- 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].
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