Title written in ink below image., Attribution to Francis Hayman from local card catalog record. This is possibly the original drawing for the frontispiece engraved by Grignion that was issued in later editions of Hervey's Meditations among the tombs., Date of production based on publication date of the book in which the drawing is found., and Bound in as the frontispiece in James Hervey's copy of the first edition of his Meditations among the tombs.
Title written in ink below image., Date of production based Queen Adelaide's succession date and artist's date of death., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and The artist was an arsonist, but was found not guilty on grounds of insanity and was a patient in Bethlem Royal Hospital (London, England).
Subject (Name):
Adelaide, Queen, consort of William IV, King of Great Britain 1792-1849,
Page 705. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in ink on a separate sheet mounted below drawing., Artist "E.B." identified as E. Bell in local card catalog record; artist "A.V. is unidentified., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., and Mounted on page 705 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title from text inscribed on the depicted monument., Unsigned; artist unidentified. This is possibly the original drawing for an engraved plate issued in later editions of Hervey's Meditations among the tombs., Date of production based on publication date of the book in which the drawing is found., Beneath title is inscribed four lines of verse, followed by a description of the circumstances of Anne Stonhouse's death: She died a few days after [the] birth of her 4th child, Dec. 1st 1747 in [the] 25th year of her age., and Bound in opposite page 86 in James Hervey's copy of the first edition of his Meditations among the tombs.
A tracing of William Hogarth's print: A porter carrying a large number of chamber pockets towards a house on the right, walking ahead of a sedan chair, with guards on the steps and others holding back crowds and several figures climbing over a high brick wall running alongside the road to the house
Alternative Title:
Peter Necessary with choice of chamber pots
Description:
Title traced below image., "Jack in office is undoubtedly Hogarth, though the subejct of it is unknown. I have seen but one copy of it. See Nichols's Book, 3rd edit. p. 438"--Written in pencil above image., "Copy by G. Steevens"--Written in pencil below image., "Price 6d."--As traced from print., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 213., and On page 25 in volume 1.
Subject (Topic):
Chamber pots, Courtyards, Crowds, Sedan chairs, and Soldiers
Title supplied by curator., Date supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Page 1. List of pieces printed at Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title written in pencil below image, on mounting page., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date supplied by cataloger, based on that of the manuscript volume in which this drawing is found., Sheet trimmed to the edges of the vignette drawing., and Mounted on page 1 in a volume with the manuscript title: List of pieces printed at Strawberry Hill, taken from Baker's list.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[before 1809]
Call Number:
Print00873
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title inscribed below image., Signed by the artist in ink at lower right., Date based on artist's date of death., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Topic):
Wounds & injuries, Medical aspects of war, Physicians, and Hypochondria
Volume 3, page 246b. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Queen Eleanor, Henry III
Description:
Title from note in ink below image, in Horace Walpole's hand., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on death date of Horace Walpole, whose annotation is present below image., and Mounted on page 246b in volume 3 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Subject (Name):
Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272,, Eleanor, of Provence, Queen, consort of Henry III, King of England, 1223 or 1224-1291,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Three half-length sketches of men in two rows, two on the top row are shown bust-length facing left, while the one below is shown half-length playing a bassoon. Only the portrait on the top right is identified by the artist
Description:
Title written below drawing in upper right., Attributed to John Nixon in dealer's description., Date based on artist's death date., and Sheet numbered "114" in ink at top.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Musicians, Musical instruments, and Bassoons