Wollaston."
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
First leaf following title page. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Landscape; view of Strawberry Hill, a neo-gothic house in parkland, seen from a pool in the foreground, with a water-wheel on the left, a horseman on the far bank, sailing-boat on the right and cattle grazing in the field before the house."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
East front of Strawberry Hill, from the river
Description:
Title from note in brown ink below image, in Horace Walpole's hand., Alternative title from Gascoigne., Printmaker's monogrammatic initials etched below image in lower left; date etched below image in lower right., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on first leaf following title page 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., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 11.3 x 15.7 cm, inlaid to 27 x 21 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and With manuscript title "View of Strawberry Hill" added in brown ink below image. Also added are the letters "ollaston f." to the etched monogrammatic initials "CW" in lower left, completing the statement of responsibility "CWollaston f."
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Watercolor of the Tribune at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham
Description:
John Carter (1748-1817), British draughtsman and antiquarian., Title devised by curator. Formerly attributed to Edward Edwards., and Exhibited in 1789. See The Royal Academy of Arts / Algernon Graves. London : Henry Graves and Co., Ltd., 1905, p. 4.
Title devised by cataloger., Questionable date assigned by cataloger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 41 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.
A collection of hand-drawn transformation playing cards using the suit symbols incorporated in the sketches of people in a variety of scenes, some clearly English, others continental. Two examples are a fireside scene illustrating a mother and child (and two others) seated in front of a fireplace with a hanging cauldron, and an illustration of an amorous couple enjoying a dance as a violinist plays stage left. The cards depict both black and white characters, all of whom are wealthy or of high status, including soldiers, bishops, and men and women in fashionable dress. At the top of one card above the head of a man who reads from a sheet as he addresses a woman who looks down demurely, are the words "Mio ben.". On the verso of two cards are inscriptions in English. The first shows a figure in Shakespearean-era costume on the front and on the back, a quote from Twelfth night (Act II, Scene 5): "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” A second shows a couple sitting across from each other with an empty table between and on the back three stanzas from William Cowper’s The Diverting History of John Gilpin, first published in 1782
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and In a later envelope inscribed 'Mlle. de Bernardy' and 'N. Anderson'.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Playing cards, Card games, and Social life and customs
Title from note on verso in Thomas Kirgate's hand, partially trimmed., Signed in image with the initials "S.H." [i.e. Sylvester Harding]., Date based on known visit by Harding to Strawberry Hill. See Walpole's Book of visitors., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Sylvester Harding (1745-1809), English, miniature painter, draughtsman, and print publisher., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
View of an oak tree in the left foreground, next to an urn at extreme right, looking at the view of Abingdon in the background, and the Carfax Conduit in the left middle distance
Description:
Title and date from Stadler aquatint after this drawing. and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Nuneham Courtenay (England) and Abingdon (England)
A view with an active volcano in the center in the distance, steam rising from the top. On the right on a hilltop is a walled monastery. In the foreground, one woman rides on a horse side saddle while another woman walks ahead; the two are followed by a dog. The areas of the drawing are numbered as follows: 1. The hillside, 2. The wall surrounding the monestary, 3. The river surrounding the hillside, 4. The active volcano in the center of the image, 5. A range of hills on the left in the far distance, and 6. the hills mid-iew, beneath the active volcano. In the upper left corner, the image is numbered "XI".
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Horses, Monasteries, Volcanoes, Volcanic eruptions, and Women
A female Bermudan street vendor is sitting behind her produce wares under a makeshift sun shade. She wears a white scarf over her hair and a dress dyed primarily white and midnight blue; her hands are slightly raised and outstretched towards the diverse assortment of produce
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Possibly one of a series of small drawings of black Bermudans., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Bermuda Islands
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Street vendors, Produce stands, Corn, Bananas, and Squashes