A large portfolio assembled by Horace Walpole from various lots he acquired at the Vertue sale 16 March 1757 including rare prints and drawings, among which are Holbein drawings. In addition to the portfolio, is a small volume of eight portrait drawings taken from this collection and later acquired separately
Alternative Title:
Portfolio of original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views &c by Vertue and others
Description:
Title from item. Title from Hazen: Portfolio of original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views &c by Vertue and others., Two volumes and one solander box containing a drawing housed separately., and Some of these, about fifty, are now mounted and rebound in red morocco, with Horace Walpole's manuscript title-page preserved. Bookplate 1. Press-mark D.3.13 in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763; moved to the Round Tower. Bookplate of William Frederick, 9th Earl Waldegrave.
A large portfolio assembled by Horace Walpole from various lots he acquired at the Vertue sale 16 March 1757 including rare prints and drawings, among which are Holbein drawings. In addition to the portfolio, is a small volume of eight portrait drawings taken from this collection and later acquired separately
Alternative Title:
Portfolio of original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views &c by Vertue and others
Description:
Title from item. Title from Hazen: Portfolio of original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views &c by Vertue and others., Two volumes and one solander box containing a drawing housed separately., and Some of these, about fifty, are now mounted and rebound in red morocco, with Horace Walpole's manuscript title-page preserved. Bookplate 1. Press-mark D.3.13 in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763; moved to the Round Tower. Bookplate of William Frederick, 9th Earl Waldegrave.
Watercolor drawing depicting the gallery at Horace Walpole's house, Strawberry Hill, with view of the Holbein Room through an open door on the right. Light shines through a stained glass at the end of the gallery
Description:
Title from inscription in Thomas Kirgate's hand, in pencil at bottom of sheet., Date based on the fact that the stained glass window was replaced in 1772 by a door into the newly built Great Room bed chamber. Attributed to Carter by previous owner., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and John Carter (1748-1817), British draughtsman and antiquary.
Title isncribed at top of sheet, scale drawn in design., Artist's name inscribed by Horace Walpole, recto lower left corner: Rt Adam Archt 1768., Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and For further information, consult library staff.
Title at top of sheet, scale drawn in design., Artist's name inscribed by Horace Walpole, recto lower left corner: Robt Adam Architect 1766.", Formerly shelved as part of the SH Views collection., and For further information, consult library staff.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1793]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 18 Box D175
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A bespectacled man opens a newspaper, presumably to begin reading, while the newspaper carrier is still holding it in his hands
Description:
Title from caption inscribed in black ink below image in the artist's hand., Signed by the artist, lower left corner., Date inscribed in graphite pencil below image: 1793., and For further information, consult library staff.
Drawn bookplate of Richard Bull, with his arms above and his name and residence written within a banner below. The heads of bulls, colored red, feature prominently on the crest and shield. The banner for the motto, outlined in red, is left blank
Alternative Title:
Richard Bull Esqr. of Northcourt, Isle of Wight and Bookplate: Coat of arms of Richard Bull
Description:
Title written in ink within banner at bottom of image; alternative title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist not identifed., Date of production based on probable date for Richard Bull's assembly of the extra-illustrated volume in which this bookplate appears. See Hazen., Mounted inside front cover 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.
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist
Published / Created:
[1799]
Call Number:
Drawings H263 no. 1 Box D125
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait, drawn in an oval, of Richard Sackville. He is wearing 17th century dress with a high collar. He is holding in his left hand the tassles of part of his clothing
Description:
George Perfect Harding, English miniature painter, 1779/80-1853., Title from inscription in graphite pencil on verso of image: drawn by G.P. Harding. Richard Sackville Baron Buckhurst Earl Dorset after a [scarce] print by Simon Pass. From a scarce print by Simon Pass., Signed in ink lower left of image: GPH 1799., Inscribed in graphite pencil lower right: Richard Sackville, 3d earl of Dorset., and Inscription in graphite pencil on verso lower right: Drawing by George Perfect Harding: "GPH 1799 after a print by Simon Pass.
Subject (Name):
Sackville, Richard, Baron Buckhurst and Earl of Dorset, 1589-1624,
Three-quarter length portrait of Sir Hyde Parker, naval officer and admiral, standing in uniform with his hand resting on his sword
Description:
Later pencil note in lower left: By W. Evans., Later pencil note in lower right: Original drawing., and For further information, consult library staff.
Watercolor drawing depicting one wall of the chancel inside Barnwell Church, where the carved head of King Henry III was formerly located. The bottom parts of two windows, one of stained glass, are seen at top; an arch is built into the bottom part of the wall and a decorated rectangular structure is to the left of the arch
Description:
Title from note in black ink at bottom of sheet., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., Annotation in center of image in black ink: Head of King Henry the Third. About forty years ago the chancel of Barnwell Church (near Barnwell Castle two miles from Oundle) was repaired[?] and the head taken down by the carpenter employ'd, in whose hands it remaind. & his sons thirty years - who gave it to a carpenter of Peterborough where is remain'd till it came into the possession of Dr. Palmer of Peterborough. N.B. King Henry endow'd Barnwell Church., and Mounted on page 73 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.