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1. Holbein Chamber [art original].
- Creator:
- Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A drawing of the Holbein Chamber at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham. An arched passageway is seen near the center of the image, thorough which a canopy bed and a chair are visible. On either side of the passageway are pierced arches forming a screen, the design for which was taken from the gates of the choir of Rouen. Wooden furniture lines the wall of the room at left, above which framed works of art hang. Across the room on the right is the chimneypiece designed after the tomb of Archbishop Warham at Canterbury; an embroidered firescreen and two blue vases sit in front of the fireplace. The ornate ceiling, taken from the Queen's dressing-room at Windsor, dominates the top half of the image; a large, colorful rug sits on the floor in the center of the room
- Alternative Title:
- Holbien Chamber
- Description:
- Titled in ink below image: Holbien chamber., 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 117 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):
- England and Twickenham.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Dwellings, Interiors, Chimneypieces, Furniture, Vases, and Rugs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Holbein Chamber [art original].
2. [Beggars at Epsom] [art original].
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1810?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings B87 no. 11 Box D105
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A young girl begs for change as she holds out a hat to a couple heading toward the crowd around the tents at Epsom Derby. Her father (?) half kneels while playing a violin, and a woman (her mother?) clutches a baby to her breast
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Date based on unverified data in local card catalog record., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Epsom Derby, England (Horse race), Beggars, Crowds, and Families
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Beggars at Epsom] [art original].
3. [Butterflies and beetle] [art original] / M.S.M. [Three insects] / M.S.M.
- Creator:
- Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1717]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B935 805 folder 5 Box 1
- Collection Title:
- [Scrapbook of drawings].
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two watercolor drawings, one depicting three butterflies/moths and a beetle, and the other depicting three insects (a moth on a leaf, a butterfly, and a crane fly).
- Alternative Title:
- Three insects
- Description:
- Titles from local catalog card., Each drawing signed in pencil in lower left corner with the artist's initials., Place of production based on artist's countries of residence in Europe; date of production based on artist's death date., Formerly page 7 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.
- Subject (Topic):
- Butterflies, Insects, and Biological illustration
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Butterflies and beetle] [art original] / M.S.M. [Three insects] / M.S.M.
4. [Cartouche drawing for John Mitchell's Map of the British and French dominions in North America].
- Published / Created:
- [circa 1750-1755]
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 1531
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Drawing in red chalk on hand-ruled paper by an unidentified artist, of the decorative cartouche for John Mitchell's Map of the British and French dominions in North America. Represented in the drawing are two Native American figures in the lower right corner, a colonial port scene in the lower left corner, and cherubs holding a British crest and flag at the top. Corn and palm trees form the side borders
- Description:
- John Mitchell (1711-1768), was a British botanist, physician, and cartographer. He created A Map of the British and French dominions in North America (London: Andrew Millar, 1755), also known as the Mitchell Map, later used in negotiating the 1783 Treaty of Paris., No linguistic content., Title devised by cataloger., and Place and date of creation supplied by cataloger.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and America
- Subject (Name):
- Mitchell, John, 1711-1768.
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians of North America and Colonies
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Cartouche drawing for John Mitchell's Map of the British and French dominions in North America].
5. [Eel] [art original]
- Creator:
- Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1717]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B935 805 folder 9 Box 1
- Collection Title:
- [Scrapbook of drawings].
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two watercolor drawings, one depicting an eel and the other depicting a lizard
- Alternative Title:
- Lizard
- Description:
- Titles from local catalog card., Each drawing signed in pencil in lower left corner with the artist's initials., Place of production based on artist's countries of residence in Europe; date of production based on artist's death date., Formerly page 25 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.
- Subject (Topic):
- Reptiles, Fishes, and Biological illustration
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Eel] [art original]
6. [Fish] [art original] / M.S.B. [Fish] / M.S.M.
- Creator:
- Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1717]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B935 805 folder 13 Box 2
- Collection Title:
- [Scrapbook of drawings].
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two watercolor drawings, each depicting a single unidentified fish
- Description:
- Titles from local catalog card., Top drawing signed "M.S.B." in watercolor in lower left corner; bottom drawing signed in pencil in lower left corner with the artist's initials., Place of production based on artist's countries of residence in Europe; date of production based on artist's death date., Formerly page 41 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.
- Subject (Topic):
- Fishes and Biological illustration
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Fish] [art original] / M.S.B. [Fish] / M.S.M.
7. [Fish] [art original] / M.S.M. [Fish] / M.S.M.
- Creator:
- Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1717]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B935 805 folder 14 Box 2
- Collection Title:
- [Scrapbook of drawings].
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two watercolor drawings, each depicting a single unidentified fish
- Description:
- Titles from local catalog card., Each drawing signed in pencil in lower left corner with the artist's initials., Place of production based on artist's countries of residence in Europe; date of production based on artist's death date., Formerly page 45 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.
- Subject (Topic):
- Fishes and Biological illustration
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Fish] [art original] / M.S.M. [Fish] / M.S.M.
8. [Fish] [art original] / M.S.M. [Fish] / M.S.M.
- Creator:
- Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1717]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B935 805 folder 12 Box 2
- Collection Title:
- [Scrapbook of drawings].
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two watercolor drawings, each depicting a single unidentified fish
- Description:
- Titles from local catalog card., Each drawing signed in pencil in lower left corner with the artist's initials., Place of production based on artist's countries of residence in Europe; date of production based on artist's death date., Formerly page 37 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.
- Subject (Topic):
- Fishes and Biological illustration
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Fish] [art original] / M.S.M. [Fish] / M.S.M.
9. [Fish] [art original] / M.S.M. [Fish] / M.S.M.
- Creator:
- Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1717]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B935 805 folder 11 Box 1
- Collection Title:
- [Scrapbook of drawings].
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two watercolor drawings, one depicting a pike and the other depicting an unidentified fish
- Description:
- Titles from local catalog card., Each drawing signed in pencil in lower left corner with the artist's initials., Place of production based on artist's countries of residence in Europe; date of production based on artist's death date., Formerly page 33 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.
- Subject (Topic):
- Fishes and Biological illustration
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Fish] [art original] / M.S.M. [Fish] / M.S.M.