- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Watercolor drawing of one of four panels, formerly the doors to a shrine in the abbey of St. Edmundsbury, that were kept by Horace Walpole in the Chapel at Strawberry Hill. This panel shows Henry Beaufort, whole-length, slightly turned to the right, his hair tonsured, dressed in scarlet and holding a book in his left hand. A scarlet galero and a crucifix hang from a tree in the background to the right; below them, the head of a lion that is lying behind the cardinal is visible. A building, mountains, and blue sky are seen in the distance
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Mansucript note in ink below title: This and the three drawings that follow are slight sketches of the figures on pannels in the Chapel. NB. They came from the abbey of St. Edmondsbury., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 225 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- Beaufort, Henry, 1374-1447, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Cardinals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Henry Beaufort, Cardinal of Winchester [art original].
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- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Watercolor drawing of one of four panels, formerly the doors to a shrine in the abbey of St. Edmundsbury, that were kept by Horace Walpole in the Chapel at Strawberry Hill. This panel shows John Kemp, Archbishop of Canterbury, whole-length, turned and looking to right, standing in bishop's robes and carrying a mitre in his right hand and an open book in his left. He stands in front of a landscape with trees and path leading into distance; a house is visible in the backround on the right
- Alternative Title:
- John Kemp, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Description:
- Title written in ink below image., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 226 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- Kemp, John, approximately 1380-1454, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Bishops
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Iohn Kemp, Archbishop of Canterbury [art original].
- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Watercolor drawing of one of four panels, formerly the doors to a shrine in the abbey of St. Edmundsbury, that were kept by Horace Walpole in the Chapel at Strawberry Hill. This panel shows an unidentified older man, whole-length directed to the left, bald, wearing a red robe, leaning on the cane in his right hand and holding a hat in his left hand. A stable housing a cow and a horse(?) is directly behind him; a heraldic shield hands from the roof of the stable. Walpole described this scene as "a person in the act of adoration in a stable" in his Description of Strawberry Hill
- Alternative Title:
- It seems uncertain who is meant to be represented by this figure
- Description:
- Title devised by curator; alternative title from note in ink below image., Attribution to John Carter from local catalog card., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing appears. See Hazen., Mounted on page 228 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Stables
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Old man near stable] [art original].
- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1788]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 22 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Watercolor drawing showing Horace Walpole without a wig, on the left, facing the viewer, with a letter in hand; the caption under this image reads "after breakfast & in his study." In the center, Walpole with his wig and still with a letter in hand, his other arm bent and raised; the caption under this image reads "Before dinner, when drest, in the cabinet." The third image of Walpole, on the right, shows only his back, shoulders hunched and bent forward; the caption under this image reads "After dinner, & in the gallery."
- Alternative Title:
- Horace at three times a day
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Date assigned by previous owner., and John Carter (1748-1817), British draughtsman and antiquary.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Three sketches of Horace Walpole in 1788] [art original].