"View of park, with lake in the centre, the house on the other side of the lake, two figures under trees in the left foreground, one standing and playing the flue, the other sitting and listening, herd and flock to the right; after JMW Turner (Wilton 334)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Angus, W. The seats of the nobility and gentry in Great Britain ... [Islington] : Published by W. Angus ..., Feby. 1, 1787 [i.e. 1787-1815], "Pl. 50"--Upper right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : steel engraving on wove paper ; sheet 20.4 x 26.3 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs March 1st, 1800, by W. Angus, No. 4 Gwynne's Buildings, Islington
Title etched below image., Plate from: Hoare, R.C. The history of modern Wiltshire: hundred of Dunworth and vale of Noddre. London : Printed by and for John Bowyer Nichols and son ..., 1829., and "Plate II"--Above image.
Title etched below image., Plate from: Hoare, R.C. The history of modern Wiltshire: hundred of Dunworth and vale of Noddre. London : Printed by and for John Bowyer Nichols and son ..., 1829., and "Plate III"--Above image.
View of the house from across a field, trees on either side and a low hill rising in the background; horses, sheep and cows graze in the foreground
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Hutchins, J. The history and antiquities of the county of Dorset. 2nd ed. London : Printed by J. Nichols, 1796-1815., "Vol. I, p. 584"--Upper right corner., and Laid in at beginning (between front free end-paper and flyleaf) of volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs July 1, 1794, by J. Nichols, Red Lion Passage, London
Watercolor of the view from the Library at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, with horse and carriage in the distance
Description:
Inscription in ink, in lower right corner of image: "from the library window at Strawberry hill 1783." The hand that wrote the title is the same hand that wrote the title for "Armour of Francis I". G. Harding?, On the verso of the drawing in pencil: "Drawn by Mr. Edwards, mentioned in one of his letters.", Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and Edwards, Edward (1738-1806), British painter.
A view of the grounds of Strawberry Hill, the villa only partially visible in the distance through a gap in the trees. In the foreground stands the obelisk on a knoll, behind and to the right of which is the cottage set back among the trees. At left is the field to the east of the villa, which is separated from the road by a wooden fence. A man walks along the road in the middle distance; further down the road, a carriage can be seen traveling towards the house
Alternative Title:
General view coming from Twickenham, looking southwest
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 19 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, Estates, and Dwellings
A view of the home of Governor Pitt in Twickenham from across the Thames. Several boats can be seen on the river, including one being pulled by a string of rowboats
Alternative Title:
Governor Pitt's house at Twickenham
Description:
Title written in ink at bottom of sheet., Signed in the lower right of image: AH [monogram]. 1748., and Compare this drawing to the print later published by John Bowles.
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Rivers, George Pitt, Baron, 1721-1803
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Boats, Estates, and Landscapes (Representations)
"View of the Grosvenor House to the right behind a fence, a couple and little girl in the foreground to the left, the lady with her back to the viewer while the other two are walking to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Ninth in a series of twelve plates showing country seats outside London; the first plate bears the series title: Twelve views of gentlemens seats, in the environs of London., Plate numbered "9" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 39 cm., and Leaf 56 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Published 12th Septr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Walthamstow (England)
Subject (Name):
Grosvenor family and Grosvenor House (Walthamstow, England),
"View of the house with two men on horseback in the right foreground with their dog approaching to the house."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Kendal House, the property of Sir James Smith, near Uxbridge, Middlesex
Description:
Title engraved below image., Eighth in a series of twelve plates showing country seats outside London; the first plate bears the series title: Twelve views of gentlemens seats, in the environs of London., Plate numbered "8" in upper right corner., Mounted to 23 x 38 cm., and Leaf 55 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Published 12th Sepr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London