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1. Disposition of the miniatures in the Rosewood Cabinet in the Tribune [art original].
- Creator:
- Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1810]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
- Collection Title:
- Page 56b. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Diagram showing the arrangement of items hung inside Horace Walpole's Cabinet of Miniatures and Enamels, which was kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. Most of the nearly ninety objects are small paintings, which are shown in outline only. In these cases the name of the portrait's sitter or a description of the image is written in the blank space at center, while the shape and ornamentation of the surrounding frame is depicted in some detail. Other objects include locks of hair, hearts made of hair, rings of agate, and decorative heart pendants; each of these items has a label written below. Two small areas on the right and left sides of drawing, both delineated by a vertical line and labeled "side" above, show objects that were hung on the interior sides of the cabinet
- Description:
- Title written in watercolor at top of sheet, centered., Unsigned; attribution to Thomas Kirgate from local catalog card., Date based on artist's death date., and Inlaid on page 56b in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections, Miniatures (Paintings), and Cabinets (Case furniture)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Disposition of the miniatures in the Rosewood Cabinet in the Tribune [art original].
2. [A small bronze vase, with a sacrifice to Priapus] [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of a vase in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. At center is a view of the vase which is decorated with a scene of the sacrifice to Priapus, expanded in the drawing horizontally so that the entire scene is visible. In the lower left is a top view of the vase labeled "bocca del' vaso" and in the lower right a bottom view labeled "fondo dell' vaso."
- Alternative Title:
- Sacrificio di Priapo in vn' vaso di metallo giallo scavato nel' anno 1702 in Roma : fra' il Circo Massimo & le Terme di Antonino Caracalla
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Written in ink at top of sheet: Sacrificio di Priapo in vn' vaso di metallo giallo scavato nel' anno 1702 in Roma ..., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 170 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):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Priapus (Greek deity),
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections and Vases
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A small bronze vase, with a sacrifice to Priapus] [art original].
3. [Arms and crest] [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of arms and a crest, likely from one of the seals that were kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 158 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):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections, Coats of arms, and Seals (Insignia)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Arms and crest] [art original].
4. [Medal of Edward VI] [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1824]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of a medal in the Library at Strawberry Hill, with the bust-length image of King Edward VI with crown on the obverse and on the reverse his coat of arms
- Description:
- Title devised by curator., Unsigned; questionable attribution to George Perfect Harding from local card catalog record., Date based on date of William Bawtree's death., and Mounted on page 99 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):
- Edward VI, King of England, 1537-1553, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections and Medals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Medal of Edward VI] [art original].
5. [Miniatures in the Rosewood Cabinet, left hand door] [art original].
- Creator:
- Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1810]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
- Collection Title:
- Page 56c. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Diagram showing the arrangement of miniatures hung inside the left hand door of Horace Walpole's Cabinet of Miniatures and Enamels, which was kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. The six small paintings, arranged in a cross pattern, are shown in outline only. In each case the name of the portrait's sitter or a description of the image is written in the blank space at center, while the shape and ornamentation of the surrounding frame is depicted in some detail. Orientation for the diagram is provided by the word "door" written in watercolor at the top of the sheet and the words "left hand" written in pencil at the bottom
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Unsigned; attribution to Thomas Kirgate from local catalog card., Date based on artist's death date., and Inlaid on page 56c in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections, Miniatures (Paintings), and Cabinets (Case furniture)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Miniatures in the Rosewood Cabinet, left hand door] [art original].
6. [Miniatures in the Rosewood Cabinet, right hand door] [art original].
- Creator:
- Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1810]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
- Collection Title:
- Page 56a. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Diagram showing the arrangement of miniatures hung inside the right hand door of Horace Walpole's Cabinet of Miniatures and Enamels, which was kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. The eight small paintings, arranged in three columns, are shown in outline only. In each case the name of the portrait's sitter or a description of the image is written in the blank space at center, while the shape and ornamentation of the surrounding frame is depicted in some detail. Orientation for the diagram is provided by the word "door" written in watercolor at the top of the sheet and the words "right hand" written in pencil at the bottom
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Unsigned; attribution to Thomas Kirgate from local catalog card., Date based on artist's death date., and Inlaid on page 56a in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections, Miniatures (Paintings), and Cabinets (Case furniture)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Miniatures in the Rosewood Cabinet, right hand door] [art original].
7. [The lantern in the Red Hall] [art original].
- Creator:
- Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1810]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 33 30 Copy 6
- Collection Title:
- Page 2d. Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ...
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Unfinished drawing of the Gothic lantern, designed by Richard Bentley, that hung in the Entrance of Strawberry Hill
- Alternative Title:
- Lanthron in the Red Hall
- Description:
- Title from local catalog card; the title written in ink on mounting page has "lanthorn" misspelled as "lanthron"., Unsigned; attribution to G.P. Harding from local catalog card., Date based on death date of Thomas Kirgate, who likely assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., and Inlaid on page 2d in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art collections and Lamps
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The lantern in the Red Hall] [art original].