Watercolor drawing depicting part of the Little Cloister at Strawberry Hill. The blue and white china tub is featured prominently on its pedestal on the right; the bas-relief head of Leonora d'Este hangs on the wall above the tub. The arched ceiling leads to an arched passageway in the middle distance, through which a walking man can be seen. The exterior door leading to the hall and staircase can be seen at left, as can the stained glass windows of this room and the Star Chamber above it.
Alternative Title:
View in the Little Cloister
Description:
Title written in ink below image., 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 30 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., A six-line printed poem by Thomas Gray is pasted at bottom of sheet, below which Richard Bull has written: This label was printed at the Strawberry Hill press, & fix'd to the pedestal, on which the vase stands., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Cloisters, Vases, Porcelain, and Stained glass
Drawing of the interior of the small oratory present just inside the great north gate at Strawberry Hill. Two of the three arched windows are seen; the window on the far right is enclosed with iron rails. At left is the altar on which a saint in bronze stands
Description:
Title written in ink below image., 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 29 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, Oratories, Interiors, Windows, Altars, and Sculpture
A drawing of the room at Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill villa that connected the Gallery with the Holbein Chamber. An arched passageway dominates the right side of the image, thorough which the edge of a canopy bed and a chair are visible. Beyond this furniture is another arched passageway leading into the Holbein Chamber, with the chimneypiece and its surroundings plainly visible. The long and narrow connecting room makes up the foreground, its walls and ceiling decorated with the simple motif of parallel lines periodically intersecting to create a lattice. A stained glass window is seen at the far end of the room, on the left edge of the image
Description:
Title written in ink below image., 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 133 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, Windows, and Stained glass
One of a series of design drawings for a Gothic columbarium at Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole's villa in Twickenham; this drawing with scale and images of statuary and vases
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date from Horace Walpole correspondence to Sir Horace Mann 20 November 1757: "... a new Gothic columbarium is a new thought of my own, of which I am fond and going to execute at Strawberry Hill.", With a note in Horace Walpole's hand in ink in lower right: N.B. There is an error in this drawing. The radius of the bow, wanting near a foot. The Ichnog will correct it., With watermark along lower edge of paper, trimmed: D and C Blauw., and Formerly mounted on leaf 49 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A preliminary drawing showing the elevation of a design for the screen in the Holbein Chamber at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, Middlesex, with brattishing over the door added in pencil. One of three designs for the screen included in Walpole's album of Bentley drawings
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Formerly mounted on the verso of leaf 55 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760]., and Date from J. Harris.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Drawing of a section with half-wall plan for the Tribune at Horace Walpole's home Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Middlesex
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Watermark in center of sheet: GR with crown., and One of 11 drawings numbered 56-66 by W.S. Lewis, continuing the numbering used for an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title devised by cataloger., Date from J. Harris., and Formerly mounted on the lower half of leaf 52 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A drawing of the library at Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, complete with full shelves with Gothic arches, the chimney-piece imitated from the tomb of John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall in Westminster Abbey, the ceiling painted by Clermont from Walpole's designs as well as statuary and paintings. Outline of a desk in front of the fireplace sketched in.
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Later engraved by Godfrey for the 1784 edition of The description of the villa at Mr. Horace Walpole, at Strawberry Hill., and Edwards, Edward (1738-1806), British painter.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Twickenham.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Dwellings, and Libraries (Rooms)
A view of the stairway at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, looking up towards the Armory. The ornate railing of the staircase, each post of which is topped with a single antelope supporting a shield, is prominent in the foreground; its winding path up to the landing containing the Armory and further up to the next floor can be traced. On display on the back wall of the Armory is a cluster of weapons and armor, visible between two columns supporting decorative arches on the ceiling. A stained glass window is visible on the left wall of the Armory; armorial shields are seen above the doors to the right of the window. The walls are decorated with Gothic tracery; part of a quatrefoil window is visible at the top of the image
Description:
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 93 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):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Arms & armament, Interiors, and Stairways