- Creator:
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1798]
- Call Number:
- Drawings W87 no. 35 Box D210
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An elderly woman questions a man dressed in a curious combination of professional military uniform and shopkeeper's attire with an apron tide around his waist and a musket propped against his shoulder. The woman exclaims, "Thee looks't very genteel indeed Tommy, I should hardly ha known thee, but I hope the shop is not quite neglected, trade must be minded thee know'st" while the shoppkeeper/soldier responds, "Trade d--n trade! I'm a gemmen and a soljer as Mister Wind-hum says".
- Description:
- Title from inscriptrion in black ink below image., Date supplied by cataloger., and Attributed to Woodward.
- Subject (Topic):
- John Bull (Symbolic character), Stores & shops, Commerce, Soldiers, Military uniforms, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > An independent reply en militaire [art original].
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- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1785]
- Call Number:
- Drawings B87 no. 26 Box D300
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Five men accompanied by two dogs leisurly sit around a small table in a tavern smoking long-stemmed tobacco pipes and drinking while one of their number squeezes juice and pulp from a fruit into a large punch bowl resting on the table
- Description:
- Title and artist's signature inscribed in the artist's hand below image. and Sheet trimmed to oval shape.
- Subject (Topic):
- Taverns (Inns), Drinking vessels, Peg legs, Tobacco pipes, Leisure, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Club night [art original]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3664.4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of Francis Cleyn, formerly Franz Klein
- Description:
- Title from item., Signed in ink, lower right under image: G. Vertue del., Inscription in ink, in 18th century hand, lower right: from an orig in Poses. Mr. Crawley at Hampsted, Hartforsh. An other orig. drawn in Poses. Mr. Rosse., Inscription in ink, in 18th century hand, lower left: H. Famossmo Pittore Francesco Clein Miracolo dell Secolo. I molto esti mato dell. R. Carlo della grande Britagna. 1646., Drawing that was later used for an engraving published in : Anecdotes of painting in England, with some account of the principal artists / by Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Farmer, 1762, v. 2, p. 127., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
- Subject (Name):
- Cleyn, Franz, 1590?-1658,
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists and German
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Francis Cleyn senior pictor [art original]
- Creator:
- Lock, William, 1767-1847, artist
- Published / Created:
- [March 1781]
- Call Number:
- Drawings L813 no. 1 Box D205
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title, artist, and date from note inscribed in black ink below image: W. Lock, March 1781. The subject fro this drawing is Hercules chasing the Napions, but the drawing was left unfinished & Hercules does not appear., W. Lock = WIlliam Lock the 2nd., 1767-1847., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- Hercules (Roman mythological character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hercules chasing the Napions [art original]
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- Creator:
- Chute, John, 1701-1776
- Published / Created:
- [1753]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3490
- Image Count:
- 173
- Abstract:
- A collection of approximately 130 drawings and sketches by John Chute and one etching and engraving entitled Chaucer's Grove by P. Mazell (artist James Pettit Andrews) given to Horace Walpole, for his renovation of Strawberry Hill, bound in one volume and with an additional 23 loose leaves, including sketches for the Gallery, Round Tower, and one inspired by a doorcase in Dugdale's St. Paul's for the presses in the Library. Some of the drawings have been annotated by Walpole and/or Thomas Kirgate
- Alternative Title:
- Original drawings and sketches
- Description:
- Title from ms. title page in Horace Walpole's hand., Title from Hazen: Original drawings and sketches., In English., John Chute (1701-1776), English architect and connoisseur of the arts and literature, member of Horace Walpole's 'Strawberry committee.', Bound in original marbled boards., Inscribed on front fly leaf: "Lady Waldegrave from W.V. Harcourt, July 5, 1887.", On front pastedown, Carlingford's bookplate., Marble boards with half-leather. Written in ink in unidentified hand on front cover: Strawberry Hill (drawings). Paper lable on spine: "33.", The 3 volumes consist of 1 album and 2 cases., and Original marbled boards. Second Strawberry Hill Sale fleuron used as bookplate. Press-mark K.13, but moved to the Closet. Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763; probably kept in the Glass Closet until 1790. Inscribed on the fly-leaf: 'Lady Waldegrave from W.V. Harcourt, July 6, 1867.' Bookplate of Lord Carlingford, who married Lady Waldegrave in 1863.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and Twickenham (London, England)
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Country homes, and Buildings, structures, etc
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Slight sketches of architecture by John Chute, Esq., of the Vine in Hampshire,1753 [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [1790?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 14 Box D155
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In profile a middle-aged gentleman in a formal coat takes a nap while sitting in his chair, arms crossed below his chest
- Alternative Title:
- Having an after dinner's nap
- Description:
- Title from caption inscribed below image., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Sleeping and Chairs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The same having an after dinner's nap [art original].
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1770]
- Call Number:
- Drawings B87 no. 18 Box D200
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A kitchen scene with three female domestics. One is bending over offering an excited dog some sustenance from a tilted bucket while a second looks on with a slight smile. A third servant sits laboring in front of the fireplace
- Description:
- Title and date supplied by cataloger., Signed with the artist's initials in black ink below image., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, Kitchens, Women domestics, Fireplaces, Animal feeding, and Pets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Family kitchen] [art original]
- Creator:
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756
- Published / Created:
- [between 1720 and 1756?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3664.3
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing of Francis Cleyn, formerly Franz Klein, painter and tapestry designer born in German and raised at the Danish court. After travelling in Italy, he moved to England in 1623 and worked in the Court of Charles I.
- Alternative Title:
- Francis Cleyn
- Description:
- Title supplied by cataloger., Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Cleyn in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. [Strawberry-Hill] : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v. 2, opp. p. 127., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
- Subject (Name):
- Cleyn, Franz, 1590?-1658,
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists and German
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Francesco Cleyn] [art original]
- Creator:
- Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740-1812, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1776?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings L893 no. 2 Box D135
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Graphite pencil drawing: a young slender man, protruding chin turned upwards, walks in profile to the right. The man wears a small cap over long frowzled hair and carries a walking-stick in the crook of his right arm
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Date from on print by Loutherbourg and published by William Holland: From Eaton which was based on this drawing., and Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, British painter and Royal Academician, 1740-1812.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [From Eaton] [art original].
- Creator:
- Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740-1812, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1776?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings L893 no. 1 Box D135
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Graphite pencil drawing of a black woman wearing a dress with sylized and elongated pleats and ruffles extending from some hemlines. Her bonnet is exagerated to the point of obscuring her eyes
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Date based on the etching by Loutherbourg and published by William Holland which was based on this drawing., and Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, British painter and Royal Academician, 1740-1812.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [From Soho] [art original].