Title devised by curator., Date based on time period when Charles Cornwallis was known as "The Lord Cornwallis"., Text within banner below shield: Virtvs vincit invidiam., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Laid in an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
Title devised by curator; alternative title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left side., and On leaf 153 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
"Plate 2: Hope. A female figure, whole-length to left, holding an anchor, in a niche."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Printmaker and date from British Museum online catalogue., Publisher not identified; the set of plates was published on several occasions in the Netherlands, first by Goltzius in Haarlem, then by Claes Jansz Visscher (before 1652) in Amsterdam, and finally by Jochem Ottens. See British Museum online catalogue., One of a series of seven numbered plates showing whole length personifications of "The Virtues" placed in niches, after Hendrik Goltzius., Two lines of text engraved below image: Spes humiles luiquit ... atria sertur. F.E. [Franco Estius]., Plate numbered "2" in lower left corner of image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with some loss of design. Description based on impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1857,0613.504., Mounted on page 76 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., 1 print : engraving on wove paper ; 31.1 x 13 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Based on the type of paper, this impression probably represents a mid- to late-18th century printing from an earlier plate.
Title devised by cataloger. and Copper plate for Horace Walpole's engraved bookplate; design after George Vertue, with Walpole family motto in Latin: Fari quae sentiat in scroll above and his name as "Mr Horace Walpole" with flourishes below.
Proof with Gibbs's head before shading and lettering; a half-length portrait of the architect James Gibbs, looking to the right, in an oval, decorated frame
Description:
Title, artist, printmaker, state and date from later states and Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 143 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed within plate mark to: 26.6 x 18.5 cm.
"Landscape with, in the centre foreground, a woman wearing a dark dress seated on a stone and staring into the distance, to right; beside her, a man wearing a plumed hat reclining on the stone; beyond some figures resting under trees."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Capricious woman and Capricious girl
Description:
Title from that of the original painting, now in the State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg., Printmaker identified as Philip Mercier in the British Museum online catalogue., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1874,0808.1958., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Original painting was formerly part of Sir Robert Walpole's collection; purchased by Horace Walpole in 1748 and later hung in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 152 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 1 print : etching and engraving on wove paper ; sheet 29.8 x 24.1 cm.
"Portrait of a woman (possibly Mary Ruthven or Princess Mary), bust-length, turned to the right, with curly hair, pearl necklace, and embroidered dress."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from manuscript annotation in pencil above image, on mounting page., Place of publication based on printmaker's nationality; date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1888,0612.40., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of statements of responsibility from bottom edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., and Mounted on page 163 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.
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)
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 large gold medal of King Henry VIII housed in the Library at Strawberry Hill. On the obverse is the King's head in profile surrounded by two circular rows of lettering; on the reverse is his titles in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin
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):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)