A view of Little Strawberry Hill, home of Lady Diana Beauclerk, looking from the north(?) across the lawns, the house is shown in the shadows on the right while in the distance on the left is the Thames River. On the left in the foreground a gentleman walks on the stile to cross the fence near a large tree on the other side of which begins a stone wall along the bottom of the property
Alternative Title:
Little Marble Hill
Description:
Title inscribed in right corner within the French mount., Inscribed in lower right corner of image with the artist's name and date., Alternative title devised by curator., Printed label pasted on verso: "Strawberry Hill by J.C. Barrow, comissioned by Horace Walpole, signed J.C. Barrow, 1789." A line has been drawn through the words "Strawberry Hill"., Probably a preliminary sketch for a drawing that was used in Horace Walpole extra-illustrated copy of Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (Folio 49 2522)., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Possibly part of the collection of drawings described as no. 3678 by A.T. Hazen in Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library and dispersed at the Strawberry Hill sale, viii, lot 154., and For further information, consult library staff.
Watercolor drawing of Mont Orgeuil in Jersey, as viewed from the southwest across the water. The castle sits on the rocky coast at center, with mainland Jersey rising as a hill to the left. Two boats are seen in the foreground, the one on the left a small rowboat carrying two fishermen; three additional vessels sit in the water near the foot of the castle. Fair-weather clouds fill the sky
Alternative Title:
Mont Orgueil Castle in the Isle of Jersey
Description:
Titles written in English and French below image, in the artist's hand., Signed by the artist below image in lower left., and Mounted on page 115 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.
A small watercolor drawing of the east front of Strawberry Hill, Twickenham
Description:
Title inscribed in an unidentified hand at bottom right corner of the image., A portion of the Vryheyt watermark visible at the bottom of the sheet. Cf. Churchill, W.A. Watermarks in paper, no. 84., Sheet torn at lower right edge, with loss of the three characters from the title: 'ken' in Twickenham., and Probably a drawing by an amateur, possibly after Müntz's 1758 drawing "East View of Strawberry Hill near Twickenham in Middlesex". Date based on similarity of plantings in the two drawings.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A view of Newstead Abbey as seen from the front beyond the surrounding stone wall. Two boys, one leaning on the wall the other sitting on it, watch as a coach pulls around the circular drive, in the center of which stands a fountain
Description:
Title and artist from ms. note on verso in Horace Walpole's hand., Inscribed by artist in lower right corner of image: "J.C. Barrow.", Ms. note in pencil, in an unidentified hand, on mount below image: "In the summer of 1798, B. [i.e. Byron] took possession of Newstead Abbey. Drawing was bought at the sale of Horace Walpole's collection, Strawberry Hill, in the year 1842.", Probably part of the collection sold at the StrawberryHill sale, viii, 154, dispersed as described in A.T. Hazen's Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library, no. 3678., and Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Nottinghamshire.
Subject (Name):
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 and Newstead Abbey.
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Abbeys, Dwellings, and Historic buildings
Watercolor drawing of Little Strawberry Hill as viewed from the northeast. The house at center is mostly obscured by trees, with a lawn extending from the front of the house to the left. Caged hedges with hedge arches border a path on the near side of the lawn, and two women walk on the path towards the house. A man pushing a wheelbarrow stands in the right foreground, and next to him sits a girl with a basket of flowers
Alternative Title:
Northeast view of the above
Description:
Titled in Thomas Kirgate's hand below image on mounting page; "the above" in title refers to the drawing entited Cliveden near Strawberry-Hill ..., which is mounted above this drawing on the same page., Attribution to Joseph Charles Barrow from local catalog card., Date based on that of the drawing mounted above this drawing on the same page., and Mounted on page 5 (formerly D) 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.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Clive, Kitty, 1711-1785, Berry, Mary, 1763-1852, and Berry, Agnes, 1764-1852
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, and Estates
Drawing of the exterior of the offices at Strawberry Hill. The two-story building, with its paired arched windows and crenellated roofline, occupies most of the image. Trees are seen to the right and left of the structure; a green lawn is in the foreground and a cloud-filled sky is above. A man with a book(?) under his arm stands in the middle distance on the extreme right, near the corner of the building
Alternative Title:
Northeast view of the new offices at Strawberry Hill
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 255 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):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
View of Tashicho Dzong, the fortress of the Deb Rejah in the Thimpu valley. On the right is the Deb's villa atop a low hill; below the villa flows the Thimphu River. Several smaller structures are visible between the villa and the river bank
Description:
Title lettered in ink below image., Statement of responsibility written ink in below image, in lower left., Place of production based on the country of residence and death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found., Formerly laid in at page 123 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Watercolor drawing of Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill villa in Twickenham, as viewed from the fields to the southwest. The Round Tower of the house is seen in the middle distance, partially obscured by trees. A brick wall separates the house from the road in the foreground; two men, one riding a horse, travel the road on the left, heading away from the viewer and into the shadows behind a wooden fence. Blue sky and white clouds are seen above
Alternative Title:
Southwest view of the house from the fields
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 18 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 (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, and Estates
Watercolor drawing of the real-life Castle of Otranto in Italy. The gray structure is seen in the middle distance beyond a low stone wall, one branch of which extends towards the viewer in the right foreground. Blue-tinted mountains are visible in the far distance on either side of the castle. A green lawn occupies the rest of the foreground; a blue sky strewn with white clouds completes the top half of the image
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., The original drawing by Willey Reveley, of which this is a copy, was kept by Horace Walpole in the Small Closet at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 255 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.
Title written in unknown hand at bottom right of image., Label pasted below image on mount: "Drawn by S. Owen. Engraved by W.B. Cooke. Strawberry Hill. Seat of the Honble. Mrs. Damer." Label probably from a much later engraving published by Cooke., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., Samuel Owen (1768/9-1857), marine painter. He supplied a series of eighty-four drawings which were engraved by William Bernard Cooke for his work The Thames (1811), and seven others for the Picturesque Tour on the River Thames, published by Owen himself and William Westall in 1828., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.