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.
SH Contents V568 no. 1 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 46
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Drawing full-length King Richard III and his Queen, in robes and crowned
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned., Inscribed by Horace Walpole on verso: The original drawing by Vertue of Richard III, and his Queen, described and engraved in Mr. Walpole's Historic doubts., Sale text: A curious pen and ink drawing of King Richard III and his Queen, copied from painted glass, by Vertue, described and engraved in Mr. Walpole's Historic Doubts., Formerly hung in at Strawberry Hill, in the blue breakfast room., Image later engraved by Charles Grignion for: Horace Walpole's Historic doubts on the life & reign of King Richard the Third, 1768, opposite p. 103., and No. 118 in the Catalogue of Framed Pictures in the Lewis Walpole Library.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England), Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485,, and Anne, Queen, consort of Richard III, King of England, 1456-1485,
A view of the south side of Horace Walpole's villa in Twickenham, Strawberry Hill, from across the lawn, with the Thames in the distance
Description:
Title devised by curator. and This design is attributed to J. Farington on the print entitled "Strawberry Hill" published by J. & J. Boydell in June 1793 and etched by J.C. Stadler.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Estates, and Buildings, structures, etc