A set of original designs by Robert Cruikshank, for an unrecorded series of conundrum cards. The eight designs are all inscribed with a number (the highest being 170) and the name of the character, but all lack the 1- or 2-line conundrum
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Each card annotated in pencil or ink, signed ‘RCk.', and Date from dealer's description.
Page 190. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Trees and bench
Description:
Title devised by curator., Statement of responsibility and date written in ink on a separate sheet, mounted below drawing; alternative statement of responsibility "by Lady Beaclerc [sic]" written in pencil at top of image., and Mounted on page 190 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
Volume 2, page 12. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
From an original drawing by Isaac Ostade
Description:
Title devised by curator., Mounted on page 12 in volume 2 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality., and Pasted beneath print is a strip of paper, likely trimmed from the verso of the same sheet, which bears a note in the printmaker's hand: The drawing with a pen by I. Ostade in possion. of J.T.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Netherlands.
Subject (Topic):
Country life, Interiors, Fireplaces, Barrels, Pitchers, Cats, Violins, Brooms & brushes, and Hygiene
Volume 2, page 3. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
In the collection of James Harris Esqr
Description:
Title devised by curator., Mounted on page 3 in volume 2 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality., and Pasted beneath print is a strip of paper, likely trimmed from the verso of the same sheet, which bears a note in the printmaker's hand: The drawing with a pen and [...?], by A. Ostade in possion. of Mr. Harris.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Netherlands.
Subject (Topic):
Country life, Interiors, Fireplaces, Barrels, and Hygiene
Volume 1, page 53. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Clock & plan : plan above at the clock and Plan of the cross : at the bottom
Description:
Title devised by curator., Two images comprising one drawing, each with an ink inscription at bottom., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 53 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Page 195. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A transformation card
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed with the artist's monogrammatic initials in lower left. Attribution to Henrietta Sebright and supplied date of production from a similar drawing on the previous page of the album, beneath which is mounted the contemporary note "by Miss Sebright, 1789"., Drawn on an ace of diamonds playing card, the single diamond at center colored red., and Mounted on page 195 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
Page 194. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A transformation card
Description:
Title devised by curator., Statement of responsibility and date written in ink on a separate sheet, mounted below drawing; alternative statement of responsibility "by Miss Seabright [sic]" written in pencil at top of image., Drawn on an ace of hearts playing card, the single heart at center colored red., and Mounted on page 194 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
Jenison-Walworth, Mary, Countess, 1766-1851, artist
Published / Created:
[1788]
Call Number:
49 3641 Shelved as 49 2523
Collection Title:
Page 188. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A transformation playing card drawn by the Countess Jenison-Walworth
Description:
Title devised by curator., Statement of responsibility and date written in pencil above image., Drawn on a two of hearts playing card, the hearts colored red., Mounted below on same page is another drawing by the same artist: [Figure of an old man]., and Mounted on page 188 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
Burlington, Dorothy Boyle, Countess of, 1699-1758, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1758]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3588 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 19. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by cataloger, based on questionable identification of the sitter by curator., Statement of responsibility written in pencil above image. Additional statement written in ink on mounting sheet, in Horace Walpole's hand: Drawn by Lady Dorothy Saville, Countess of Burlington. H.W., Date of production based on artist's death date., and Mounted on page 19 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.