Title from collective title on published state., Artist attributions from statements of responsibility on published state., Proof state of a plate published in: The lady's magazine, v. 3 (New Series) no. 12, December 1822. For a later state with collective title, captions etched under each image, and expanded statements of responsibility, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Babb-Beckford no. 81., and Two images on one plate, with printmaker's signature etched below lower image.
Volume 1, page 125. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View of a large Gothic-style building in the middle distance, framed by trees and with low bushes in front. A groundskeeper and two cows seen on the lawn in front of the structure; a small boat is moored to the shore of the body of water in the foreground
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed in lower left corner with the artist Thomas H. Shepherd's initials., Date of production based on the inclusion in the same volume of other drawings by Shepherd that depict the temporary building for the Strawberry Hill Sale of 1842., and Bound in as page 125 in volume 1 of Thomas Mackinlay's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole.
Drawings B268 no. 1 Framed, shelved in Object Room B:C
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A view of Hampton House (Garrick Villa) including Shakespeare's Temple in the distance and men with resting under a tree in the foreground, one walking with a fishing rod, and others walking in the distance on the other side of a pond
View of houses along the shore of Isleworth Middlesex as seen from the Thames River. Ladies and gentlemen stroll on the path along the river. One gentleman alights from a boat that has pulled up to the landing on the right as his companion turns to pay the boatman
Description:
Title from curator., After the title is written, in same unknown hand, "H. Walpole's collection.", Attributed to J.-H. Müntz., and Press-mark C.1.22 in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763; moved to the Round Tower.
Subject (Geographic):
England, Middlesex., and Isleworth (London, England)
A design by Bentley of a landscape with a large house on a hill (left) high above the shore on a stormy night with waves and and trees blown by heavy winds. Lightning from the right stretches across the sky, striking the house. In the light showing between the tree on the right the number '58'.
Description:
Title devised by curator., Artist and date from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on verso., and Formerly mounted on the lower half of leaf 5 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
A design by Bentley of landscape with falls in the lower right, a tree in the center, and a large rock formation to the left. A man sits by a rock (center); two figures (a woman and a child) walk from left to right carrying an urn and a bundle, respectively; another figure walks in silhouette in the distance (center).
Description:
Title devised by curator., Attribution from Horace Walpole's manuscript note in ink on verso: By Richard Bentley Esq., 1753., and Formerly mounted on the lower half of leaf 4 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Title devised by curator., Artist and date from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on verso., Formerly mounted on the upper half of leaf 6, with another view in Jersey, in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760]., and Attributed to Bentley and dated by Horace Walpole on verso.
Nine views, arranged in three rows with three each, showing castles and fortifications, houses, bridges over rivers, and harbor
Description:
Title and publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., Plate numbered "34" in upper right corner., and Partial watermark at lower edge: [...]C [...]06?
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Topic):
Bridges, Castles & palaces, Forts & fortifications, Dwellings, and Bays (Bodies of water)