"View of the grand house from the garden, in Twickenham; battlements and pinnacles along top; trees in foreground partly obscuring the view; a woman and young girl stand to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 19 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.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs Feby. 1st, 1784, by F. Jukes, No. 1 Great Marylebone Street
Subject (Geographic):
England, Twickenham., and Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Dwellings, Buildings, structures, etc, 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.
Pencil drawing by an amateur artist of the west front of Strawberry Hill, as seen from the road. Also in the road is a man pushing a wheel barrel as a young boy gestures to him. On the verso is a pencil sketch of a donkey's head
Description:
Drawing signed by artist in lower right corner of image; signed and dated again in left corner of image., On verso, in later hand, misidentified as "SH - North Front"., and Partial watermark: [W]hatman 1817.
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, Estates, and Donkeys
A reversed view of the north front of Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill in Twickenham as seen from the road, with trees on either side and in the distance a man walking the road with a bundle suspended from stick over his shoulder
Description:
Title etched below image. and Formerly thought to have been after J.C. Barrow.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, Twickenham., and Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Architecture, Domestic, Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, and Housing
A view of Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill in Twickenham as seen from the south lawn, with the Thames River and Richmond in the distance on the right
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Combe, W. An history of the River Thames. London : Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for John and Josiah Boydell, 1794., and Watermark: "Not bleached 1825".
Publisher:
Pub. June 1, 1793, by J. & J. Boydell, Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall & No. 90, Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
England, Twickenham., and Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Architecture, Domestic, Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, and Housing
A view of Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill in Twickenham as seen from the south lawn, with the Thames River and Richmond in the distance on the right
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Combe, W. An history of the River Thames. London : Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for John and Josiah Boydell, 1794., and Mounted on brown paper: 32 x 44 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. June 1, 1793, by J. & J. Boydell, Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall & No. 90, Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
England, Twickenham., and Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Architecture, Domestic, Buildings, structures, etc, Dwellings, and Housing
A view of Horace Walpole's villa Strawberry Hill from the south across the lawn with the Thames in the distance on the right. In the foreground a man leads two woman and a child along with their two dogs, gesturing with his arm to the right. Another man walks toward the river
Alternative Title:
South view of Strawberry Hill
Description:
Title written in ink on verso of the drawing in contemporary hand; also numbered "No. 115" and dated "1781" in same hand., Attributed to Griffith by curator., and After Paul Sandby.
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
SH Views Sa5 no. 4 Impression 2 Framed, shelved in LFS Bin 42
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View of the Horace Walpole's Gothic villa Strawberry Hill, seen across the parkland to the left, surrounded by trees
Alternative Title:
Strawberry Hill, the seat of the Right Honourable Horace Walpole at Twickenham, Middlesex
Description:
Title engraved below image., Copy of: South view of Strawberry-Hill, the seat of the Honble. Mr. Walpole / P. Sandby R.A. pinxt. ; M.A. Rooker sculpt. [London] : Published according to act of Parliament G. Kearsly, at No. 46 in Fleet Street, Augt. 1st, 1775., Above the image, right corner: "7"., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., and No. 160 in the Catalogue of Framed Pictures in the Lewis Walpole Library.
Publisher:
Publish'd 12th Sepr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
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, and Estates
View of the Horace Walpole's Gothic villa Strawberry Hill, seen across the parkland to the left, surrounded by trees
Alternative Title:
Strawberry Hill, the seat of the Right Honourable Horace Walpole at Twickenham, Middlesex
Description:
Title engraved below image., Copy of: South view of Strawberry-Hill, the seat of the Honble. Mr. Walpole / P. Sandby R.A. pinxt. ; M.A. Rooker sculpt. [London] : Published according to act of Parliament G. Kearsly, at No. 46 in Fleet Street, Augt. 1st, 1775., Above the image, right corner: "7"., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge.
Publisher:
Publish'd 12th Sepr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
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, and Estates