Pages 45-48. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Watercolor drawings of four tiles decorated with arms or other heraldic designs. These are presumably depictions of the Medieval tiles in the floor of the China Room at Strawberry Hill, stated by Horace Walpole to be from Gloucester Cathedral; however, the third drawing in the group is labeled "Tyle from Bysham Abbey" in pencil
Alternative Title:
Tiles with arms, from the cathedral at Gloucester
Description:
Title supplied by curator, taken from text on page 6 of the 1784 edition of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ..., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on death date of T. Crofton Croker, who assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., and Bound in as pages 45 to 48 in T. Crofton Croker's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Pages 45-48. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Watercolor drawings of four tiles decorated with arms or other heraldic designs. These are presumably depictions of the Medieval tiles in the floor of the China Room at Strawberry Hill, stated by Horace Walpole to be from Gloucester Cathedral; however, the third drawing in the group is labeled "Tyle from Bysham Abbey" in pencil
Alternative Title:
Tiles with arms, from the cathedral at Gloucester
Description:
Title supplied by curator, taken from text on page 6 of the 1784 edition of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ..., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on death date of T. Crofton Croker, who assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., and Bound in as pages 45 to 48 in T. Crofton Croker's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Pages 45-48. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Watercolor drawings of four tiles decorated with arms or other heraldic designs. These are presumably depictions of the Medieval tiles in the floor of the China Room at Strawberry Hill, stated by Horace Walpole to be from Gloucester Cathedral; however, the third drawing in the group is labeled "Tyle from Bysham Abbey" in pencil
Alternative Title:
Tiles with arms, from the cathedral at Gloucester
Description:
Title supplied by curator, taken from text on page 6 of the 1784 edition of A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole ..., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on death date of T. Crofton Croker, who assembled the extra-illustrated volume in which this drawing is found., and Bound in as pages 45 to 48 in T. Crofton Croker's extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Page 197. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
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1
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still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Statement of responsibility and date written in ink in lower right corner., On verso is a pencil drawing by the same artist: [Sketch of a woman]., and Mounted on page 197 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).
Title from dealer's catalog., Gilt-metal bracelet clasp frame., Signed by the artist with intials S. S. in lower left., and Also known as: Unknown Lady in White, Pink and Blue Dress.