Depiction of a statue of Asclepius, dressed in a toga, with his son Telesphorus at his side; both stand on a low, circular pedestal. This statue was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "E marmore"--Below image., "Tab. XI"--Upper right corner., and Mounted on page 119 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12.
Publisher:
R. Manby and H.S. Cox
Subject (Name):
Asklepios (Greek deity), Telesphorus (Greek deity), and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Depiction of a statue of Asclepius, dressed in a toga, with his son Telesphorus at his side; both stand on a low, circular pedestal. This statue was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "E marmore"--Below image., "Tab. XI"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 151 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., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 23.9 x 17.3 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
R. Manby and H.S. Cox
Subject (Name):
Asklepios (Greek deity), Telesphorus (Greek deity), and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Drawing of a statue of Antinous; cloth draped over left shoulder and around left forearm; standing on an ornate plinth. The statue was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744 and on view
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Text "ex aere" is etched near the bottom of the plate, to the left of the tripod., "Tab. XII"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 119 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 26.3 x 13.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
R. Manby and H.S. Cox
Subject (Name):
Antinoüs, approximately 110-130, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Drawing of a statue of Antinous; cloth draped over left shoulder and around left forearm; standing on an ornate plinth. The statue was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744 and on view
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Text "ex aere" is etched near the bottom of the plate, to the left of the tripod., "Tab. XII"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 150 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., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 25.6 x 13.2 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
R. Manby and H.S. Cox
Subject (Name):
Antinoüs, approximately 110-130, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Front and back views of a bronze statue of a woman carrying a pig in one hand and a child in the other, to be sacrificed. The object was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Ex aere" etched twice in lower part of plate, once below each image., "Tab. II"--Upper right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 155 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 19.6 x 17.3 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Front and back views of a bronze statue of a woman carrying a pig in one hand and a child in the other, to be sacrificed. The object was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Ex aere" etched twice in lower part of plate, once below each image., "Tab. II"--Upper right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 192 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., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 19.7 x 17.4 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
"A bust of Henry VII, with long curling hair and a fillet about his brow, his head leaning to the left, the sculpture upon a plinth lettered "Henricus VII Torreggiani Opus Ao MDIX", masonry behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text on plinth in image., Printmaker from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Engraved after a sculpture formerly attributed to Torrigiano., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate from: Carter, J. Specimens of the ancient sculpture and painting, now remaining in this kingdom ... London : Published as the act directs by John Carter, Wood St. Westminster, 1780-87 [1780-94]., Text below image, centered: In the possession of the Honorable Horace Walpole, now Earl of Orford, at Strawberry-Hill, Middx. (Drawn to half the size of the original)., "The drawing in [the] possn. of R. Bull Esqr."--Below lower left corner of image., and Tipped in at page 95 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs by J. Carter, Hamilton Street Hyde Park Corner
Subject (Name):
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Wash drawing of a bust of Henry VII; with long curling hair and a fillet about his brow, his head leaning to the left; the sculpture upon a plinth lettered in Latin. Drawn after a sculpture, formerly attributed to Torrigiano, that was kept by Horace Walpole in the Star Chamber at Strawberry Hill
Alternative Title:
Head of Henry VII
Description:
Title written on plinth in image; alternative title devised by curator., 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 115 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 (Name):
Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Three antiquarian objects, each with Roman numeral numbering above: a bronze statue of a young Hercules with the lion's skin on his arm (I); the head of an Egyptian god (Serapis?) or goddess on a green stone (II); and a bronze tripod for burning incense (III). The objects were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Ex aere" etched three times at bottom of plate, once below each object depicted., "Tab. XIII"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 146 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 26 x 20.1 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Three antiquarian objects, each with Roman numeral numbering above: a bronze statue of a young Hercules with the lion's skin on his arm (I); the head of an Egyptian god (Serapis?) or goddess on a green stone (II); and a bronze tripod for burning incense (III). The objects were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., "Ex aere" etched three times at bottom of plate, once below each object depicted., "Tab. XIII"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 194 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., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 25.3 x 19.8 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.